The Learning Futures conference at the University of Leicester this year, run by the Beyond Distance Research Alliance (BDRA) had the theme Beyond the Campus. Here are some first thoughts: Tony Bates emphasised that the most effective model for implementing e-learning in an institution was not a top-down edict (although
BBC News is reporting today about the problems faced by summer-born youngsters at school. Ed Balls , the current schools secretary, launching a review of the primary school curriculum in England, wants greater flexibility for parents in when their children start school, so that it won’t necessarily be the case,
I think I’ve solved a problem here that a lot of Moodle users may be having. Duplicating or copying resources and items within a Moodle course has been difficult. Here’s how to use a topic template to duplicate items in topics within your course. (It’s a workaround – I suspect
Turbulence has commissioned ShiftSpace and now ShiftSpace is offering artist/software develper commissions. Ten development grants, of up to $2,000, will be granted to individuals and collectives using ShiftSpace as a platform. From the ShiftSpace website: While the Internet’s design is widely understood to be open and distributed, control over how
Prophets are not always welcome. It can be difficult to make a great idea stick. In the 1990s I spent years trying to point out to writers and other individuals that the Internet and particularly the Web, was a great place to interact and could revolutionise the way they worked
Some questions to think about when planning to use blogs with students: What is the purpose of the blog – make sure it is clear – is it linked to assessment? If it isn’t assessed will they bother to use it – probably not? Do you use a class group
While I’ve been away with a virus (head rather than computer…) the winners of the Edublog 2007 awards have been announced. They are a great selection of blogs. I was intrigued by the “most influential blog post” which is the one by Karl Fisch back in 2006 which started the
I’ve been writing less in the blog at the moment – lots of effort is going into the ELKS “Advent of Technology” Calendar, full of people’s favourite tools for teaching and learning with technologies. You don’t even have to be a member to see the calendar :) DIRECT LINK to
This December at ELKS (the community of expertise which I manage for the UN’s Global Alliance for ICT in Development initiative) we’ve adapted a December tradition to produce an “Advent of technology” Calendar – with a resource, tool or tip about e-learning for every day of December. There are 30
Why should educational developers and learning technologists make efforts to ensure their e-learning materials are accessible? There is of course the legal side of things in the UK: The Disability Discrimination Act, Part IV 2001(SENDA) requires responsible bodies to anticipate the requirements of disabled people or students and make appropriate