Last week, I presented a 40-minute webinar for my "Learn with Michelle" series titled VoiceThread for Multisensory Learning.  This is intended for new VoiceThread users.  I hope you find it resourceful.The video archive is embedded below and may also be viewed on YouTube.  Enjoy!

Welcome to an interview with Grace Oh of Musicshake, an easy-to-use music making program that incorporates social networking and bookmarking.What is your name and what is your involvement in e-learning?Grace Oh with Musicshake, and I head our Musicshake for Education program.What is Musicshake, and what is its mission and vision?www.musicshake.comMusicshake is a free to download, super

Welcome to an interview with Dr. Michael K. Clifford, SignificantFederation, whose company invests in post-secondary education companies. E-Learning Queen is committed to providing insights into the world of education - public, private, and not-for-profit. Insights into how education is supported are more important than ever, given the multiple shocks sustained by the global economy.

To see more examples of wikis in higher education register for my free webinar:Wikis in EducationFriday, 7/26 at 9am PST/ 11am CST/ 12pm ESTRegister at: http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E956D786884930Recently, as part of my "Learn with Michelle" series, I had the opportunity to Hangout with Wendy Gorton of Wikispaces and Robin Bartoletti of Academic Partnerships to take a deeper look at new, emerging developments in educational wikis. Robin shared how she has used a free Wikispace wiki to design and deliver a Micro MOOC and Wendy provided a helpful overview of some of the new features of the new "Wikispaces Classroom." The video archive of our conversation is below.  This video can also be viewed on YouTube.

The next new thing in web-browsing will be a 3D immersive experience. That is, at least, what many people believe. The implications for e-learning are interesting -- the kinds of research and resources that will be available with 3D visualizations via one's browser could revolutionize the way we conceive of and display statistics, the earth, and earth processes -- just to name a few. Welcome

Recently, as part of my "Learn with Michelle" series, I had the pleasure to interview +sabita persaud, Assistant Professor in the Notre Dame of Maryland School of Nursing, about her intriguing application of Facebook in her accelerated online graduate nursing course.  In this video, you will learn how Dr. Persaud transformed a medical case study (with permission from the individual's family) into a fictitious Facebook profile that her students "friended."  As Persaud played the role of the patient, she revealed mysterious symptoms and reached out to her "friends" for help.  The students responded by applying and synthesizing ideas from their learning units, offering opportunities for deeper learning and formative assessments to prepare for their exams.What were the results of this experiment? How did the quality of the student interactions compare with previous activities, constructed in an LMS discussion board?  Watch the video and find out!This video may also be viewed on YouTube.

Would your school like to participate in a "Sister School" program with a school in another country? One way is by setting up a "Virtual Good Deeds Society," which can help kids overcome feelings of loneliness and isolation, and to develop a spirit of kindness and cooperation, that encourages freedom of expression. The Good Deeds Societies recognize that bullying, fearfulness, self-harming,

Stimulus Bill opportunities and strategic implications will be the focus of the AAPG's inaugural hour-long interactive web symposium, "What the Stimulus Bill Contains for Energy, Environment, Education, Infrastructure Funding" to be held March 19, 2009. The web symposium will cover the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.Slated to begin at 2 pm CDT, and to contain an hour of

Last week, +Brad Belbas of Macalaster College joined me in a "Learn with Michelle" Hangout to share his creative application of Google+ Hangouts on Air and VoiceThread to transform the traditional small group student presentation activity into an active, meaningful exchange for all learners (hence the "flip" reference!). Brad's excellence instructional design and pedagogical strategies are archived in the video below, which I hope you will enjoy!  He will explain how he has designed a carefully scaffolded research project that has students work in Zotero to collaboratively construct a bibliography for their project, share preliminary research project ideas with their classmates and get feedback in a Google+ Community, and then make their small group presentation in Google+ Hangout on Air.  The Hangout is archived to YouTube and that video is downloaded, then uploaded into a VoiceThread.  The VoiceThread transforms the video of the presentation into an asynchronous conversation in which the entire class engages.  This final dialogue is facilitated by the presenters in line with Brad's groundrules to foster "exploratory talk."You will take many great ideas away from this conversation! I know I did! This video may also be viewed on YouTube at http://youtu.be/RLnRDBOthnA.

Innovations in digital tablets to encourage collaborative e-learning have helped students of diverse learning styles and preferences engage more fully and effectively. Welcome to an interview with Sean McKeever, eInstruction, who develops new learning strategies to ways to adopt new technologies. Students can concurrently interact with and contribute to the same digital content from team