Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, October 15, 2010,
In :
Audio
Hollur...
provides users with a different take on microsharing;
lets people socialize around short audio clips, "bits", that are uploaded and categorized for users to find people who have similar interests; they can't be longer than 20 seconds; the same as the 140 characters when tweeting.
Users need to be either incredibly witty or telegraphic in order to get a message across in this environment, but that is obviously the main hook of the site, in the same way that making complex emo... Continue reading ...
Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, October 15, 2010,
In :
Audio
My colleagues and I are blown away with the potential educational uses for wagwire; if nothing else have the 15 day trial for evaluation.
Learner and employer voice is an important part of the common inspection framework, as is Inclusion. Wagwire could help learning providers in both these areas as well as saving time, reducing travel, and saving money in assessment of work-based learners etc.
Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, June 3, 2010,
In :
Audio
I was made aware, by
supported learning providers, that it was difficult for them to find
time to keep up with 'reading' my blogs; my solution was to provide an
audio version (http://drop.io/wdlihblog). Feedback and tracked numbers
suggest this was a good decision. Not all blogs, however, are available
in an audio format BUT...
BlogRadio is a new service that will let users take their favourite RSS feeds and have them read out to them.