1. Using technologies for research Gráinne Conole and Alex Hardman PRiE conference Liverpool John Moores University, 27/06/09

7. My Personal Digital Learning Environment Information Writing (Word) Finding (Google) Blogging (Wordpress) Presenting (Powerpoint) Recording (Audacity) Communication Writing (Email) Talking (Mobile & skype) Texting (SMS & twitter) Learning (Audio conferencing) Presenting (Video conferencing) Hardware: Laptop, iphone, ipod, portable hard disk, camera, flip video camera Learning, research, work Where: Dining room table, hot desking space, hotel rooms, airport lounges

11. Why do people attend conferences?

22. Cloudworks: Education 2.0 Changing practices through use of social networking Many repositories of good practice, but little impact Blogging Facebook Twitter Slideshare Flckr Youtube Commenting Live commentary Tagging RSS feeds Embedding Following

23. Core concepts Clouds: Learning and teaching ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

26. Journal of interactive multimedia education http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/

27. Journal of visualized experiments http://www.jove.com/

30. Shift from information to communication Co-evolution of tools and practice Conole, forthcoming in Lee and McLoughan Function Pre 2005 Now.. Text/Data Word, Excel Google docs Presentation Powerpoint Slideshare, podcasts, YouTube Finding info Google Google+, RSS feeds Managing info Bibliographic tools, repositories, e-journals Social bookmarking, blogs, wikis Personal management Microsoft exchange Shared calenders & to do lists Communication Email, forums, chat Skype, elluminate, social networking Visualisation Mindmaps Compendium, mind42, cohere

33. Pros and cons… Change +ve impact -ve impact Free resources Specialised niche use Literacy skills Ubiquitous access Technology as core tool for learning Narrower, but deeper digital divide Many communication channels Increased peer dialogue Fragmentation Free tools Personalisation Lack of institutional control Media rich representations New forms of sense making Lack of digital literacy skills Instant & multiple distribution Information repurposed to meet different needs No centralised repository of knowledge User generated content Variety and acknowledging individual contributions Quality assurance issues Social profiling Knowledge sharing and community build Inappropriate descriptions

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