What I've starred this week: November 17, 2009

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Huddle and Soundcloud – Europe's tech hopefuls – November 10, 2009 – In the last RSC-MP3 we highlight soundcloud. It’s good to see this service is getting publicity from the BBC Automatically generated from my Google Reader Shared Items.

Google’s Take On the Magical Potential Of Mobile + Cloud

TechCrunch were at the Google’s press event for one of the applications in the next version of their open source mobile operating system Android 2.0. During the Q&A Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt commented: "mobile platforms, Android and the others, are so powerful now that you can … do magical things that are connected with the […]

What I've starred this week: November 10, 2009

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework – November 5, 2009 – Final link I’m going to make to the new English HE Framework Google Wave Is Coming to the Workplace – November 5, 2009 – first signs of Wave being integrated into […]

Black Wave 2: Blackboard Wave Integration!

Yesterday I showed you how you could embed Google Wave into Blackboard. At the time I tweeted this as “Google Wave embedded into Blackboard WebCT. A world 1st? http://twitgoo.com/4p068” (the tweet). Turns out I might have not been the first to do this as George Kroner showcased a Blackboard Wave integration at EDUCAUSE09. His example […]

Black Wave: Embedding Google Wave (etherpad and mindmeister) into Blackboard

There was a lot of talk at ALT-C this year about whether the VLE was dead. My personal view is divided. One one hand I can see the important role VLEs play in quality assurance. They are a controlled environment where the institution can validate learning, storing copies of work and making them available for […]

What I've starred this week: November 3, 2009

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Los Angeles City Council hesitates [not any more it doesn't – see below] over switching from Novel (presumably Groupwise) to Google Apps. (Thanks to David Jennings – http://tinyurl.com/2jc8tb – for this link.) – October 25, 2009 Pencils and Pixels: Publishing OERs using WordPress (and EPrints) […]

RSC-MP3: HE Update Oct 09

Welcome to our second episode of RSC-MP3 for this academic year. RSC-MP3 is a monthly audio podcast highlighting some Higher Education focused e-learning news, interviews and resources brought to you by Kevin Brace (JISC RSC West Midlands) and Martin Hawksey (JISC RSC Scotland North and East). As ever we have summarised links to the various […]

RSC-MP3: HE Update Oct 09 – Interview with Stuart Chadwick (Kineo)

This month Kevin interviewed Stuart Chadwick (Solutions Consultant) at Kineo. This interview provides an insight into how commercial companies are utilising, supporting and embracing open source applications and resources. As part of this interview Stuart explains how concepts like 360-degree feedback and rapid e-learning can be used in academia. Interview with Stuart Chadwick [podcast]https://hawksey.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/kineo-interview.mp3[/podcast] Download […]

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