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Those who’ve heard my thoughts on presentations in general (most are bad … including most of mine), you’ll also know I think Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Zen (the blog and the book) is the most insightful guide to contemporary presentation design currently available.  Thus, I was fascinated by Garr’s take on the differences between Barack ...

It would appear that the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has the dubious honours of being the first Australian university to have their own YouTube channel.  In the past couple of months, there have been a number of reports of US universities setting up on YouTube.  For example, this article from News.com on UC Berkeley's ...

Michael Wesch and his 200 students in ANTH 200: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, Spring 2007 collaborated in exploring what exactly a student does these days.  Their results make a fascinating video and a timely reminder of the way (some) student experiences are changing: [YouTube:dGCJ46vyR9o] Some of the ...

As readers of my main blog will know, I spent Friday at the Australian Blogging Conference at QUT's Creative Industries Precinct in Brisbane.  It was a fabulous, stimulating and intellectually rich conference and a great end to Tama's-month-o-conferencing.  I was the facilitator for the 'Blogging and Education' session so thought, in ...

The talk I have during the PSA's Research week on 'Creating an Online Presence During Candidature' is now online, complete with slides and audio, thanks to Lectopia.  At 36:45 in to the presentation, I talk explicitly about MyResearchSpace and what it offers UWA's research students.  If you're not sure if you're getting ...

The ultimate in procrastination has hit MyResearchSpace as LOL CATS and the LOL CATS Buildr invades.  All it takes is a cute photo and a semi-witty uber-geeky tagline and you're all set ... No lecture given by postgraduates need ever lack geek humour again! :)

As part of Teaching Month (which, to be honest, is ''Teaching 17 Days'' but that just sounded naff on flyers and banners), the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is running a group blog in which a number of academics, professional staff and at least one student are exploring the place of blogs and blogging in higher education.  ...

As promised to a number of this year's Postgraduate Teaching Interns, here is the next installment of 'The Lecture from Hell', this time featuring an iconic 80s videogame figure: [YouTube:ywciRztvCx8] 

In order to celebrate the arrival of video blogging in MyResearchSpace, let me take this opportunity to post a video of a lecture I hope you'll never have (nor will you ever be trying to give): [YouTube:910jw8wDLJc] [Source] For those who are present (or past) Postgraduate Teaching Interns, this is exactly the sort of video I wish I had time ...

In exploring the role of participatory media forms in higher eduction, media scholar Henry Jenkins recently penned an article entitled ''From YouTube to YouNiversity'' for the Chronicle of Higher Education. It's a great read, but this passage particularly caught my attention: Blogs represent a powerful tool for engaging in these larger public ...