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Using Second Life on Iphone

During #fcvw11 I discovered a simple way to use Second Life from an iphone or an ipad. Here are the promised photos:

As you can see, I stream SL, control my avatar and I am able to move and fly. Here is how you can do it too.
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The inspiration: think outside of the box to do [...]

E-learning adventure at UOC continues: CDT4

This semester, after the kind proposal of Professor Marcelo Maina, I have the pleasure to expand my cooperation with the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).
Since last week, I am facilitating the online course CDT4: Designing Resources and Activities for E-Learning Purposes. CDT4 is one of the four courses of the world wide available accredited postgraduate [...]

Training in 3D examples

Using a 3d virtual world environment can expand & enhance learning far beyond 2d synchronous e-learning sessions.
Check out the following excellent video comparison by @kkapp. Note that the example is about a spatial skill.  The instructor prepares & uses multiple, especially designed spaces for active collaborative activities based on a learning scenario.
See also a complex, [...]

How to embed a Google Document into a blog or wiki

The simplest way to embed a Google document or worksheet into your blog or wiki is to use the iframe command like this:
<iframe src=»http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeyVWlub_WB1ZGRzbW5tOG5fMTE1Z2JoOWg0Z2c&hl=el» width=”700″ frameborder=”0″ height=”630″></iframe>
The result should look like this:

You’ll need to
1) copy the document’s http address
2) make sure people can actually see the embedded document (without having a GDocs account) by choosing [...]

Making of a 3d game

Few months ago with the occasion of the ReD course by the Ministry of ID, I developed my first experimental 3d game, Miska in the University of Patras.

Plot: Miska is an extraordinary freshman in the University of Patras. But as soon as he arrives, he realizes there is a surprise for him!
The making of

I chose [...]

Αξιοποίηση της τεχνολογίας στην τάξη Ι

Αυτή την περίοδο βρίσκονται σε εξέλιξη πρωτοβουλίες του Υπουργείου Παιδείας για τη δημιουργία ενός νέου μοντέλου σχολείου που χαρακτηρίζεται μεταξύ των άλλων από την επιδίωξη  αξιοποίησης της τεχνολογίας για καινοτομία στη διδασκαλία. Μετα την παρουσίαση αυτή υπήρξε κριτική στο σχέδιο που εστίασε στην υποβάθμιση διαχρονικών στοιχείων ελληνικής παιδείας, καθώς και στην αμφίβολη συμβολή τεχνολογίας στη [...]

Γράμμα προς Υποψήφιο Πρύτανη: Open e-learning 2.0 και Ελληνικό Πανεπιστήμιο

Αξιότιμε Κύριε Καθηγητά,
Με αφορμή την υποψηφιότητά σας για το αξίωμα του Πρύτανη, σας κοινοποιώ μερικές σκέψεις και συναφή ερωτήματα, επιθυμώντας να πληροφορηθώ τις απόψεις σας για την αξιοποίηση της εκπαιδευτικής τεχνολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιό μας.

Η βασική πρόταση
Σύμφωνα με τον Πρωθυπουργό, «το ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο όπως το ξέραμε έχει κλείσει τον κύκλο του» [1]. Ο τομέας της τριτοβάθμιας [...]

Between blog & twitter: Alive Learning x 2

I often want to point out to a useful resource that is relevant to a larger narrative and keep it in a e-portfolio for future reference.
Given the constant flowing nature of twitter and the fact that a blog post takes time, I decided to start Alive Learning x 2 on the free microblogging service Posterous. [...]

Between blog & twitter: Alive Learning x 2

I often want to point out to a useful resource that is relevant to a larger narrative and keep it in a e-portfolio for future reference.
Given the constant flowing nature of twitter and the fact that a blog post takes time, I decided to start Alive Learning x 2 on the free microblogging service Posterous. [...]

eTeaching at UOC

Big news: This semester, after Professor’s Albert Sangra kind invitation, I will have the priviledge of cooperating with the Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalonia – UOC).
Albert Sangra is an international e-learning expert. I enjoyed especially reading the extensive summary in english of his PhD «The Integration of Information and Communication Technologies in [...]