Category Archives: Education

First steps

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

Socializing and Connecting As I joined late, I had a certain difficulty in finding who the other people from the course were for there was  little interaction with them in the first phase. There is an introduction thread in the … Continue reading →

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Facilitating Online Communities – motivation

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

I had seen the FOC08 course on Wikieducator but did not realize it was happeningt until Alex nudged me. The opportunity for conversation that drew me in –  educators I know f2f , others with whom I have collaborated online, … Continue reading →

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An intense blended experience

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

One of the advantages of being on a sabbatical is that you have time on your hands and the possibility of reading all the books you have always wanted to dive into, going to conferences and workshops you’d barely have … Continue reading →

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DIY

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

We have just started the second semester of 2008 and my intended quiet and leisurely sabbatical has turned into frantic activity again – as intense as when at school with my students (miss them but not the system). I’ve had … Continue reading →

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International Educational Perspectives (3)

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

The two other presentations took place in the afternoon after lunch and Praxis members were invited to meet the presenters “en petit comite” for a round of questions at the end of the e-Learning event at WTC the following day. … Continue reading →

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Some reflections in between

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

Blogging about these presentations makes me go over my very brief notes à la Twitter and it is a formal exercise I have imposed on myself. I describe the sequence of events/what I have heard as objectively as one possibly … Continue reading →

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International Educational Perspectives_2

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

The first International Education and Educational Technology Meeting was opened by Marcos Teles, from Mentat, who introduced, welcomed the international guests and announced the common structure to be covered: context, main educational indicators and best practices for application of technology … Continue reading →

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International Educational Perspectives

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

As a member of the Praxis Community, I was invited to participate in the 1st International Education and Educational Technologies Meeting, sponsored by Fundação Bradesco. The presenters, who will be also taking part of the 8th International E-learning Congress in … Continue reading →

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Bridging events

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

On May 30th (this coming Friday) I will be in Brasília for the Braz-Tesol Goiânia chapter one-day conference. You are all invited to join us virtually at 9:15 am for my keynote or at 14:00 for the workshop. Check your … Continue reading →

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Connected Futures

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Barbara Dieu

I got a Twitter follow message from John Smith (Learning Alliances). I reciprocated and a link on one of his tweets led me to the CPsquare workshop Susan Nyrop had referred to in a Skype chat some time before. It … Continue reading →

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