A new search engine launched this week which claimed to be a challenger to Google. Cuil (pronounced Cool) was developed by former Google search experts. It claims to combine the biggest Web index with content-based relevance methods, results organized by ideas, and complete user privacy. The launch was not without
Despite the tremendous value that an online community can bring to a organisation or business, it’s never really true that “if you build it they will come”. There are all sorts of reasons why online communities may fail. Recently many commentators have been covering the The Wall Street Journal Article
Quotations can be puzzling, irrelevant and downright incomprehensible, and sometimes I wonder why I bother to read them – but on my iGoogle page I have “Quotes of the Day”. I find that random quotes are at least as relevant to my life as any horoscope would be! Sometimes, even,
For an elearning course led by a tutor to be effective, the tutor presence is one of the most important elements. Showing good e-moderating practice the tutor must: login regularly model good online behaviour be seen to be present post encouraging messages for students respond to student queries as quickly
Jack Schofield asked at the weekend “which women bloggers are worth a look?” There are of course far too many to mention! But here are some of my favourites: Lorelle VanFossen writes Lorelle on WordPress, which is a wonderful source of information not just about WordPress but about blogging in
Here’s a good case study of the implementation of Moodle at Thanet College. Though dated 2006 it still rings a lot of bells if you work in FE. Some highlights: The difficulties that had to be overcome were: 1. Seeing a benefit; ‘if its not broke don’t fix it’ mentality
The Turning Point is a new contributory project to explore the point at which an individual decides to take control of their working life. Tell us about the moment you rejected 9to5… What was your turning point – your Eureka moment, your tipping point, your lightbulb moment – the moment
Following on from Saturday’s newspaper story about Fat Gourg, the 7-year-old’s monster who become an internet craze in France, the story hit the local TV yesterday – and the French fans have already put it up on Youtube. If they had shown the interview they did with me I would
Central ITV news filmed me in a mini workshop at a school in Nottingham. Yesterday the story ran on prime time local news about the search by a group of young French artists to find the artist who drew Fat Gourg in our Kids on the Net project, Monster Motel.
One of the steps to facilitating deeper learning is to get your group of learners to “gel”. Icebreakers and group work can help to get students working together and supporting each others’ learning. This needs to happen in the online environment as much as in the classroom and is one