The book of essays Designing for Learning Environments of the Future (edited by Jacobson and Reimann) is now freely available for reading online. The book contains chapters by leaders in the field of the Learning Sciences and deals with topics like learning in virtual worlds, net-based teams, knowledge communities and inquiry-based learning.
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Book: Designing for Learning Environments of the Future
Posted on 17:12 by Unknown
The book of essays Designing for Learning Environments of the Future (edited by Jacobson and Reimann) is now freely available for reading online. The book contains chapters by leaders in the field of the Learning Sciences and deals with topics like learning in virtual worlds, net-based teams, knowledge communities and inquiry-based learning.
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
The Future of Learning Interfaces
Posted on 17:30 by Unknown
Future learning interfaces (including multi-touch tables, motion-sensitive interfaces, and physical and tangible computing) represent just one of the topics to be addressed at this year's International Conference of the Learning Sciences (to be held downunder for the first time).
How to design for future learning interfaces will be addressed in the Pre-Conference Workshop: "Digital Ecosystems
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
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Glamming up research
Posted on 15:34 by Unknown
The folks at web and print media at the University of Sydney have just done a fantastic job with a brilliant little interactive that makes the importance of research and research funding accessible, appealing and audience driven. It's a lovely example of infographics, crowd sourcing, and live stats in action. It's a model in web seduction that seeks to educate the public while shaping their
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