e-learning librarian’s toolbox

Simon Brown, a TAFE QLD Stonemasonry teacher, is doing some interesting things with spycam glasses.

Check out
http://cafechat.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/recording-pov-video-in-the-training-workshop-3/

This blog post confirms my experiences with my e-learning project that rapid e-learning development tools are a life-saver, especially for quickly knocking up prototype systems.

“A current project of ours has us collecting PowerPoint slides and voice narrations from doctors in a particular specialty. They’re submitting their presentations to a small panel who will choose the best ones, which will be presented live before an audience of doctors in the same specialty.

With 12 submissions total, we’ve ended up with 78 minutes of  what could be argued is elearning content for doctors. Total production time? 11.9 hours. Run the math and it comes to 9.15 hours’ development time per hour of finished “seat time,” roughly 9:1. Compare this to high production value, interactive elearning, which generally takes 200-300 hours per hour (200:1 to 300:1).

So you could argue this rapid elearning takes less than 5% as much effort as “regular” elearning.”

 I like this … 

Google Launches Virtual World ‘Lively’

Create your own virtual space
   Chat and interact with your friends in rooms you design
Express yourself
   Customize your avatar and stream personal photos and video
Add your room to your site
   Invite your friends to chat and help decorate

Requires a download so I’m not sure how useful this would be in the TAFE environment.

This site is worth subscribing to. They have free monthly online presentations, usually on Web 2.0/e-learning in libraries and education. And they store previous recordings so you can view them later, with your choice of audio, video or text (e.g. powerpoints).

http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/archive.php

Check this out …

http://www.wiziq.com

and it’s free!