Periodic Fable

Blog from the e-learning team at the University of Bath. Auricle: learning technologies in Higher Education, information, issues, perspectives

I often put up interesting links and resources on the blog (or the website) that I keep in my current employment: for the Adelie project The Adelie Blog

What will the year bring in e-learning and on the Web? Viruses, spam, indifference to and frustration with new technology and a lot of people missing the point and failing to see the potential… and, I hope, a few of those moments where someone goes away from a technology workshop

Hurrah! I’ve upgraded my Moodle installation. I had a heartstopping moment when I found that my access had mysteriously changed from Administrator to Teacher and I couldn’t edit anything! I spent a few worried minutes searching through my records to see if I had any other administrator passwords. However, it

Elearning A-Z: the letter T for task and time Video by Dave Feiden on time management for students taking online courses In her blog, Lifehacker.com, Gina Trapani recommends the downloads, web sites and shortcuts that save time. Dilbert cartoon Web Worker Daily: 11 tips for time management in a web

OK, another trivial post in a “serious” blog – but there is a point to be taken from these frivolous sites. It’s quiote simply how incredibly easy it is to take part in these things (Web 2.0 I suppose it all is) now. http://www.elfyourself.com/ allows the user to upload and

With the new film “Happy Feet” opening and Penguin Week on Channel 5 this Christmas, it’s clear that penguins are THE theme for this winter. So the Adelie project (the e-learning research project, named after a species of penguin, at the University of Leicester on which I am working at

Blog entry: 28th November 2016 It’s going to be a busy day today. The big event of the day of course for me is my PhD viva which will be taking place in the University’s main campus within Second Life. My interviewers and supervisors will be logging in from Hunter

An interesting post for blog fans on the Writing-and-the-Digital-Life blog alerting us to the Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture themed issue: Vol. 6, No. 4 (2006), Theories/Practices of Blogging

Derek Morrison posted a great description of the difference between the HEA Benchmarking/Pathfinder projects’ blog and wiki on the HEA Pathfinder blog Although specific to the project, his compare and contrast had a lot of relevance to the general difference between blogs and wikis – so here is his explanation,