reflection on the nmc virtual symposium

Reflection on Rock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning

Mike Bogle

About the New Media Consortium

“The New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium of nearly 300 learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies.”

http://www.nmc.org/about

About The Symposium

“Everywhere we look, we are seeing new practices for education emerging – some that work, some that don’t, and some that have not yet been fully explored. Rock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning is about the kinds of change taking place in education all around us. ” 

http://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium

Rock the Academy Promotional Videohttp://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDmJ0L_5cQ

Participation Model

Approximately 150 people in attendanceTwo means of attending and participating:

The NMC Conference Center on NMC Campus in Second Life

Streaming video feed with 2-way live chat

View of Symposium inside SecondLifehttp://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_6MijhM0fj0

View of Symposium from outside SecondLife (video streamed + chatbridge)

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Jydm8UYdokY

Themes & Topics

Themes & Topics

new media and digital literacy online collaboration and networked learningDIY Edtech, Edupunk, and learner empowerment open education resources and open content; guerilla learning, games, and activist learning; alternatives to course management systems; backchannels and alternative communication tools;

"...and any technology or practice that shows promise for engaging students and supporting subversive teaching and learning."

"The Revolution Will Be Syndicated"

Jim Groom, University of Mary Washington; Brian Lamb, University of British Columbia; Tom Woodward, University of Richmond "This presentation will involve some performance art in an effort to "revolutionize" how we imagine web-based publishing in higher education. Come to this session ready to doff the chains of LMS slavery and join the brave new world of web-publishing in the Age of Syndication." Session InformationDownload video recording (QuickTime) View on blip.tv View chat transcript

NMC: There Be Zombieshttp://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEQWjjUX2U

Resources

NMC Conference Overview http://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium NMC Conference Program and Recordingshttp://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium/program

My screen casts from the Symposiumhttp://au.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9D80763E94F1A35F

My screen shots from the Symposiumhttp://flickr.com/photos/acousticdad/sets/72157608679216022/

My Bloghttp://techticker.net

Questions?Mike BogleeLearning Research OfficerLearning & Teaching @ UNSWUniversity of New South Wales Email: m.bogle@unsw.edu.auBlog: http://techticker.net