Life-saving eLearning now online

The folks at Thare Machi Education, a non-profit that makes life-saving eLearning available in dozens of the world's languages to bring health information to those who need it most, has just begun to transfer their DVD content online.
Check it out:  http://www.tme.org.uk

TME is a case in extreme accessibility since their users are illiterate, speak multiple languages, and have no computer

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Visual Storytelling

In Chapter 5 of my book, Interface Design for Learning, I look at the art of communicating visually and allude to the glorious cartoon - an art form that can convey worlds of meaning and emotion in the simplest of lines.  I have recently come across a number of web tools for creating visual narratives that I wanted to share - all of which can be used for free (some completely, some up to a point)

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Students' expectations of technology at university

According to research, 80% of students expect lectures to be recorded but only 50% actually access the recordings.  User expectations are important, but so are the stats on actual use.  Aside from expectations about anywhere/anytime access, a recent University of Sydney student focus group revealed that student painpoints to do with learning technology came back to basics:

ensuring the

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Big History

From the moving teasers to the gorgeous multimedia content within the course, the Big History Project has truly done something big for the learning of history.  It's not only massively open and free (as in MOOC) but for anyone who thought history was boring, Big History puts you in the big picture, drawing on the essence of what it is to be human, to be earthling, and to be life in the

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Learning Technology Research Fest

Who's up for a free and fun day of posters, roundtables, and silly prizes - all centered on cutting edge EdTech research? I know I am.  If you're in Sydney, don't miss out on the 2013 Sydney Learning Technology Research Fest, hosted annually by the Centre for Research on Computer Supported Learning and Cognition.  You can catch up with me at the poster session where I'll be answering questions

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Holograms - the future of Learning?

Why skip class for a 3D game when you could be missing out on holograms back in the lecture hall? Doctors Kapil Sugand and Pedro Campos of St. George's Hospital and Imperial College in London, developed a technique to project 4 meter tall holographic urinary tract systems, skulls and other biological artifacts direct into the classroom.  Their goal is to improve medical education through

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Sharon Oviatt Seminar: Future Educational Interfaces

Photo Credit: Anoto AB, Flickr 

Can we learn and perform better if we use a digital pen instead of a tablet, or a tablet instead of a keyboard?  Sharon Oviatt, leading researcher in educational interfaces will share her insights on how the unique affordances of various physical interfaces (digital pen, paper, multimodal, keyboard/mouse, etc.) impact how well people think, solve problems and

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