Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note to tell you what to expect in next week’s edition of The Knowledge Tree: an e-Journal of Learning Innovation.

The impact of blogging on online communities is the focus of Edition 11.

The lead article ‘Launching a New Paradigm for Online Community?’ is by respected Seattle based online community facilitator Nancy White of Full Circle and Associates, who asks readers to take an explorative journey into blogging communities. The article looks at some of the emerging patterns of blog based communities and raises some questions for their strategic application.

Other contributions:

• in ‘Blogging at the Chalkface’, Alison Gotts from Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia, writes a personal account of using blogs in teacher professional development during three years of facilitating the Diploma of E-learning

• in ‘Moodling while Mobile’, Leo Gaggl of Brightcookie Online Educational Solutions based in Adelaide, South Australia, discusses research at the interface of mobile learning and learning management systems

• in ‘Thinking Beyond Pen and Paper’, Jenny Ashby from Epsom Primary School in Victoria, Australia, discusses innovative projects she is engaged in with teachers and school students using voice and mobile technologies.

• Ian Robertson reviews Kukulska-Hulme and Traxler’s (2005) Mobile learning: a handbook for educators and trainers.

Hope you’ll join us in live conversation with Nancy White on Tuesday 26 September 2pm AEST.