Cool Connections - podcasts, digital stories, forums

In her Networks: December Newsletter, Jyothi Jayaram has provided links for podcasts, digital stories and forums from the Cool Connections Conference 21-22 November, Sydney. Her summary is below.

Cool Connections showcased innovation in e-learning practices. It provided a wealth of sharing and knowledge building, as well as fostering opportunities for networking with practitioners from across Australia.

The work of a number of Projects from within the 2005 Framework was featured in the Cool Connections event, including: 2005 Networks of the Australian Flexible Learning Community; LearnScope; E-learning Creative Community Partnerships; Indigenous Engagement; Engaging Industry and New Practices in Flexible Learning 2005.

A number of these presentations are now available as podcasts from the links below. Keynote sessions were especially valued and available for your perusal.

The Elluminate keynote presentation by George Siemens on ‘Connectivism: Learning in a Digital Age’ created a lot of interest.

• View the recorded session at – http://home.learningtimes.net/lta?go=1045877
• Download and listen to the MP3 file from the Podcast at - http://castingthenetpodcast.blogspot.com/ (thanks to Stephan Ridgway).
• You can also continue to engage with George in an online discussion forum! Go to - http://home.learningtimes.net/lta?go=1048098
• George has also set up a wiki of useful resources:
  http://www.connectivism.ca/wiki/CoolConnections
• George will also be a featured speaker at IOC 2006 www.ilonlineconf.org

Podcasting: The Cool Connections event has been PODCASTED (thank you Stephan Ridgway!)

• you can download and listen to the MP3 files at - http://castingthenetpodcast.blogspot.com/
• also more podcasts of Day 2 under the November Archives link on the Casting the Net Podcast page.
• For some photos of the event, go to – http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/coolconnections05/

For Digital Stories created during the event

• Digi Dragons stories
• Digistory competition