Blogging for professional development and healing

Here is a very interesting presentation given by Bronnie Thompson who is an occupational therapist, educator and PhD candidate. She has used blogging as a means of recovering from concussion, and for professional development. You may be especially interested in the topic of her blog which is about living with chronic pain - the blog is called HealthSkills.

Find recording here.

Why you need a personal learning network?

Why you need a PLN!

View more presentations from Sarah Stewart.

Nancy White - looking over our shoulders

I found this recording to a meeting we had with Nancy White three years ago about how we can learn from and assist each other to learn.

It is still as relevant today as it was then.

1. MP3 audio of Nancy's talk - 2.7meg / 15min
2. MP3 audio of discussion after the talk - 6.3meg / 35min
3. Elluminate recording - 1hr, 35min (no password needed)

The networked student - how does this apply to tertiary students

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Changing Education Paradigms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

More from Sir Ken Robinson about education

Blogging workshop: Tuesday 26th October at 9am

Just a quick note to say that I will be running a workshop on Tuesday 26^th October at 9am at Otago Polytechnic on how to set up a blog. Anyone is very welcome to attend.

At the moment I am in the throes of arranging a computer room, so please contact me for a room toward the end of this week so I can tell you where we will be.

Thank you, Sarah Stewart (0800 smartmove 03 4773014 x 8360) sarah.stewart(at)op.ac.nz

Free, online seminar: Nancy White on Networks, Communities, and the Role of Facilitator

Free online seminar on Weds 20th October 1pm NZ - full details here:

http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/10/tuesday-nancy-white-on-networks.html

This is a must-attend event for anyone interested in how you teach, learn and facilitate in the online environment

Teaching and learning in today's modern world

Here is 'Prezi' - an alternative presentation format to PowerPoint. I have embedded it here to show you what a Prezi looks like. The topic will hopefully get you thinking about how we teach and learn in today's world.

Bloom's on Prezi

http://prezi.com/gb4mbz9vg7hg/blooms/

Open Access Week - free online conference

Here is a chance to attend a free online conference being held in Elluminate.

Open Access Week 18th - 22nd October 2010 - topics to be discussed include learning to share, OER for sustainability, putting OER into practice, Creative Commons and open access IP policy. Speaks include Robin Day, Phil Ker, Wayne Mackintosh, Jane Hornibrook and Paul Seiler.

For more information, contact Wayne Mackintosh: wayne@oerfoundation.org

Facilitating online courses

Here is a fabulous session presented by Greg Walker in which he talks about eLearning and how to go about engaging students in online courses....well worth watching this Elluminate recording.

Elluminate recording: Recording
Audio recording: Audio recording