Wishing you an iChristmas?
I had not thought of using the iPad in this way …
Snow Canopy
Snow descends on the last day of term. © David Gill
Delicious … the future is not (apparently) bright
It appears that Yahoo is not going to support Delicious. Read more here (“Leaked Slide Shows Yahoo Is Killing Delicious & Other Web Apps”).
Confessions of a Converted Lecturer: Eric Mazur
Last week, Paul Lattreille lead a SALT Seminar on Teaching Large Groups. I’m hoping someone from this community will report on that session in more detail, but as an appetizer here’s a talk by Harvard Physics Professor Eric Mazur, that gives some justification for one of the ideas, Peer Instruction, that…
Interview with Martin Dougiamas
Interesting interview with Martin Dougiamas on the future of technology enhanced learning. From his own experiences as a child of the School of the Air in Western Australia to future developments and their impact on universities. It’s nearly 40 mins but worth watching. Interview with Martin Dougiamas from Michael Feldstein…
Effective Assessment in a Digital Age Workshops
Effective Assessment in a Digital Age WorkshopsFrom challenge to change… Using principles of good practice, work with colleagues towards an effective model for the use of technology in assessment and feedback. A series of free workshops based around the JISC Effective Assessment in a Digital Age publication www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess and associated…
Nuggets from JISC Innovating e-Learning Conference 2010: #3 ALLÉ
The Anytime Learning Literacies Environment (ALLÉ) has produced an interesting set of digital literacy resources that take the form of learning journeys through Tools for Learning, Using Libraries, and Academic Studies. These prototypes are being used with first-year business studies students in an embedded form at Thames Valley University and…
Nuggets from JISC Innovating e-Learning Conference 2010: #2 JISC OER infoKit
Enjoy this nice video by Doug Belshaw that introduces the The Open Educational Resources infoKit. Something for everyone from the Pro VC Student Learning Experience to those of us on the chalkface I think. It even touches on the issue of IPR. Great stuff.
Nuggets from JISC Innovating e-Learning Conference 2010: #1 Xpert and Xpert Attribution
Along with the other Chris (Hall), I’ll be attending the 2010 Online Conference JISC Innovating e-Learning Conference 2010. Unfortunately, as a paid conference, the materials, session recordings and discussions will not be available to the public until the new year but I thought that I’d nonetheless post links or comments…
Play Learning Tool Bingo!
Jane Hart’s Centre for Performance and Learning Technologies (C4PLT) has just published the final list of the top 100 learning tools for 2010. The list is nicely presented on Slideshare (up two places to number 5 from last year’s number 7) and I’ve embedded it here. Top100 Tools for Learning…
