This might be of interest to my passing visitors: In this free lunchtime webinar organised by ALT with the support of the eLearning Network, Steve Harris and Scott Hewitt will take you through some key game mechanics and suggest how these can be used to...
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Moodle 2 – What’s New For You? Episode 1:...
Non-fiction ebook Writers Wanted
Ever wanted to write the definitive text-book on your subject? The New Curiosity...
The Twitter Experiment – Twitter in the Classroom
Here’s a great video of one example of Twitter in the Classroom. It includes...
A mini-course on infotention by Howard Rheingold
I like this piece on for three reasons. 1) The subject. Information overload and...
Moodle 2 – What’s New For You? Episode 1:...
What is new in Moodle version 2? Was it worth the wait? What problems...
Getting started with serious games
‘E-course’ to help hospital staff assist alcohol users
It’s good to highlight these small stories, showing the inroads that online learning is making into other areas. This is an example of how it is being used to keep practitioners up to dat ewith their skills. ‘E-course’ to help hospital staff assist...
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Engaging Students with Twitter — THE Journal
Yesterday I found out that Twitter has been blocked in Edinburgh schools. Here’s yet another article on how Twitter can be used constructively in education. How are children supposed to learn about managing these social networking tools if they are blacklisted? Engaging Students with...
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Top Elearning Tips app for iPhone
What nice people they are at Kineo: their site is worth a visit in an idle moment. They have now produced a nifty app for your i/phone/pad/pod touch that contains a collection of sound advice on the benefits of elearning, how to improve your...
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Education: the virtual world can help students and teachers
A quick overview fro the Observer on the web in education. It could be a useful starting point for anyone who knows absolutely nothing about elearning. via Untangling the web: education | Technology | The Observer.
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elearningeuropa.info launches its new user oriented platform
The elearningeuropa.info website is well worth a hunt around, both for inspiration and for finding out what’s happening in Eurofunding...
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Humanising the Classroom
I’ve talked about the Khan Academy here before, and about what an impressive resource it is. Here is a...
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A mini-course on infotention by Howard Rheingold
I like this piece on for three reasons. 1) The subject. Information overload and how to manage it. Rheingold...
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Learning Technology
Hotseat
This is described as: “a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience. Students can post messages to Hotseat using their Facebook or Twitter accounts, sending text messages, or logging in...
The Writing’s on the Screen
Interactive whiteboards bring classroom teaching to life. Suddenly you have the whole of the Internet on your big screen, and it can bring a greater dynamic to your teaching. They’re more and more common in classrooms now, but I wonder how often they are used effectively, and how often used as a projection of the...
Mostly Moodle
History Teaching With Moodle 2
Here’s an interesting looking book, published by PACKT. The book was written by John...
Moodle 2.1 out soon
Moodle HQ tell is that Moodle 2.1 will be launched – with a favourable...
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