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Mar
16
I recorded this conversation with Ewan MacIntosh last October. It seems appropriate to put it online now, with the release of the new ScotEdupedia which looks like it's going to become a fabulous resource for Scottish education.
Ewan is an MFL teacher… more »
Feb
27
I'm preparing a workshop for our company's training delivery team, on blogs & RSS. This video clip (about 10 minutes long) looks to be a really good, practical introduction to it - that doesn't go into all the technical detail.
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Feb
12
Elearning magazine has recently published their list of the best elearning products and suppliers. The trouble I have with it, like Stephen Downes, is that this list just doesn't reflect the elearning world as I see it (from both corporate and formal lea… more »
Feb
09
The BETT show seminars have been published in mp3 format (along with associated powerpoints etc). It's a pity they didn't keep the file sizes down. 50Mb for a 45 minute recording is just excessive! more »
Jan
10
I've been using Feedblitz with a number of blogs. It provides an easy way of getting particular RSS feeds into my email reader.
Just to make it easier for people who prefer email to RSS readers (try using Google Reader - it's not perfect, but still ve… more »
Jan
08
The BucksGfL Learning Platform
Context, Management & Implementation, Schools, Moodle 2 feedbacks » 2889 viewsThis 35 minute narrated presentation (originally done for a NAACE conference in 2006) provides a very good overview of how Buckinghamshire are implementing the idea of a Learning Platform based on a range of different but complementary open source and co… more »
Jan
08
The BBC have started putting online a number of their internal broadcast/media training courses.
Anyone who is contemplating using podcasts as part of the learning toolkit would find this one very useful.
It is "a guide to preparing for interviews… more »
Jan
05
If you're looking for a superb introduction to Moodle and its capabilities to support collaborative groups then this video presentation from elderbob is a good place to start.
It's about 35 minutes long. more »
Oct
17
I'm sure this is getting a lot of airplay in the EdTech world. But with Google now offering a free solution for any educational organisation (including with customised logos), why should schools, local authorities etc buy into a VLE? Pretty much everythi… more »
Sep
05
Curverider Conference Review
Open Source, Change Management, Social Networks, Teacher CPD 1 feedback » 3152 viewsI was really pleased I managed to get to Edinburgh for yesterday's Curverider Conference. As others mentioned during the day, it was like a meeting of people who've known each other for a while. Even though I had never met any of them before, there were… more »