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Geanium is sheer genius

December 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Last week at Online Educa 2009 in Berlin I was struck by a really innovative tool for developing time-based digital content that originates from Croatia. It’s called Geanium, a system that’s designed to ‘analyse, visualise and compare historical or any other time-sequenced data’.

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The demo I saw showed a detailed map of Europe which could be explored against a historical timeline. At each point in time, major events were shown on the map at the place in which they occured. Each event could then be explored further using additional multimedia resources.

This is the sort of interactive content you could play with all day. I’m not sure if I’ve found an application for the tool which I can use yet, but I’m certainly going to be happy if I find one!

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Graphics tablets bring whiteboards to life

December 7, 2009 By 4 Comments

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Last week at Online Educa 2009 I stopped by at the Wacom booth to take a look at their latest range of graphics tablets. I was interested because they’ve started to promote their hardware as a useful aid for anyone running live web conferencing sessions. A graphics tablet is a far superior drawing device to a mouse and much better suited to sketching on an electronic whiteboard. If a facilitator adds a tablet to their kit, they’ll be able to work on-screen much as they do on a conventional whiteboard or flip chart. I reckon that could make a very significant difference in terms of engaging learners and break the reduce our dependence on PowerPoint slides. I’ve got a small Wacom tablet tucked in a drawer, so I’ll be dusting that down before my next live session.

Wacom have prepared a free white paper on the use of graphics tablets in web conferencing, which can be downloaded here.

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The new illustrated live online learning

December 2, 2009 By 2 Comments

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We’ve updated our free Live Online Learning e-book with scores of illustrations, photos and screen shots to make the key points even clearer.

To download your copy, click here.

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Ten commandments of social media

December 2, 2009 By 2 Comments

Robb Clarke has posted these excellent 10 Commandments of Social Media :

  1. Thou Shalt Not Be a Narcissist
  2. Thou Shalt Listen to What Others Are Saying
  3. Thou Shalt Not Spam
  4. Thou Shalt Say Something of Substance
  5. Thou Shalt Not Abuse Thy Neighbour
  6. Thou Shalt Give Credit Where Credit is Due
  7. Thou Shalt Learn How to Spell (or at least use a spell checker)
  8. Thou Shalt Use Real Words
  9. Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness
  10. Thou Shalt Not Be a Friend Whore
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