Learning & sharing on the social web | Helen Whitehead




Painted caves and fingerless hands

Posted on Jul 16 2011
There’s a theory that by experiencing and reading widely, particularly outside one’s own field, one...

Passwords, Moodle and sacred videos

Posted on Apr 30 2011
I’m the main blogger at the University of Nottingham’s Learning Technology Section blog so you’ll...

Epic failures in vision

Posted on Apr 16 2011
Epic failures in vision happen to the most sage people sometimes… Thomas Watson, "The world...

2011 is pink

Posted on Dec 31 2010
So the Pantone Colour of the Year 2011 is Honeysuckle Pink. Can’t say I’m a big fan of pink....

Baby duck syndrome

Posted on Dec 22 2010
I love this idea. “Baby duck syndrome” is when a shiny new piece of technology, software...

A new look for libraries?

Posted on Oct 25 2010
New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians An article caught my eye from the Wall Street Journal...

All change: URL shorteners

Posted on Aug 09 2010
Back in August 2009 I wrote a post explaining how to shorten a URL in order to share it on Twitter and...

Wibiya toolbar and linking to social networks

Posted on Jul 26 2010
I’ve been looking for a really good way to provide a mechanism that allows readers to share the...

Remote managers and reflection: this time last year

Posted on Jul 21 2010
Once a month I like to look back on what I was blogging about this time last year and in previous years....

Digital quilts and more

Posted on Jun 17 2010
In June last year (2009) I was Remembering digital art and writing and reminiscing about my time as...