Skype software and VOiP telephony has made collaboration possible in a new way and podcasting a world without borders. In this the first podcast for LAMS 2006, Allan Carrington from the University of Adelaide recording directly from Skype, talks to Professor James Dalziel director of MELCOE at Macquarie University in Sydney. James is the convenor of LAMS 2006 and he begins the podcast with a great overview of exactly what LAMS is and shows why the conference theme of designing for the future is so applicable

We talk about two exciting things that set LAMS apart:

• How teachers can share and reuse a description of the educational process and not merely educational content
• The collaborative sequence structure with evidence of great educational outcomes

James shares about the keynote speakers and some of the things they will bring to the conference including Professor Diana Laurillard directly from London via a virtual classroom and using LAMS itself before and after the keynote. This is going to be a really hands on interactive keynote and definitely designing a much richer record for the future.

We then discussed hints to maximise the conference experience and how to take the knowledge back to your organisation. Such things as round table discussion and panel sessions demonstrating extremely imaginative applications of LAMS.

James talks about the LAMS community and how the conference will integrate and seed this community of practice and the hope for more LAMS conferences globally.

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Podcasting is one of the ‘hottest’ subjects in Learning and Teaching at the moment. However there is not a lot of research and information yet on how to design and produce educational podcasts i.e. podcasts that teach. Allan Carrington of the University of Adelaide has developed an interactive learning module called “From Podcasting to Learncasting” and it does just that. It also introduces a creative “Podagogical Framework”. If you are interested in educational podcasting then please experience this Learning Module and post your comments here.

Allan Carrington of the Centre for Learning and Professional Development (CLPD) at the University of Adelaide has developed a model for podcasting educational conferences based on experience gained pioneering podcasting at the EDUCAUSE 2005 conference in the USA. This model is being applied to the podcasting of the ASCILITE 2006 conference. For those interested in the subject of Podcasting Educational Conferences it is worth a read. Comments to help develop this further would be welcome.