Category Archives: education

Using Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) on Ubuntu

Posted on October 20, 2011 by leogaggl

Like it or not (personally I am in the second category) Blackboard Collaborate or Elluminate (as it is still more commonly referred to) is something you have a hard time avoiding if you work in online education. I discovered that I … Continue reading →

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OpenSource e-book creation

Posted on September 23, 2011 by leogaggl

After recently researching the available software for e-book creation for some of our clients (in the education sector) I came across quite a number of options.  However after some further look into the option and trying some I was able … Continue reading →

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My mobile personal learning environment

Posted on April 4, 2011 by leogaggl

Taking part in MobiMOOC has given me the opportunity to take stock of my own MobilePLE – the top 5 tools I find most useful as part of my ongoing learning.   Catch Notes (previously 3Bananas) – mobile note taking the … Continue reading →

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Using Yahoo Pipes to aggregate learning resources

Posted on April 4, 2011 by leogaggl

I am using the opportunity of me taking part in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on mobile learning as an excuse to add some more content to this neglected blog. On of the issues I am facing with my … Continue reading →

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iPad Alternatives

Posted on April 14, 2010 by leogaggl

Due to the hype generated by the recent launch and my reservations on using the Apple Inc. iTunes I was doing some research into alternatives to the proprietary and completely locked  iPad device (and the associated lock-down to Apple’s iTunes Store). Hopefully this list … Continue reading →

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iPad – Trojan Horse ?

Posted on April 10, 2010 by leogaggl

The media hype generated by the launch of the Apple Inc. iPad has been seriously irritating me over the last weeks. Apart from the fact that I can not see anything revolutionary about either the hardware nor the software, I … Continue reading →

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Useful software for practical mobile learning

Posted on April 26, 2009 by leogaggl

Since a fair bit of my time is spent working and researching in the field of Mobile Learning and there is not a lot of recent  listings of Software useful in practical m-Learning implementations I have compiled the following list … Continue reading →

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Need for digital (media) literacy

Posted on March 14, 2009 by leogaggl

I just recently stumbled across this link to the ‘Heartland Institute‘ via a reference in an American Newspaper site citing their sources for an article about the US Economic Stimulus package. I initially was hoping this might be a satiric … Continue reading →

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m-learn: Mobile evidence gathering using GoogleDocs

Posted on February 18, 2009 by leogaggl

This one nearly escaped my attention yesterday. Google has just announced the ability to edit Google Docs on your mobile device via their Google Mobile Blog. Just point your mobile browser to m.google.com/docs and start editing. Along with the use … Continue reading →

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Working with Second Life in an educational sense

Posted on March 20, 2008 by leogaggl

With the help of SL resident Moggs Oceanlane I was able to get our first Sloodle implementation off the ground. Being a bit new on the SL concepts (Moodle as such is my daily life) I found the technical process … Continue reading →

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