Is the motivation of online learners changing as the web itself – and the techniques and technologies available to educators – evolves? I was writing about motivation of online learners for the eModerating and Online Tutoring course I’m tutoring next week. I’ve been teaching this unit for a few years
There’s been an interesting discussion over at the ELESIG community (ELESIG is the HEA Special Interest Group for researchers into the learner experience of elearning),about “What was your first experience of computer technology?” and how it affected people’s subsequent ventures into using computers for work and learning. I’ve been interested
5 weeks – online – in Moodle Starts 4th June 2008contact helen AT reachfurther.com I am running an eModerating and Online Tutoring course in partnership with Park Lane College in Leeds. This is an introductory course for those starting to or planning to teach online in HE, FE or even
I have been very suspicious of HTML-based email for some time: sending an HTML-based email is a bit hit and miss – I have seen so many rendered as just a pile of code and quite unintelligible to the reader. Nobody – especially not when you’re putting out an important
If you are setting up a new blog, probably the next important task after choosing your blog niche is to the job of choosing a name for your blog. One of the first questions is whether to have a quirky name that no-one has already got, so that you can
Can Web 2.0 technologies and online community moderating skills help businesses manage a virtual team? The answer would be yes. We now have an array of technologies and online collaborative processes that enable a business easily to manage a staff working different hours, in different places and at different times
A free trial starts today to provide small and medium sized businesses with access to thousands of public sector contract opportunities. From 1 May until 31 July 2008, the http://www.supply2.gov.uk website will allow new registrants to gain free access to public sector contracts valued under £100,000 for the UK and
A post from 2006 in Learning Alliances defines the concept of “technology stewardship” “Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs. Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology,
Last Thursday ELESIG – the Special Interest Group for Research into the Learner Experience – held a webinar focusing on research methodology for evaluating the learner’s experience of elearning. As community lead for the project (one of my roles for Reach Further) it is great to be able to report
I’ve been really busy, lately. Reach Further have moved offices. We can now be found at Reach Further Ltd.Round Foundry Media CentreFoundry StreetLeedsLS11 5QP I’ve also revamped the website and finally set up a decent WordPress blog. I’m liking WordPress, and it’s maybe time I moved this blog over to