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Searching the backchannel with Twitter subtitles

Pair programming is an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one work station. One types in code while the other reviews each line of code as it is typed in. The person typing is called the driver. The person reviewing the code is called the observer (or navigator). The two […]

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What I’ve starred this week: April 20, 2010

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Universities ban the iPad – April 19, 2010 – Expert Reviews report some US Universities ban the iPad – and unlike kindle not accessibility related Microsoft debuts ‘fix it’ program – April 19, 2010 Six Twitter App Models That Stand a Chance – April 16, […]

JISC10 Conference Keynotes with Twitter Subtitles

Last week saw he return of the JISC conference. As with other similar events the organisers explored a number of ways to allow delegates to experience the conference virtually as well in person. The main avenues were video streaming some of the sessions live across the web; the inclusion of a Ning social network (I’m […]

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A real-time collaborative education with Google Docs

At the beginning of the year in the ‘A real-time education (etherpad, mindmeister and cacoo)’ I made a prediction that there would be a lot more real-time collaboration tools/web applications. At the time I mentioned that the real-time collaborative word processing tool Etherpad had been bought by Google and the original etherpad.com would be disappearing […]

The need for speed: Tuning up to keep your students (and Google) happy

[flickr]2228669044[/flickr] Google recently announced that it is using site speed in web search ranking and while the weighting of this metric is slight (less than 1% of search queries will be affected) it is still good practice to make sure your web resources are optimised. I was a little shocked to discover MASHe didn’t fair […]

What I’ve starred this week: April 13, 2010

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Podcasting powers higher education – Public Service – April 13, 2010 Call for expressions of interest: e-Portfolios infoKit review – April 9, 2010 Chemistry Add-In for Word 2007/2010 – April 9, 2010 From ‘discipline units’ to ‘virtual hubs’, HEA ponders a slimmed-down future – April […]

What I’ve starred this week: April 6, 2010

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Udemy: Create Online Courses & Teach Online – March 29, 2010 University to Provide iPads for All New Students – March 30, 2010 Mobile use at Edinburgh – March 31, 2010 – Survey of mobile use at Edinburgh Uni “49% of students surveyed have smartphones. […]

Twitter subtitles on Vimeo using HTML5

One of my frustrations when putting together the Gordon Brown’s Building Britain’s Digital Future announcement with twitter subtitles example was that the video was embedded within a custom flash player which meant I couldn’t overlay subtitles within the player. Since I making the original post Downing Street have since put Gordon Brown’s speech on YouTube […]

RSC-MP3: HE Update March 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 […]

BBC Wildlife photo masterclass and OU photo competition

Whether you are an amateur photographer or teach photography you might be interested in the BBC’s Photo Masterclasses. Originally featured in the BBC Wildlife magazine, the 21 articles are available to download in PDF format and cover a range of advice based on themes like extreme close-ups, zoo photography, plant portraits and more. Click here […]

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