This is a repost of some excellent work of a friend, Allan Carrington, who is also an Apple Distinguished Scholar and has considerable experience with integrating technologies into classrooms and...
Technology-assisted Language Learning (TALL), Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) have been part of the tool set for language learning for over 50 years, with one of the very early innovat...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2013/04/technology-assisted-language-learning.html
Collaboration or Cooperation In research undertaken by the author in recent times it was found that the particular institution was not meeting its stated goals in terms of producing graduates who...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2013/05/working-in-teams-graduate-attribute.html
I have been in transition of late and therefore have not been publishing my ramblings recently. However, 2013 is a new year with a new job starting in March, in Singapore. More about this later. ...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2013/01/blended-learning-where-to-from-here.html
It has been a long time between postings. However, today I would like to make people aware of the outcomes of the project we have been involved in for some time. Today the TLC has released an ope...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2012/03/visualising-student-forum-discussions.html
This year I have been Invited to speak at EDMEDIA 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal. Click HERE to see more details about the presentation. If you want to engage in discussion, then Twitter using th...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2011/06/changing-cultures-changing-practices.html
In listening to a talk recently about motivation and change I remembered the images associated with the impact on Neo's life in the Matrix movie: he took the Red pill. Once you take the Red...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2011/03/change-in-education-taking-red-pill.html
With due respect to all psychologists who deal with the complexity of human behaviour, there is an old joke about 'How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?' The answer is of co...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2011/02/change-and-mlearning.html
I jokingly refer to my iPhone as my 'auxiliary brain'. If I didn't have it, I would have to get something like it. It is used for reminding me about important things to do, calander/ diary, provi...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-observations-on-use-of-mobile.html
The book, that tried, true and often loved form of media that has been with us for such a long time may have a competitor: at least in terms of academic texts that students are expected to buy fo...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/09/inkling-of-future-of-books.html
As many institutions move towards the adoption of cloud based computing, one sees a great deal about the need to manage various types of risk. For example, in a recent article from Educause they ...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/07/cloud-computing-it-or-educational.html
ICEL 2010 is an international conference that is being held (for the first time) in Penang, Malaysia with attendees from 19 countries. What is clear is the extensive interest from developing coun...
The previous post considered what kind of device the iPad actually is. However, as a number of writers have already indicated, there are some limitations on what can be done interactively in webp...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/06/using-mahara-on-ipad-and-iphone.html
This is really a very interesting and different device to enter the educational market, not that it was designed with education in mind (of course). I have been asked on numerous occasions by peo...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/05/ipad-first-impressions.html
Abstract of KeyNote to be presented at the University of Maryland.Friday 23 April, 2010 (Tweets will be linked to this presentation) The year 2010 is touted to be the year mobile devices move fro...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/04/mlearning-mobility-and-change.html
iPad fever has reached its peak with opinions, first-impressions, hands-on reviews for the select few appearing everywhere, even making it to the front pages of national newspapers! Click HERE, a...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-ipad-or-not-to-ipad-that-is-question.html
This is not one of my usual foci, but it is a very powerful use of visualisation technologies which have been shown to enhance learning.How do we get student to visualise the relationship between...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/03/visualising-your-language-learning.html
I have deliberately used a provocative title based upon all of the articles that are appearing touting the rise of mobile computing in 2010, moving from the fringes of education to the center. Bu...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2010/02/2010-year-mworld-becomes-mainstream.html
I like a number of others have been provided with a Google wave account. I have been looking at it for about two months now, and more than any other application in my experience, I am asking the ...
Here is evidence of an unanticipated outcome for teaching, learning, the impact of technology and the increase in the offerings of the open-content and courseware in last week's Chronicle of High...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2009/10/voting-with-their-virtual-feet.html
The impact and effect of using for mobiles for learning can be a mixed bag. This recent publication (finally, :-) ) highlights some of the issues, most particularly the impact of learning design ...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2009/10/research-article-on-mobile-learning.html
There is a very interesting interview with Associate Professor S. Craig Watkins (found HERE) on the impact of social media on teaching and learning, pedagogy and future employment. In a recent pr...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2009/08/social-media-and-pedagogy.html
I have not been publishing or commenting on very much as late due to my impending move to Lingnan University in Hong Kong. I am taking up the position of Director of the Teaching and Learning Cen...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2009/06/changing-institutions-on-july-17-2009.html
I came across a interview by Tom Holt with Mark Bauerlein, the author of 'The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone ...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-technology-debate.html
I am currently the guest of Pyatigorsk State Linguistics University (PLSU) in Russia (http://www.pglu.ru/) and it is interesting to observe that culture and language make little difference to the...
http://dmkennedy.blogspot.com/2009/04/it-is-what-you-do-with-tool-that-is.html