So the next of Week 9's tasks are Augmented and Virtual Reality. I know how expensive and complex Virtual Reality can be, so it's nice to explore apps with a strong educational purpose and that are free. I played with Anatomy 4D a little. I like the augmented reality aspect of it and the layers you can [...]
I have to say I had not really explored the possibilities of Geolocation tools. Essentially we all have a GPS enabled device in our pocket (or and it's a Computer more powerful than what they used to send man on the moon!), your mobile phone! This GPS location, accurate information can be used to play [...]
I used to be a very big user of Evernote, but recently due to Evernote changes, I migrated my notes to OneNote. For a 'free' tool, it's very good, I use it every day in meetings and at my desk at work, on my PC at home, on my phone and tablet as an App. [...]
This week is a case of 'money for old rope' as the saying goes. I first used Storify in June, when I created my first one for the 8th Learning at City Conference (City University's Annual Learning and Teaching Conference). I found it very easy to use, it's a quick way to tell the story [...]
We have had sound since Radio back in the 1920s, the podcast is the modern equivalent of this, with the ability to listen in your own time to topics of interest to you. Something I have been listening to on and off is the EdTech Podcast by Sophie Bailey, this is one of the podcasts (on the [...]
Looking at YouTube, there's many great videos in my field of Learning Technology, but this video that is one of my favourites is entitled 'RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms'. The video has a standard video licence which I did not know about in terms of reuse, which links to previous topics. The platform continues to [...]
Thing 12 asks us to " Find an OER in your field and share it on your blog. To do this, use either the Edinburgh OERs, or the resources provided on the Open.Ed ‘Where to find OERs’ page." There are many places to go for OERs, which was presented to us. So I found this [...]
This week we are asked to look at Creative Commons, which is something I have been aware of and make use of in my work all the time (searching for images mainly for publications). So I thought I'd use the search term 'learning technologies' can it came up with this photo (which has , Attribution [...]
I can't imagine life before Wikipedia, well 2001. It was a cyberspace Odyssey! It's become the way most adults of a certain age find facts whilst watching a TV show. It's also become the way most children complete their homework (I know my Year 7s used to copy and paste what I'd asked them from [...]
I experimented using Google Hangouts this week briefly and have used it in previous years for attending webinars, meeting of the Association for Learning Technology and even presenting at a conference in Ireland a few years ago. This technology has really come on in terms of usability and simplicity in set up and with Google [...]
