Categories: Technology, Content Management Systems, Elgg, Etomite, ExponentCMS, Graphics, Joomla, Large systems, Moodle, Open Source, Podcasting, RSS, Yammer
Sep
20
Via Jane Knight. What's the future for Microsoft Office for everyone except large corporates? Now that IBM has released Lotus Symphony - a full "office" suite of tools (Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets) - there's no real need for anyone to buy MS O… more »
Sep
20
Leon has just published an interview he recorded where we talked about a range of topics but mainly focussed on the possibilities for teacher professional development.
Amazingly, (and I am flattered), he even quoted me in a column he wrote for the Gua… more »
Jul
09
I thought I'd get in on the act, and suggest my top ten tools for Jane Hart's collection. She's already got Jay Cross & Clive Shepherd, so let's hope I can come up with something different...
Firefox
Number one spot has to go to Firefox. It's my… more »
Jul
04
I learnt today that it's not possible to do an email merge from Word to Outlook unless they are both the same version.
I got the answer eventually from MS.
You don't get an error message - just nothing gets put in your Outbox. more »
Jul
03
Learning Materials and Content Management Systems
Designing Online Courses, Content Management, Etomite Send feedback » 1202 viewsWhen I start exploring a new topic, I often look for a tutorial on the subject.
Often, these might take the form of a Powerpoint, or a PDF. That's great, because I can easily print it to read offline. The problem with putting materials in these chunk… more »
Jun
14
Integrating Moodle and ExponentCMS
Learning, Technology, Open Source, Moodle 1 feedback » 1946 viewsDuring the past couple of weeks I've been working on building a major intranet site. It's based on two systems (ExponentCMS and Moodle), which naturally brings the challenge of providing a seamless experience for users.
As with all integrations there… more »
May
11
RSS, Blogs and other stuff in corporate learning and development
Learning, Context, Management & Implementation, Change Management, RSS, Presentations & Workshops Send feedback » 3518 viewsI ran a couple of workshop sessions yesterday, looking at the role that RSS & Blogs in particular can play in corporate learning & development.
The first one ran pretty much to plan, and seemed to go down well. The second, however, with a much… more »
Mar
28
Last year's forum on Blogs & Social Media was a really good introduction to the concepts, as well as providing some excellent case studies which could be used when debating the ideas.
This year's forum has just been announced at: http://www.social… more »
Mar
19
I use visual tools a lot. Powerpoint & Impress are great for storyboarding a sequence of thoughts & ideas. MindManager & Freemind are ideal for brainstorming and for facilitating meetings. CmapTools is great for when you want to get a really… more »
Mar
19
A couple of weeks ago I led an internal workshop with a group of learning professionals (mainly trainers and consultants). It looked at how they might make use of RSS & blogs to support their work.
The only bit not recorded on the video was an exe… more »
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