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Multimedia Experement Conclusions

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 19 October, 2008. Filed under Education, Technology. Tagged , , . Comments Off.
I have concluded a couple of weeks of experimenting with multimedia to support my teaching and have come to some conclusions. The most important is that, at least for my subject material, there are very limited learning benefits from developing teaching support resources beyond well structured web resources and podcasts — at least in terms of [...]

Frist trip to India

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 26 May, 2008. Filed under Education, India, Teaching. Tagged , . No comments.
If all goes to plan, I will have my first trip to India, departing on Thursday. The most important purpose of the trip is to give pre-departure briefings to students who will soon leave to study at the university in the UK. A small team of administrators and academics will be travelling to India for this [...]

On Mobile Blogging

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 2 May, 2008. Filed under China, Technology. Tagged , . No comments.
I was recently on a short trip to the west of China and it got me thinking about the technology of mobile blogging. For this trip, writing my blog entries was part of a developmental or pedagogical exercise to help me make sense of my experience, further my understanding of Chinese culture, society and economy. In [...]

Nanjing, Shanghai and Home

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 16 April, 2007. Filed under China, Education, Photography, Teaching. Tagged , , , , , . 2 Comments.
My students have now been safely dropped at the airport having travelled to Nanjing and Shanghai. In Nanjing they enjoyed learning about some of the former glory and tragedy of the city as well as mingling informally with some Nanjing University Business School students. In Shanghai, we had some informative seminars, an alumni event and [...]