Learning & sharing on the social web | Helen Whitehead




Is it Cuil to search?

Posted on Jul 31 2008
A new search engine launched this week which claimed to be a challenger to Google. Cuil (pronounced...

Why do online communities fail?

Posted on Jul 24 2008
Despite the tremendous value that an online community can bring to a organisation or business, it’s...

On being an expert in elearning and online communities

Posted on Jul 24 2008
Quotations can be puzzling, irrelevant and downright incomprehensible, and sometimes I wonder why I bother...

The importance of tutor / e-moderator presence

Posted on Jul 23 2008
For an elearning course led by a tutor to be effective, the tutor presence is one of the most important...

Women bloggers worth a look!

Posted on Jul 21 2008
Jack Schofield asked at the weekend “which women bloggers are worth a look?” There are of course...

Implementing Moodle

Posted on Jul 16 2008
Here’s a good case study of the implementation of Moodle at Thanet College. Though dated 2006...

Turning Point – when did you decide you needed a better work-life balance?

Posted on Jul 13 2008
The Turning Point is a new contributory project to explore the point at which an individual decides...

Fat Gourg on YouTube

Posted on Jul 10 2008
Following on from Saturday’s newspaper story about Fat Gourg, the 7-year-old’s monster who...

A community of French artists inspired by a 7-year-old

Posted on Jul 10 2008
Central ITV news filmed Reach Further’s Helen Whitehead in a mini workshop at a school in Nottingham....

Monday’s Moodle tip: icebreaker e-tivities

Posted on Jul 07 2008
One of the steps to facilitating deeper learning is to get your group of learners to “gel”....