February TalkCast - Author David Williamson Shaffer

I'm starting up the weekly podcast again. It is a great honor to have David Williamson Shaffer as my featured guest. I loved the book and I'm excited for the opportunity to lead this discussion.

We will be using Talkshoe to create a live talkcast open to the public. See details below to dial in and join the conversation.

Hosted by: Brent Schlenker Title: EPISODE4 - Corporate eLearning Weekly

Time: 02/15/07 11:00 AM EST Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 Talkcast ID: 8702 Duration: 01:00 Description: Special episode: Discussion with David Williamson Shaffer. Author of How Computer Games Help Children Learn. And yes! This does have something to do with Corporate eLearning Development

Owen Kelly - ePedagogy Thesis

I stumbled across Owen's Thesis (actually its a request to contribute to his thesis) and blog via a Technorati search on eLearning.

His Thesis is titled Mimi: A Key Tool for ePedagogy.

He has some great thoughts, ideas, and structure around creating a tool that is a combination of a wiki and blog. Before you roll your eyes and say, "hey, there's a ton of people already working on that." I would encourage us, the learning community, to participate and help by adding our thoughts to his thesis.
Why? Because its exactly what this whole new paradigm in learning is all about...remember...it's about the conversation, collaboration, bla, bla, bla.

While much of the content is not new or groundbreaking to me, I do appreciate the effort in structure the content of such a HUGE topic. As one that gives presentations on this stuff throughout the year I am constantly looking for fresh ways to present this swing of the learning development pendulum. The links in his overview and summary section led me too his post titled We Are Teaching Conducers. Very interesting!

Thanks Owen! And good luck with the Thesis!