When the Web was new, individual researchers posted their articles, research papers, reports and other research outputs online in their own spaces: there was no systematic way to find such articles, papers and drafts. The copyright restrictions of publication often mean that researchers no longer have the right to put
The reasons why University staff are considering e-learning in their courses tend to be as varied as the disciplines they come from and almost as varied as the individuals concerned. Some of the drivers are: from above, e.g., Department or Faculty head: “our modules should use the VLE more”; from
One of the “hot topics” at the HEA Pathfinder workshop in York that I attended with the University of Leicester’s Adelie project was the definition of “embedding” – which was important to the description of what the Pathfinder pilots were asked to do. How can an institution measure embedding? What
The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) is a JISC funded service that supports FE and HE, museums, galleries, libraries and archives with everything and anything to do with digital images. Their website (http://www.tasi.ac.uk/) has links to hundreds of advice papers regarding aspects of digital imaging such as advice on
It’s been an exciting week, as I am changing jobs. Instead of mostly being at University of Leicester with a little bit of consultancy, I will now be mostly working as a consultant with Reach Further Ltd., headquartered in Leeds, and spend less time working for Leicester, as the Adelie
Circlo: A tetris shooting gamehttp://www.andkon.com/arcade/tetris/circlo/ Flow in games – strangely addictive creature gamehttp://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/ And some interesting blogs/articles about using games in learning (as if that makes it OK…) Getting It Wrong: Slaying Myths About Video Games (Part 1) Learning in Video Games (a group blog) Futurelab handbook on Games and
The University of Leicester is having a Big Green Week from October 15-19 and various events are taking place. In another environmentally friendly initiative, soon all our litter bins will be removed from our offices and we will have to walk to the nearest recycling bin. (May I say that
Having just been interviewed about mobile learning for the new WolF project, I thought I’d jot down some of my thoughts! Good examples of mobile learning: There are several good examples of podcasting in the IMPALA project Students doing work-based learning and work placements benefit from mobile learning in a
Here are some issues that have been mentioned to me (by academic staff) about integrating Web 2.0 technologies into institutional VLEs, and how they might be overcome. Institutional IT policy can be a barrier – you don’t know what’s available.Fear of “what people will say” How to cope with the
http://voicethread.com/This is a great Web 2.0 application – you can put up a photo or picture and others can comment using voice or text… I can see a lot of applications for this one, in learning, art & creativity, leisure, family… Lucy Gray’s blog A Teacher’s Life. Lucy is an