Monthly Archives: March 2008

What is the future for HE?

A little while ago I went to a presentation by Martin Williams, Director of HE Strategy at the DIUS. He spoke about the future of Universities at a time when the Government wants to continue to grow numbers in HE – to enable more potential students to benefit from HE.

Free learning objects to use in your courses

Reusability and tools for designing reusable learning objects Best resources CETIS http://www.cetis.ac.uk/ JISC centre for educational technology and interoperability standards Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/ is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK

Using del.icio.us with students in a course

Social bookmarking can be used in a variety of ways to support students taking a course. Here are some helpful links on how to use del.icio.us in education; Using del.icio.us As a Class or Department Resourcehttp://www.teachbabel.com/…del-icio-us-bookmarking.html Here’s how one tutor used del.icio.us for a course on Computers and Writing course

ELESIG – a community for researchers into learners’ experiences of e-learning

The inaugural ELESIG workshop takes place today in Birmingham. ELESIG is a Pathfinder network project: the Experiences of E-Learning Special Interest Group is intended for those involved in investigations and evaluations of learners’ experiences of e-learning. The three collaborating institutions: Oxford Brookes University, University of Bradford and University of Greenwich