About the Author

Maintained by Mike Bogle, Educational Technologist at the University of New South Wales.

Extended profile available here: Professional Background and Personal Learning Objectives

Research Interests

• eLearning and educational technology
• Empowerment & personalisation of learning; open education; nurturing of self-directed learners
• Educational change; distributed and/or alternative learning models
• Educational applications of emerging technology and social software
• Trends in web-use and the Internet
• Formulation and sociology of online communities
• Web-based communication, VOIP, web conferencing and virtual environments
• Free, Open Source Software (FOSS): Philosophy, culture, sociology, technology

Publications

• Allen, B., Kligyte, G., Bogle, M. & Pursey, R. (2008). Communities in practice: A community dimension for the UNSW Learning & Teaching Exchange. In Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? Proceedings ascilite Melbourne 2008. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/melbourne08/procs/allen.pdf
• Koppi, A. J., Bogle, L. and Bogle, M. (2005) Learning objects, repositories, sharing and reusability. Open Learning 20, 83–91.

Contact Details

• Email: mike AT techticker DOT net
• Skype: m.bogle
• Twitter: mbogle
• YouTube: mikebogle

About the Tech Ticker

TechTicker discusses three primary topical areas – eLearning, educational technology and emerging technology – and seeks to:

• Analyse trends in emerging technology, with a particular emphasis on how they relate to, or impact upon education;
• Provide practical guides and suggestions on use or implementation of IT- or eLearning-related activities (e.g. software installation, Tips/Tricks);
• Impart commentary on emerging discussions or controversies across the IT sector;
• Act as a personal research aid for expanding the author’s understanding of learning theory, learning styles, and other pedagogical concepts;

Plugins

Here is a list of the WordPress plugins I currently use:

• @ Reply (v. 2.9) by Yus.
• Akismet (v. 2.2.7) by Matt Mullenweg.
• All in One SEO Pack (v. 1.6.10) by Michael Torbert.
• AntiVirus (v. 0.6) by Sergej Müller.
• BackType Connect (v. 0.2.5) by BackType .
• FD Feedburner Plugin (v. 1.41) by John Watson.
• Find Me On (v. 2.0.9.1) by Jeremy Anticouni.
• Google XML Sitemaps (v. 3.2.2) by Arne Brachhold.
• Plugins list (v. 1.0) by Davide Benini.
• podPress (v. 8.8.4) by Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r).
• Revision Control (v. 1.9.7) by Dion Hulse.
• RSS Cloud (v. 0.4.1) by Joseph Scott.
• Seesmic WordPress plugin (v. 0.1.6) by Seesmic Inc.
• Subscription Options (v. 0.6.4) by Tom Saunter.
• WordPress.com Stats (v. 1.6.1) by Andy Skelton.
• WordPress Mobile Pack (v. 1.2.0) by James Pearce & friends.
• WordTwit (v. 2.3.1) by Dale Mugford & Duane Storey (BraveNewCode).
• WP-DBManager (v. 2.50) by Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan.
• WPtouch iPhone Theme (v. 1.9.7.7) by Dale Mugford & Duane Storey (BraveNewCode).