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7 Predictions for our technology-enabled universities

Editor — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:29:42 +0000

I came across this recently.

I agree with them all, but want to disagree with number 4.

JISC Inform / Issue 33 / Future technologies | #jiscinform.

Livestreaming in Education

Editor — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:07:20 +0000

Livestreaming in Education.

Some basic thoughts and ideas.

Open Source Scottish Physics Textbooks Project

Editor — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:54:40 +0000

Open Source Scottish Physics Textbooks Project.

Study Suggests Many Professors Use Interactive Tools Ineffectively in Online Courses – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Editor — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:50:43 +0000

Study Suggests Many Professors Use Interactive Tools Ineffectively in Online Courses – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Getting started with serious games

Editor — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:26:52 +0000

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 meet the aims of serious games. This will include mechanics from video games as well as alternate reality games.

Find out when at: Getting started with serious games | Association for Learning Technology.

‘E-course’ to help hospital staff assist alcohol users

Editor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:04:01 +0000

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 alcohol users

Engaging Students with Twitter — THE Journal

Editor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:56:30 +0000

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 Twitter — THE Journal.

Top Elearning Tips app for iPhone

Editor — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:29:16 +0000

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 elearning resources and other elearning related stuff. Well worth a quick download. Pity they use that flesh-creeping phrase ‘scoping for success’ in their screen dump.

Top Tips app for iPhone | Elearning Tips

Education: the virtual world can help students and teachers

Editor — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:02:51 +0000

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.

Noteflight – Online Music Notation Software

Editor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:06:56 +0000

I’ve been using this music notation software for my own purposes, off and on, recently, but it was after talking to my son that I realised I should tell more folk about it – especially if you are doing music at school. At my son’s school they use Sibelius for music. That’s fine, except that it costs a lot of money. This means that schools can’t afford to keep up to date with it, and parents can’t afford it either. Enter Noteflight.

It’s a lot cheaper than Sibelius, my son actually finds it easier to use than Sibelius, and it is totally web-based. This means that my son can work on a project at home, save it, and then carry on from where he left off on a computer at school. On any machine at school. That flexibility is so useful. And he can save files that Sibelius can read, if required. And being web-based, it’s cross platform, so even Windows users can use it.

I also notice that there are a number of educational tools in Noteflight. Scores can be shared, and comments made. Darn useful. Any school using Sibelius should look seriously at this software.

Noteflight – Online Music Notation Software.