On-line events

MoLeNET on-line events include

On-line conferences
These are typically held on the first Friday of every month and consist of 4 one hour sessions during the day. 

On-line workshops
These are held on an ad-hoc basis in response to perceived need and/or requests from MoLeNET projects
The on-line events are "presented" using Instant Presenter and backed up by the MoLeNET Moodle.
Initially on-line event invitations will go only to staff working for MoLeNET project partner organisations and a maximum of 50 colleagues can participate in each event.  However for some events invitations will include members of the Wider MoLeNET community.  Also all events are recorded and the recordings are available on the MoLeNET Moodle.  Some of these recordings will also be made available on this site.

Lights Camera Action!

This on-line conference took place on 1st February 2008.  It consisted of four sessions:

10am

How shall I video?
This session covered:  the type of things and activities that work well as video clips on mobile devices, how to capture video clips, types of equipment which can be used to create video clips, lighting and sound issues.
View a recording of this session (link: http://www.instantpresenter.com/mole/E958D78785 )

11.30am
How shall I edit video?
This session covered how to import and edit video (Mac and Windows), the issues that need to be considered and how to edit and export video.
View a recording of this session (link: http://www.instantpresenter.com/mole/E958D78788 )

1.00pm
How shall I watch the video?
This session covered how to share video with mobile devices, how to share video via a vodcast and how to ensure that learners can access video.
View a recording of this session (link: http://www.instantpresenter.com/mole/E958D78681 )

2.30pm
Questions and Answers
This general session provided an opportunity to ask questions from video-on-mobile-devices experts.
View a recording of this session (link: http://www.instantpresenter.com/mole/E958D78684 )

Each session lasted approximately one hour.

More on-line events

These events are presented live via the Instant Presenter system and recordings are subsequently made available on the Communities Moodle.

“I'm having a coffee...”   Friday 14th March 10.00 am One hour conference on mobile and micro blogging, will include Twitter, Jaiku and Moblog.

“Gadget Fest”   Friday 14th March 11.30 am One hour conference on a wide variety of gadgets and mobile devices, their capabilities and functionality. Including the PSP, iPod touch, Archos 605, Nokia N810, EeePC, a variety of UMPCs, some phones, and then some...

“Image is Nothing”  Friday 14th March 1.30 pm  One hour conference on images, creating images, editing images and using images on mobile devices. The use of images for teaching and learning with an emphasis on cameraphones.

“Feeding Frenzy”   Friday 14th March 3.00 pm One hour conference on RSS feeds and mobile learning. It will cover creating and using RSS feeds for teaching and learning, as well as using RSS feeds on mobile devices.

“Podcasting”   Monday 17th March 10.00 am

One hour conference on an introduction to podcasting, it will focus mainly on workflows, but will be supported by a follow-up discussion on pedagogy and podcasting on the MoLeNET Moodle.

“Where are you?”  Monday 17th March 11.30 am

One hour conference on GPS and location based learning using mobile devices, it will cover some of the GPS devices out there and how location based learning can be used.

“Workflows”   Friday 28th March 10.00 am One hour conference on creating workflows and guides for practitioners, support staff and learners who are involved in creating, editing, converting and distributing content as part of mobile learning activities.

“Where are you?”   Friday 28th March 11.30 am (REPEAT) One hour conference on GPS and location based learning using mobile devices, it will cover some of the GPS devices out there and how location based learning can be used.