Links to make 3D models

Blender: http://www.blender.org/
Poser: http://poser.smithmicro.com/poser.html

E-Books and Beyond

Presented by David Drinkall, QVDC (Client Services Advisor, QLD)

Can help you find resources - from toolboxes so that you don't have to recreate them!!!

In 5 years:

• almost every student will have a smart phone
• most students will ahve a tablet computer
• almost every students will have cheap 3G internet
• knowledge will be easy to access on phone
• access to world's information on phone
• can be connected to everyone using phone
• have camera and video camera on them (and on phone)
• games (on phone)
• take notes (on phone)

In the future will will need different skills and so will the students for their learning and their future careers.
Everything we create needs to be able to be accessible on mobile devices.
FLASH for development tool is still valid (swf files) and in the future will be able to export different file types.

eBooks

Convert to ePub using Calibre
Benefits: (epub format - next most used format other than PDF)

• works across many platforms
• flowing text (text wrapping)
• Text, images, links (ebook features can allow these things - ibooks app)
• notes, highlighting, bookmarks (as above - ibooks is an ebook reader)
• Searchable
• ebook readers can make white on black or vise versa
• can be viewed on small screen really clearly (biggest advantage)
• Apple uses HTML5 - can put video and audio in book - audio keeps playing as you flip through
• flip and reveal - steps in process
• labeling diagrams - hot spots
• uses same rendering engine as safari
• can have access to eBook assests when no access to wifi/internet/LMS 
• in LMS add PDF, Doc and ePub version

Create eBook using free tools (epub)

• Calibre - use to convert PDF to ePub includes cover art and hundreds of options
• Sigil - OPEN, EDIT and SAVE (can also create from scratch) includes cover art and hundreds of options
• ePub is a zip file - can unzip if you go into ePub - can then add video to your ePub

Making eBook (epub) on Apple Mac

• make it in Pages: Word Processor
• unzips the files to then add files
• simply format your eBook and then choose EXPORT
• Select EPUB as the format
• ... Sigil has just come out for Mac

Free guide to making eBooks: http://bit.ly/v2ebooks
Our Planet - app (buy)
Free software from mac: ibooks creator - only works on apple mobile iPads
Redline Trading: ebook that David made about Trading (only works on iPad)
Google Docs Presentations: https://docs.google.com/?pli=1#home (click "Create" - Document, presentation, form, spreadsheet, table (beta), collection

Apps for iPad and iPhone

iAnnotate - read annotate and share PDF (can record your voice/answer and send), select camera and can take photo and send as part of the PDF (cross platform app - also android as iAnnotate PDF for iPad - select different platform to suit)
showme -  app for ipad - draw and can use to explore parts of grammar

YouTube

mind craft' tutorials on YouTubee-Book - look on YouTube: eg search how to make an eBook using indesign: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+make+an+ebook+in+indesign+&oq=how+to+make+an+e-book&aq=1s&aqi=g-s4&aql=&gs_l=youtube-reduced.1.1.0i10l4.91641.97188.0.104203.21.15.0.3.3.0.360.1671.2-4j2.6.0...0.0.0a6q_kw4E64

NB Storyline is a free app to read Storyline files

Digital content resources - samples, ideas & possibilities

Digital content resources - samples, ideas and possibilities

Garry Hargraeves, Skills Tech

• MIL - multimedia interactive learning
• Asset externalisation
• 3D PDF
• Articulate studio - leverages off PowerPoint
• Storyline

Every 2 pages in online content you need to put a learning object.
Learning is moving from instruction to construction.

There are 5 levels:

0 - link
1 - picture and text
2 - click and reveal
3 - games, multiple paths
4 - interactive 3D environments

Limit the amount of text and use text that is reading age of grade 7.
We need to change the mechanisms for delivery of information: delivery methodology needs to be interesting (interactive)

Examples and things to consider:

• characters for learnign objects: poser 2012 (ed version costs around $200)
• make panorama - take photo every 8 degrees, put together in quick time (make quicktime movie) convert to flash and create hot spots so that when you click on an area it reveals more info etc
• photo - running across the screen - and can click any photo to reveal more (roll over to reveal) - made in flash
• games - click character to reveal game eg snakes and ladder - roll the dice - randomly selects questions and people answer the question (ie not for instructions as it is random) - can include situations included - use real examples (click on the correct answer)
• Example: customer service game: start with area ... consider the sequence (if appropriate) - game - character walks in and is on the first square (scenario comes up with questions - what do you do? eg acknowledge that person is there), move to the next square and another scenario appears and learner makes decision
• corporate elearning and induction programs: checklist (things that you need to do). Introduction (who what vision - voice over), then menu of what is available in the learnign object - voice over introducing the module.  CFO to grounds person - each has different parts they need to know (ie changes according to role).  Safety Procedure Training - identifies what you need to do in the induction training according to your role ... at the end produces a certificate with the date to be signed by the supervisor. 
• q-health: analyser to determine if someone is sick - demonstrates symptoms - put in general information and can then diagnose
• training management - scenarios - what decision would you make - need to find out situation through your decision making (photos, graphics, scenarios to write - 40 hrs development time)
• westpac - image (outline of people) with speech bubble movie - then discussing situation and need to make choices (level 2-3)
• Look at toolboxes (14) to adapt - can now pull them apart.

