Month: February 2010

Mobile Learning: Some resources, tools and statistics

I was looking for resources for a potential mobile workshop and came across the slides below from Judy Brown. GMU/DAU Mobile Learning Workshop View more presentations from judyb. There were some resources I wasn’t aware of and others so good I thought it would be useful to extract these here: Judy’s existing list of authoring […]

Event: 7th Enhancement Themes Conference (Bookings open)

7th Enhancement Themes Conference Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 March 2010 Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University Booking is now open for the 7th annual Enhancement Theme conference on ‘Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes’. The conference, which is free for those in involved in Scottish higher education, takes place at the Edinburgh […]

It is the Season for ICT strategies

BBC Technology Strategy Two major ICT strategies have been announced recently. Spencer Piggot, Head of Technology Direction at the BBC, announced the BBC Technology Strategy, which will be used for the next 2 to 5 years. This document reflects four key areas: The core building blocks – Ensuring the BBC has sustainable networking, telephony, storage […]

Google Reader: Follow Changes to any Website

Reader is Google’s web-based service which allows to view the latest updates to your favourite news or blog sites in one place. Traditionally services and desktop applications like Google Reader have relied on RSS feeds (RSS in plain English – Commoncraft) to detect new information. This technology works very well but not all websites publish […]

OU Signs up for Google Apps – 200k Students join the Coud

The Open University are one of the latest institutions to move their student email services to the cloud after signing up to Google Apps. As well as email, OUs 200k students will automatically receive access to Googles other services which include contacts, calendar, instant messaging and website creation. In making the announcement Niall Sclater, Director […]

What I’ve starred this week: February 2, 2010

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Eduserv negotiates agreement for Camtasia Studio for HE and FE – January 29, 2010 A 16-year-old’s view of Apple’s iPad: iFail – January 28, 2010 Plan for students who can't get no satisfaction – January 28, 2010 Use of Web 2.0 in Australian Universities – […]

RSC-MP3: HE Update Jan 2010

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 topics we discuss and indicate the timestamps so you can jump […]

RSC-MP3: HE Update Jan 2010 – Interview Susi Peacock [e-portfolios]

This month Martin interviewed Susi Peacock from the Centre for Academic Practice at Queen Margaret University (QMU) about their use of the PebblePad e-portfolio system. QMU have been using PebblePad since 2004/05, providing all their students and staff with the opportunity to maintain their own portfolio of work. In the interview we discuss how the […]

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