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Evernote – a personal e-portfolio solution for students?

Evernote – Remember everything Last year I highlighted the Evernote as a notetaking tool for the 21st century. Since then I’ve continued to explore this service and believe it could potentially be a personalised e-portfolio for students. In this post I want to highlight why I think Evernote fulfils this role and how it might […]

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What I've 'starred' this week – April 21, 2009

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Debate on Repositories and Open Source – April 20, 2009 – WriteBoard: A Collaborative Text Editor – April 18, 2009 – TrackClass: Track & Organize Your School Work – April 20, 2009 – Survey Says Baby Boomers Think Playing With Your Blackberry During A Meeting […]

What I've 'starred' this week – April 14, 2009

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: WikiMatrix: Compare Wiki Platforms – April 9, 2009 – – Looking for a wiki … here’s the ideal place to start your search Automatically generated from my Google Reader Shared Items.

Microsoft’s vision of technology in higher education

Be inspired by the possibilities of how technology could be used in Higher Ed. Microsoft technologies can help deliver a seamless flow between lifestyle and learning and new ways to collaborate. Some of what is shown in the video is already possible.  Vision for technology in Higher Education Initially I was sceptical of this candy […]

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RSC-MP3: HE Update Mar ’09

Welcome to our third episode of RSC-MP3, a monthly audio podcast highlighting some higher education focused e-learning news, interviews and resources brought to you by Kevin Brace (RSC West Midlands) and Martin Hawksey (RSC Scotland North and East). Links to the various topics we discuss are given along with the podcast links. You can listen […]

RSC-MP3: HE Update Mar 09 – Interview with Carol Bailey

This month Kevin interviewed Carol Bailey, senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton. Carol discusses her use of the text matching tool Turnitin, and how the system helps her detect and deter plagiarism and collusion. Carol also describes how her students learn about correct referencing and paraphrasing from the originality reports and the digital feedback […]

EduApps – Portable applications in your pocket

Back in September 2008 we launched AccessApps, an initiative developed by the Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres in cooperation with JISC TechDis. This consisted of over 50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows computer as known as portable software. The huge advantage […]

What I've 'starred' this week – March 31, 2009

Here’s some posts which have caught my attention this week: Podcast: What is the library of the future? with Chris Batt – March 30, 2009 5 Great Alternatives To Google Docs You Should Consider – March 26, 2009 HEFCE launches strategy for technology-enhanced learning – March 19, 2009 Have All Your Social Updates Collected & […]

BBC Launches Virtual College of Journalism

According to the BBC’s dot.life blog the BBC is going to open its virtual College of  Journalism to the public. Thousands of pages of skills advice, video and guides to almost every aspect of journalism – from interview techniques to in-the-field reporting and even sports commentary – will be made available. … Every aspect of […]

Green IT – Tips for Using Less Paper and Toner

macro water drop by Hypergurl MakeUseOf.com (the one stop stop for all that is cool, free and useful on the web) have pulled together some free resources and tips for printing less. As well as some advice on settings you might tweak on your printer and applications like Word, they also have some ‘cool’ resources […]

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