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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Showing posts with label Events and announcements. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Monday, 2 September 2013
Sharon Oviatt Seminar: Future Educational Interfaces
Posted on 17:03 by Unknown
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
Monday, 15 April 2013
UX London - 6 highlights
Posted on 09:48 by Unknown
UX London saw the convergence of inspiring veterans and fresh new designers. Concepts as diverse as Big Data, humility, abundance and the "Internet of Things" were ever-present, and experience was described as an ecosystem of multiple events and touchpoints running across many devices, places and moments in time.
Here are just a few highlights from some of the UX leaders at companies like
Here are just a few highlights from some of the UX leaders at companies like
Monday, 4 February 2013
10-year Survey of Online Education
Posted on 06:39 by Unknown
A new report by the Babson Group and the College Board has tracked ten years of online education in the United States revealing that over a third of higher education students now take at least one of their courses online. Most staff view MOOCs as more of a way to learn about online pedagogy than as a sustainable long-term mode of operation, and although online education is growing, higher
Friday, 10 August 2012
UX for Learning - Design guidelines
Posted on 21:12 by Unknown
UX for Learning - Design guidelines for the Learner Experience was just published in the online professional publication UX Matters. In the article I elaborate on a list of practical guidelines drawn from multimedia learning research. Check it out.
Monday, 30 July 2012
eBook on graphic design for eLearning
Posted on 17:35 by Unknown
The eLearning Guild has now released 62 Tips on Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, and Visualization for eLearning - the companion eBook to the upcoming online forum on this topic (to be held online on the 23-24 of August). The eBook is free to download and contains tips provided by the forum presenters (of which I am one, so let bias be noted ;).
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Experts call for more "Learning experience design"
Posted on 23:29 by Unknown
Janet Kolodner at ICLS 2012
I was ecstatic in the audience of Pierre Dillenbourg's talk at last week's International Conference of the Learning Sciences when he made an open call for more work to be done on HCI for Education. Later, in an interactive poster session of innovative learning technology, ISLS society founder Janet Kolodner echoed agreement for this need, appropriately recasting it
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Design for a wiser world
Posted on 17:52 by Unknown
Rich learning experiences can help us grow in wisdom as well as in knowledge and capacity. While many are wringing their hands at the perceived negative effects of technology, Positive Computing opens the door to a future in which human-centred design evolves to a kind of humanity-centred design. The Interactions feature article "Positive Computing: Technology for a wiser world" explores both a
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Workshop / conference on educational interfaces
Posted on 22:52 by Unknown
The third annual Workshop on Educational Interfaces, Software and technology, associated with CHI 2012, aims to combine "the pedagogical expertise of the cooperative learning, and learning sciences communities with the technical creativity of the CHI, UIST and interactive surface communities."
Held May 5-6, You may have just missed it this year, but the papers are now online, and keep your eye
Held May 5-6, You may have just missed it this year, but the papers are now online, and keep your eye
Digital experiences for kids and teens
Posted on 20:59 by Unknown
If you design digital experiences for kids or teenagers, you'll want to check out the recently released Oxford University Press title, Designing Digital Experiences for Positive Youth Development by Marina Umaschi Bers, PhD. The book explores the notion of "Positive Technological Development" and looks at the potential of digital experiences to support positive development in youth.
"Based on
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Online Forum on Visual Design for Learning!
Posted on 17:45 by Unknown
This August, the ELearning Guild will focus one of their Online Forums on visual design for learning. Graphic Design, UI Design and Visualization for eLearning will be held this August 23-24th and attendance is virtual (via Adobe Connect) so come as you are. I have been invited to speak at the forum and will present: "Guidelines for Effective learning Interfaces". More information is
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Seminar on Visualization for Science Education
Posted on 20:19 by Unknown
Heads up on the following seminar on how visualizations can be leveraged for science learning...
Making Sense of Science through Visualization will be presented by Roy Tasker on 20 April 2012, 11-12pm at The University of Sydney.
A deep understanding of chemistry requires the ability to imagine the invisible molecular world to explain the observable world. Only then do abstract chemical
Making Sense of Science through Visualization will be presented by Roy Tasker on 20 April 2012, 11-12pm at The University of Sydney.
A deep understanding of chemistry requires the ability to imagine the invisible molecular world to explain the observable world. Only then do abstract chemical
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Interaction Design in Ed Environments - Workshop
Posted on 20:53 by Unknown
I was delighted to hear of the 1st International Workshop on Interaction Design in Educational Environments - IDEE 2012 which will be held on the 28 June, 2012 in Poland. Note, this is an academic conference style workshop in which papers are presented (as opposed to a training workshop). Paper submission deadline is April 10.
I look forward to the resulting insights and publications!
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Learning Interface roundtable debrief
Posted on 18:32 by Unknown
The 2011 Learning Technology Research Fest, held annually at the CoCo Research Centre in Sydney, was as stimulating and spirited as last year, and this year's roundtable menu featured two sessions on learning interfaces. These roundtables emphasized the general agreement that this area needs special attention and gave some glimpses into the future of learning interfaces...
The first
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Crowd-sourced filmmaking
Posted on 22:33 by Unknown
It's not too late to join an amazing adventure: CrowdTV, whose first project is a group-created documentary film that anyone can take part in by writing parts of the script, submitting ideas, graphics or audio, and then voting on the ideas you like best! The concept and title have already been selected democratically. If you earn enough contribution points you get an Assistant Producer credit!
Friday, 28 October 2011
UX Mag on Learning Interface Design
Posted on 20:24 by Unknown
The folks at UX Magazine have agreed it's the right time to put Learning Interface Design into the spotlight. See the article "Say hello to Learning Interface Design".
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Roundtable on designing interfaces for learning
Posted on 22:00 by Unknown
Join in the upcoming Learning Technology Research Fest - an energizing and informal free event in Sydney that brings together people at the cutting edge of learning technology research. There are two roundtables on learning interfaces this year, including one (which I will be chairing) called "Designing Interfaces for Learning: Towards best practice in the multimedia design of educational
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
MIT Center for Mobile Learning
Posted on 18:15 by Unknown
MIT is launching a new Centre for Mobile Learning as part of their world-renowned MIT Media Lab. The centre sprung from Hal Abelson's work with Google on the educational tool App Inventor which allows anyone to create apps for Android mobile phones. These guys will certainly be worth keeping an eye on.
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Turn to the sherpa
Posted on 22:01 by Unknown
Check out this highly informative, expertly crafted (and so pretty it's like dessert) new web publication: The Web Standards Sherpa. "Journeying towards best web practices." Everything here can be applied to the design of web-based learning environments.
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
The un-digital experience
Posted on 22:43 by Unknown
We graze in digital vapor all day, but there's plenty we can't let go of in the analog world. The crispy satisfaction of a magazine, the "new smell" that runs along the inside spine of a book, the scratchy novelty of an old recording, or the unpredictability of a limited edition screen print. Let's face it, life full-digital lacks a luster and a good 200,000 years of humanity. So let's
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