James Tapankov: The VC7 – Brain Based Learning Techniques in VC At Elevate 2008 This session will explore the use of brain-based learning techniques in the videoconferencing environment. The VC7 is a list of seven approaches that are guaranteed to enhance the level of interactivity and value to every VC, regardless of its focus. The [...]
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The bummer about presenting a half day workshop here is that I’m missing some really cool presentations! Look at these two in particular: Gord Smith, Bev Knutson-Shaw, Belinda Crowsen Family Treasures – Museum Project Videoconferencing is allowing schools and museums to work together in new and creative ways. Expanding on a 2006 pilot program with [...]
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In Julia Heighway‘s keynote this morning, she featured some interesting collaborations. Both of these ones here are using other Internet technologies to support the videoconference. Human Rights Club Several high schools videoconferenced about genocide and the holocaust. The students decided they wanted to start a Human Rights Club. They created a wiki to support their [...]
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This morning at breakfast at the Elevate 2008 conference, I chatted with Marilyn Steinberg from the Canadian Space Agency. I commented that I heard their programs fill up quickly, so she described how they focus on quality, particularly how they train their “hosts” – the scientists and engineers who videoconference with the students. Her training [...]
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