I know this is a little frivolous, but I think this is possibly the best April Fool ever. It’s a film made to advertise the BBC’s iPlayer. Flying Adelie penguins! Now I know where to go whenever I need a good laugh. Watching those penguins flapping their wings and taking
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.
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
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
I’ve just welcomed the 71st member to the new Ning community for ELESIG. It’s great to see so many e-learning researchers and practitioners who have an interest in the learner experience. The take up for the community and for the inaugural workshop – was it only last week? – has
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
Pew internet research:“Teens and Social Media: The use of social media gains a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media.”http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/230/report_display.asp Designing communities presentationby Christina Wodtke:http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/designing-communities101507 Free stock photos http://www.sxc.hu/ Wikis in plain Englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english(The other videos by the same people are excellent explanations
What digital divide? There is very much a divide on the basis of age – the older generation have grown up in a “keep yourself to yourself” era of treasured privacy, but younger people now plaster their identity all over cyberspace and aren’t so concerned with privacy (rightly or wrongly).
There are so many Facebook apps that I now turn down or ignore most of the Quizzes or role-playing invitations I get on Facebook. However here’s FlogBlog – an application that’s actually useful – it provides a feed to your existing blog via Facebook. A good way to integrate Blogger
My latest writing course starts next Monday 18th February 2008 for 9 weeks. Season of Inspiration is back again with our trademark supportive, friendly, online writing community and all-new inspiration! Yet again we will be dipping into a variety of sources of inspiration, from nature to music to landscape. From