Becta – Handheld Learning Conference 2008
The Becta supported Handheld Learning Conference 2008 runs this year from Oct 13th-15th in London. Potentially an interesting line-up of speakers, including David Cavallo MIT Media Lab and SL theorist […]
Martin Hawksey
A morning’s learning: Google Alert -> EdTechie -> [HE2.0 -> SocialLearn] & [Ads fund HE -> Visual Gadgets]
Jan 18 / IMG_6351 Originally uploaded by tavopp As I start to write this it is now 9.05am and I’ve been in work since 8.10am. After 10 minutes tidying paper […]
University lectures on iTunes
“Studying for class” Originally uploaded by jakebouma Last week the BBC reported that the University College London, the Open University and Trinity College Dublin are putting lectures onto ‘iTunes U’. […]
21st centrury lecturer – more admin than teaching
21st centrury lecturer – more admin than teaching Originally uploaded by m.hawksey “Dealing with 100-250 emails a week, spending over half your time on administration, coping with rising seminar and […]
New RSC N&E Scotland Blog – MASHe
RSC Scotland N&E have launched a new blog, “MASHe“, which will focus on highlighting news, events and resources related to higher education (including HE in FE). Recent posts include a […]
CMALT Accreditation Workshop Series
In May we highlighted that JISC is funding a 50% reduction for learning technology practitioners applying to become Certified Members of the Association for Learning Technologists (CMALT). To support this […]
Becta Technology Newsletter
The May edition of the Becta TechNews – technology newsletter is now available. This newsletter contains extensive information on a range of emerging technologies and other technology news. Subjects covered […]
Award Winning Peer Assessment: WebPA
Over on ‘True or False’ there is a post highlighting that the JISC funded project WebPA Wins International Learning Impact Award. Having been involved with the SFC funded REAP project, […]
HE in FE
In the last week I’ve hit a rich vein of reports and resources on ‘HE in FE’. Here’s a summary of what I’ve come across so far: The first one […]
The Sunday Times: Scots universities skew policy to aid poor
Exam Results Day 2001 – Stephen’s Results Originally uploaded by Krypto The Sunday Times reported recently that they had evidence that some Scottish universities had changed their admission procedures to […]