Emanuela Zibordi

Emanuela Zibordi, Italy, High School, Teaching with New Technologies, Sport

Computer Literacy, Web 2.0, Education, Communication, Sport, Physical Education.

Emanuela Zibordi is a Physical Education teacher at Liceo "Giovanni Pico" in Mirandola -Modena- teaching computer literacy and is interested in teaching and learning with new technologies too, in particular with Web 2.0 tools.

For several years researches new methods of distance learning, conducts training courses for teachers, attending online courses, in particular on Open Educational Resources, Connectivism, E-learning, E-tutor and others.

emanuelazibordi - currently offline
This blog is for scholarly and educational topics, both to teachers and students, also offers a university orienteering.

Theme: ICT, teaching, learning, sports, education, OER, OCW

Geoff Cain

Geoff Cain, USA, Post Secondary, College, Education

I am an instructional designer and occasional community college English teacher and I am now the director of instructional design at College of the Redwoods.

I have taught developmental English, composition and literature. I also have taught health information management focusing on information management in the web 2.0 world. I have presented on the connected classroom, concept maps, podcasting, new media, social networking, and other related topics.

Brainstorm in Progress
Geoff Cain's blog for exploring pedagogy, instructional design, technology, online learning, web 2.0, and MUVEs.

At the heart of my teaching philosophy is my absolute belief in my student’s ability to learn. It is my goal as an instructor to create an environment and classroom community that facilitates those abilities.

Different students from different backgrounds, cultures, and abilities all have their have a contribution to make to this learning community. Both as a teacher and an instructional designer, it is important to create learning experiences that enables everyone’s ability to participate.

Theme: education, elearning, connectivism, constructivism, cognitivism, semantic web, second life, elearning, online learning, new media, social networking, web2.0, distance learning, OER, opensource, digital literacy, instructional design, concept mapping, concept maps, mindmaping, mindmaps, collaboration, cognitive science, GTD, writing, meditation, buddhism, psychology, cognitive science, web3.0, virtual worlds, MUVES, collaborative learning, pedagogy, secondlife

Antonio Fini

Antonio Fini, Italy, Tertiary, Adult Education

I am a teacher in secondary school but at present I have obtained a temporary leave for my Ph.D. (in "Telematics and Information Society"). My research is about e-learning 2.0 and its implications for lifelong learning.

I am working at the Educational Technology Laboratory (L.T.E.) of the University of Florence (Italy). The LTE is part of the Department of Educational Sciences, Cultural and Training Processes. It acts as an educational environment in which converge academics, scholars and practitioners involved with new media and education.

My primary interests are in Open Source, LMS/LCMS, Learning Objects, new standards such as EML and IMS-LD. I'm co-author of one of the first books in Italian about LO. More recently, I am very interested in Web 2.0 / E-learning 2.0 stuff, mainly about social networking, learning networks, personal learning environments, OER.

Anto'stuff
It is a generalist blog, in which I use to reflect mainly about professional topics, but occasionally even on politics and private subjects.

Theme: e-learning, adult education, educational technology, OER, web 2.0

Karen Fasimpaur

Karen Fasimpaur, USA, Primary, Secondary

An enthusiastic user of mobile technologies and an evangelist for Open Education, Karen Fasimpaur works with schools and educational organizations throughout the U.S. to integrate technology.

She is the co-founder of the K12 Open Ed web site and the Kids Open Dictionary project, an award-winning author, a blogger, and the host of the podcast “Karen’s Educational Mashups.”

K12 Open Ed
This blog reflects on issues related to open education and OERs, including mass collaboration, open licenses, open textbooks and wikis, and open source software, with a focus on how these can benefit education.

Mobile Musings
This blogs concerns the use of mobile technology in education and how devices like mini-laptops, handhelds, mobile media players, and more can be used to transform education through focusing on learning objectives and using various technology tools to differentiate instruction.

Themes: OER, creative commons, open, mobile, handhelds, podcasting, differentiating instruction, ebooks

Laura Dewis

Laura Dewis, UK, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources

Laura works on the OpenLearn website, which gives free access to open educational resources from The Open University. She has responsibility for online communications, events management, media relations and partnership liaison.

With an MSc in Electronic Publishing, she has worked in communications, publishing, online production and technology research for the BBC, The McGraw-Hill Companies, University of Sussex, City University, Nissan, Unilever, BA and Intercontinental.

Open Air< - currently offline
The Open Air blog focuses on open educational resources, online innovation and Web 2.0 technologies in education and communications.

Theme: oer, Web 2.0, digital marketing, innovation, informal learning communities, OpenLearn, social networking, The Open University, open source, intellectual property, new business models, communications

Zaid Ali Alsagoff

Zaid Ali Alsagoff, Malaysia (Norway & England), Tertiary, All Subjects

I have been passionately working with e-learning in Higher Education since early 2001. I have done research in several key e-learning areas, including educational gaming, role-play simulation, virtual classrooms, learning (content) management systems, e-learning standards, instructional design and courseware development. In addition, I have two years experience in courseware development (as an Instructional Designer), and an educational background in Psychology (Bachelor) and IT management (Masters).

I am always exploring new ways to learn. The more I learn, the less I know I know :)

ZaidLearn
Explores the Internet galaxy of free learning resources and tools, and tries to make 'LEARNING' sense out of it.

ZaidSwoosh
A blog that is dedicated to sharing juicy learning resources and ideas in daily 'swoosh' chunks (1-5 short posts a working day).

ZaidLearn's Del.icio.us Blog
Uses del.ico.us to organize, describe, and tag all my learning resource and tool discoveries.

e-Learning in Malaysia
Explores and reflects the latest e-learning news and trends in Malaysia.

Theme: e-Learning, OER, learning, tools, free

Judy Baker

Judy Baker, USA, Community College

Dr. Judy Baker is Dean of Foothill Global Access and Director of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources.

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
This blog provides a place for faculty at community colleges to have avoice in the open educational resources movement.

Theme: oer, open educational resources, community college, consortium