TOOLS TO USE AS A DEVELOPER

Can buy education copies - around $500
PDF - since version 7 can create full 3D
eg ESM devise - heat stress - a full 3D object of device - put controls - show side view etc show inside

Use Free Acrobat Reader - can also create line, illustrate mode, transparent
build presets - change lighting, colour effects
Need 3 volume package - blender, auto cad - blender (free), 3D studio etc to build the 3D object

How to build one using Adobe Acrobat Reader

• use word: put text on the document and 2 blank boxes (insert square and wrap around the object - where the 3D objects are going to go.
• Turn document into PDF document
• Acrobat 9 is better than Acrobat 10
• go to 'multimedia' and  'insert' ... 3D filen(can be 370k)... where put it ... where is file .... choose file
• use hand to activate 3D image - use root directory to turn off part you want to delete. 
• Use 3D files (search - u3d file - to find 3D files that are free to use) - this is the link to download the 3D builder: http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/u3d
• can set presets for what you want the 3D file to do (eg turn, zoom)
• can use as orientation to the campus

Example: 'Underwater' adventure game - learn together about words
Rapid elearning tool: free stuff

Storyline

Powerpoint presentation with video etc
Articulate turn on, preview, select slides - output to flash
puts in menu
can change look and feel

Rapid elearning tools are powerful

Our Group Presentation

We are presenting our group project process and outcomes today.  Tom is unable to be here so and we wanted to thank him soooo much for all his work of putting the content together. We were able to talk to him and hopefully he will join us through iconnect for the presentation.

Just talking to Tom - he uses images from dreamtime - a site taht you have to subscribe to - has amazing images and Tom says that it is an easy site to search for particular images.

Both Jan and Annette are iconnect moderators - I am going to contact Brad when I get back to the institute next week and ask if I can do the moderator training - what a great distance learning teaching tool!

Note to self: ... plan and publish??? ... ask more questions.

Adobe Suite 6

ADOBE SUITE PRESENTATION - POSSIBILITIES

Presented by Richard Turner-Jones - Solutions Consultant Adobe Systems Pty Ltd

Wow!

Really looking forward to getting Adobe CS6 Suite on my new mac at home!

Love Adobe Acrobat X Pro and Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... and during this session I created an application form for my course and uploaded it onto BlackBoard.  I will get students to compete it and bring it to the interview that they are doing for assessment ('completing formatted texts' is also another assessment that they are doing this term)

Help online to use Adobe Acrobat
http://acrobat.solutions.adobe.com/content/acrobatx_ipm3_en?trackingid=JQSBY
Don't forget this site (new upcoming adobe programs are able to be downloaded for testing):
http://labs.adobe.com/ 
eg the Edge - easy to use and creates flash like files (need to save files in a cloud like place)

Create JS - export with script from Flash to be able to put it into other things so that it can still work - does not need the program to replay it.

Shadow: helps to test content that you are developing - run shadow client to sync with other devices - allows 'mirroring' - what you see on your computer is able to be seen on other different types of mobile devices to see if it responds appropriately
HINT - use Chrome and http://www.alistapart.com/ 

APPS for mobile devices to check out:

• Ideas
• Photoshop touch - can send to other people
• Proto - storyboarding

Check this out:

1. http://theindustry.cc/2012/05/10/html9-responsive-boilerstrap-js-its-as-awesome-as-it-sounds/

Wall Wisher - the result

Earlier in my blog I identified Wall Wisher as something I wanted to use this term with students.  Well I created my wall and the students wrote on it earlier this term.  Then I embedded it into our wiki and this is the link:
http://youthatsouthbank.wikispaces.com/2Y+Term+2

Features of 21st Century learning design and resource development

Features of 21st Century learning design and resource developmnent: Rob Stowell

Focus on the learners as collaborators in the learning practice with individual accountability was a key message for me.

I loved the use of "Cooperative Shapes" activity as a way to activate learners to see each other as resources in the learning process.

