Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Second Life 101

Hello everyone,

I thought that I would take some time today to have a wander in second life. I found some great spots and am starting to find my way around and how to use the different features. I think I have installed and un-installed the retched thing twice over, but have finally decided to try and spend some time working it out.

Today I found myself experimenting with the main map for the Main Land. Just by typing in some search terms to see what it would come up with. I searched for Education and found myself on Education Island, which has a couple of interesting activities, but this place didn't really appeal to me as I couldn't clearly see it's purpose. It looks like there were a couple of classrooms, which I'm guessing get used for the owners online faciliation sessions.

So I took myself off for a little round the world trip and found myself in Paris, standing in front of the Moulin Rouge, which I off course had to take a photo of and free falling off of the top of the Eiffel tower. Not intentionally, my parachute didn't open. And right now my character (Katharina Qinan) is spending her time on an Italian Island Resort Camping on a Park Bench, making 2 Linden dollars per 10 minutes. Easy way to make some free money so I can go shopping for clothes. lol :)

If you are playing around in second life at the moment as well, feel free to leave a comment to share your experiences. What to do, what not to do, cool places to go etc. We would love to hear from you.


(Newby Island)...........................................(Help Island)..............................(Moulin Rouge)


Cheers



Kat



Monday, 25 June 2007

m-Learning Workshop for beginners

Want to learn how to build
training resources for Mobile devices?

Then this is just the thing for you….

You maybe asking yourself what exactly is m-Learning?

The definition from Wikipedia suggest that it means the following:

m-learning, or "mobile learning", now commonly abbreviated to "m-Learning", has different meanings for different communities. The term covers:

· learning with portable technologies, where the focus is on the technology (which could be in a fixed location, such as a classroom);
· learning across contexts, where the focus is on the mobility of the learner, interacting with portable or fixed technology;
· learning in a mobile society, with a focus on how society and its institutions can accommodate and support the learning of an increasingly mobile population.

To find out how m-Learning can work for you and the wonderful resources that can be created for using Mobile technologies, come along to our workshop on:

Bringing on mobile learning: how to build training resources for mobile devices

http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/projects/mobilelearning.htm.

When: 5 July 2007
Where: SITAC Boardroom, Lvl 1 Winlow House, 75 Woods St DARWIN
Time: 9.00am - 12.00pm

Please contact Katharina to register on 08 8942 1651 or admin@sitac.com.au.
Thursday, 7 June 2007

IAD Visit 6 June 2007

Learnscope 2007

Institute for Aboriginal Development, visit by Katharina Gerste on 6th June 2007.

Teams Involved
03 Pancultural-e

Location: IAD Alice Springs

Meeting : with Fred Richardson

  • discussed team progress
  • Fred showed me what Li Ting has been working on
  • introduced to Gavan, the text editor for the project
Exciting stuff going on as part of this project. Definately watch this space!
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) provides the vocational education and training (VET) system with essential e-learning infrastructure and expertise needed to respond to the challenges of a modern economy and the training needs of Australian businesses and workers. Through the Framework, the NT VET Community has access to:

NT E-learning Coordinator
NT E-learning Innovations Coordinator
NT Toolbox Champion

To find out more about these three great services available to RTOs, Industry and workers in the Northern Territory please contact Melanie Brenton on (08) 8942 1651 or email melb at sitac.com.au.

(Replace 'at' with @ to use this address)


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