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…
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‘E-course’ to help hospital staff assist alcohol users
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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…
Top Elearning Tips app for iPhone
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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,…
Social Media Revolution 2011
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This snappy video gives an overview of where we are with the Social Media Revolution (thanks to Jane Hart for tweeting this). Tweet
New JISC Guide Launched
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Of interest to curriculum managers, teaching practitioners and support staff throughout further and higher education, a new JISC guide Transforming curriculum delivery through technology: Stories of challenge, benefit and change is now available. Take a look at: JISC Transforming Curriculum Delivery Through…
The PE Geek The First Scotland’s Colleges’ Webinar
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I’ve just enjoyed a presentation by Jarrod Robinson, a Sports Co-ordinator from Australia. He talked us through his use of ICT in his classroom – and sports field. You can follow his excellent blog at www.pegeek.com and find links to all that…
Humanising the Classroom
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I’ve talked about the Khan Academy here before, and about what an impressive resource it is. Here is a TED talk by the founder of the Khan Academy where he explains how he started it, and his philosophy. I draw…
A mini-course on infotention by Howard Rheingold
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I like this piece on for three reasons. 1) The subject. Information overload and how to manage it. Rheingold talks through his approach to the sifting and sorting the information avalanche, and, ih his phrase: “the literacy of crap detection.”…
Ten Sites Supporting iPads In Education
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This iPad device is really something. As an educational tool it is showing how versatile it is. Can we now get rid of all those big old creaky PCS from classrooms and learning centres? Here is just one site which…
Egyptian Crisis Lesson Plan
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Now this is technology at its educational best. We have an ongoing news story of true importance – the crisis in Egypt – and some enterprising folk have gathered together ideas and resources for lessons on the topic, and at…