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The story of SKIL2. Creating online learning spaces for small to medium non profits using open source learning tech.

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Nothing progresses in a straight line ... ever

I know it's been a while since I last posted.I have been working away on SKIL2.Because I am developing it without any money it's a slow process ... and that's not a bad thing as it gives me space to think.In 2009 the best SKIL2 achievement was the formation of the SKIL2 Depaul Team.Depaul Ireland is a national charity that works with homeless people in Dublin and Northern Ireland. They have been at the cutting edge of service developments for homeless…See More
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liz lennon

The elephant view. What do you think SKIL2 is? Info pack attached. 2 Replies

Now here's the fun bit folks.SKIL2 feels a bit like the old elephant that's being described by a dozen people standing around it in different places.You all know what its like when you become…Continue

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Started by liz lennon in General questions and comments on SKIL2. Last reply by liz lennon May 9, 2008.

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Personal Learning Environments in an intranet 5 Replies

There's a lot of discussion online about personal learning environments (PLE's) and while I like a semantics discourse as much as the next woman - I'm really more interested in what it is and how I…Continue

Started by liz lennon in Uncategorized. Last reply by liz lennon Apr 29, 2008.

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Open Source Learning Platforms 3 Replies

I'm just beginning to research OS learning platforms.There are a few that I will be doing a comparative analysis on over the next few months:-1. Moodle2. Sakai3. Plone (although that's more of a…Continue

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Started by liz lennon in Uncategorized. Last reply by liz lennon Apr 24, 2008.

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My SKIL2 Dream

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Nothing progresses in a straight line ... ever



I know it's been a while since I last posted.


I have been working away on…
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Posted by liz lennon on March 5, 2010 at 11:27am

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SKIL2 is alive and Liz is back



HI Folks

It's been just over a year since I last wrote.



Many thanks to my brother Marc for adding in all the really useful sites and information.



I've been working away at SKIL2 doing lots of research and reading and thinking ... and working with my test organisation ... Depaul Ireland.



I've also been living life offline.



From this week I will be writing more regularly and will start this week… Continue

Posted by liz lennon on June 7, 2009 at 12:37pm

Marc Garnaut

35 Tools For Teachers, Tutors and Students

Slightly off topic, but if you're trying to set up formal training in an organization then take a look at this list of resources from Mashable. There's a variety of tools including quiz generators, whiteboard tools, peer review tools… Continue

Posted by Marc Garnaut on September 21, 2008 at 6:40am

Marc Garnaut

Learning on Demand



Valeria Maltoni at Conversation Agent has a nice post about open source learning in organizations. It includes a link to a great 8 minute video with John Seely Brown.



She says:



"Most learning is social. In a brief conversation with Ulrike Reinhard at SCOPE|08: The Future of Learning, John Seely Brown, Chief of Confusion and advocate of productive inquiry, talks about learning on demand.



"Be willing to be… Continue

Posted by Marc Garnaut on September 21, 2008 at 6:33am

Marc Garnaut

30+ Solutions to Start Your Own Wiki



The single most powerful open-source tool for organizations is probably the wiki. Mashable has gathered a list of more than 30 of them for those that wish to try their hand at running one themselves or are looking for a fully hosted…

Posted by Marc Garnaut on September 21, 2008 at 6:24am

Marc Garnaut

Vote For Your Favourite Web Framework

Django, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, CakePHP, Google's Web Toolkit...



Webmonkey is currently considering open source web frameworks that are already up and running and has a bit of explanation about each one, along with the opportunity to vote for your favourite.



Some are worth checking out just for their great naming (Symfony, SproutCore,… Continue

Posted by Marc Garnaut on September 9, 2008 at 9:09am

Marc Garnaut

Ways That Organisations Learn



If you're ever looking for a good, intelligent, insightful read, then I can thoroughly recommend Grant McCracken's This Blog Sits At The (intersection of Anthropology and Economics). His piece today, Brand Strategy, takes a look at how brands learn in a way you will never have seen it looked at before.



His take is:

"In sum, branding is now a lively art.… Continue

Posted by Marc Garnaut on September 5, 2008 at 8:04am

Marc Garnaut

ProProfs Range Of Free Services

Mashable reports:

"ProProfs is a service that provides online educational tools, like a Web school and online flash cards. The service has completely revamped its Quiz School with a new user interface and additional features for ease of use.



"So what makes the new quiz section so easy to use? New Flickr… Continue

Posted by Marc Garnaut on August 15, 2008 at 4:30am

Marc Garnaut

13 OpenSocial Video Tutorials and Educational Videos

If you're looking for an easy-on-the-brain way to get better aquainted with OpenSocial, the backbone of sites like MySpace, LinkedIn, Orkut and many more, Mashable has just published links of videos on development, best practices, resources and the…

Posted by Marc Garnaut on August 6, 2008 at 11:17am

Marc Garnaut

100 Open Source Presentations From OSCon

Over 100 presentations from the July O'Reilly OSCon conference are now available free online here. Most of them are downloadable as some form of slide format. Lots and lots of great stuff hidden in here, so if you have questions it might have… Continue

Posted by Marc Garnaut on August 6, 2008 at 8:08am

 
 
 

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