Why personalise learning? Social justice and environmental changes - technolgoy

• The attainment gap
• Over-representation of disadvantaged groups amonst lowest attainers
• Higher skills demands with complex pathways through ted and training
• Socially and ethnically diverse society
• Increased power of technology

Features of personalised learning

• Highly structured
• Responsive
• Strengthened link between learning and teaching
• Learner-focused, knowledge-focused, assessment focused

Scaffold – use assessment to plan learning

5 Key Strategeies to increase student performance

1. Sharing learning expectations: clarifying and sharing learining interactions and criteria for success
2. Questioning: discussion, questions and learning tasks
3. Feedback: moving learners forward with feedback
4. Self Assessment: students reflect on their learning
5. Peer assessment: students help each other to improve

Need clear picture of what is required – visualise competence

“Inside the Black Box” – Paul Black and Dylan William

Interventions that impact on student learning

Formative assessment techniques showed greater outcomes for students learning

• Overall student performance improves
• Gap between highest and lowest narrows
• Lowest level students have highest learning gain(advantages the most disadvantaged

Idea to use: students write reports – teacher gathers common mistakes and gives to groups to correct and make suggestions for improvement

Reflective notes from Mark Jones:

Rob Stowell -21st Century Learning Design and Resource Development

Content is no longer relatively static, and curriculum likewise.

Teaching does not always equal learning.

School learning does not always apply lifelong.

Teaching need to be agile (and creative)

"Learning needs to be fluid, constant and in your pocket" David Martin

Educational imagination cab be commonplace.

Should we be trying to personalizing rather than contextualising?

Are we making things too difficult for ourselves re assessment? Why?

Tap into global resources and communities.

Key features of 21st learning: applied, personalized, collaborative, reflective, technology-enabled, assessment-focused.

There are different styles of individualized to collaborative learning. Cf creative shapes activity.

Auditors don't always respect creativity.

3 approaches to learning: individualistic, competitive, collaborative - collaborative most effective.

5 features of collaborative learning: individual accountability, group goals, team skills, - doubles learning, other consequences (such as group skills and recognition of individual differences, blurring and teacher and learner roles, challenges learners to try new approaches).

Personalized learning can help overcome attainment gap, allows diversity, and allows technology to do it thing.

Personalised learning is quite structured, responsive, strengthened between teaching and learning, learner&knowledge&assessment-focused.

Can personalize content and learning experience.

Assessment is the greatest way of improving learning individually and as a group - assuming we use assessment for learning.

Assessment for learning occurs during learning, done with learners, improves learning, promotes learning, looks forward to the next stage of learning.

Need clear picture of what success in learning is.

Key strategies: shares expectations, questioning, feedback, self-assessment, peer assessment.

Use evidence about learning to adapt instruction to meet learner needs.

Technology can improve such assessment.

The teacher needs to be an integral part of process - engaged as much as students.

Group Project Progress

We had an iconnect session today to discuss our project.  Tom has done a lot of work to create an interactive flash file with key information.

Annette, Tom and I discussed who the target group is.   We also discussed the possibility of including information about copyright.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like Tom will be able to make the 2 day workshop this Thursday and Friday so Annette and I will look at our project again next Thursday.  In the meantime Tom is going to see if he can make links to other information.  However we thought that the messages are currently strong as they are not too wordy - they get to the point quickly.  This information supports this approach: http://info.alleninteractions.com/bid/86769/no-one-reads-online?source=Blog_Email_%5bNo%20One%20Reads%20Online

For my own project: have identified a number of great youTube sites to support the understanding and skill development in job interviews for students from NESBF:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5oC06Kz1X8&feature=related (general interview - with vocal and example interview)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhbULttQ0G0&feature=related (answering questions about strengths and weaknesses)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmdbgv2aX2A&feature=relmfu (general tips about the interview)

May already!

Wow.  It's May already ... and three weeks into term 2.

Update on my project:

• Over Easter I was able to start planning and developing the content for my project
• talked people into 'staring' in the little movies I am making
• started to take photos, write scripts
• completed a short powerpoint type of thing (used imovie)
• started to identify and develop activities around the digital media stuff
• Set up a "Wall Wisher" and students have added their comments on ... "What I want to learn and do this term".
• I have added it to our wiki: http://youthatsouthbank.wikispaces.com/2Y+Term+2 (click if you want to see it) 
• I would like to add a wall wisher to the ebook - not sure how I will do this yet but ...
• I have just had a meeting with my sponsor at Southbank about the project and outcomes that I hope to achieve ... and what I need to be able to achieve them
• Hope to have my ongoing internet access issues addressed before Friday's web conference (very frustrating - spent over 4 1/2 hours last Friday trying to get it fixed - am now waiting for a package to arrive from my provider so hope it arrives before Friday)
• Accessed my group's wiki page and created a page for on the topic I am working on - "Copyright standards and legal issues.
• Discussed the topic with the library and identified some issues
• Was given some resources from the library
• Librarian to email me answers to some of my questions re copyright

Lots to do and so little time ...