A couple of useful articles/ longer blog entries about how an e-learning strategy might be developed. Godfrey Parkin has a more commercial overview in his, Parkin’s Lot: Defining an E-Learning Strategy, where Steven Downes focusses on Some Principles of Effective eLearning . The Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness have also produced a report “What are…
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Eportfolios
elearnspace. Eportfolios Lots of information about, and examples of, ePortfolios. The site as a whole has a lot of useful information….
School creates its own Sim City
BBC NEWS | England | Kent | School creates its own Sim City A group of schoolchildren are learning about urban planning issues with the help of a specially-adapted version of a computer game. This is a specially adapted version of SimCity with local features. It’s designed to increase the children’s awareness & understanding of…
Can video games stimulate academic learning?
Cognitive Daily ยป Can video games stimulate academic learning? This reports on an experiment with children in Chile, using Handheld video games (Grades 1/2) for 30 minutes before lessons. Working with children in “distressed” schools in Chile (I’m interpreting that to mean poor areas, so unlikely to have much experience of video games at home),…
Student thoughts on blogging.
Weblogg-ed – The Read/Write Web in the Classroom : Will’s isn’t the only blog that I read – honest! However, this is worth reading – a set of observations from students who have been blogging. As well as the comments that Will has selected, he’s also linked to the original student blogs, and their teacher’s….
The Case against text books.
Weblogg-ed – The Read/Write Web in the Classroom : While some of Will Richard’s points are valid, e.g. # You can’t link it to other relevant ideas or concepts in any organized way. # You can’t access it if it’s not in your posession. # You can’t copy out important information and paste it with…
BBC – What's On – Programme Information for Brains for Sale
BBC – What’s On – Programme Information for Brains for Sale A program about plagiarism in UK universities. There is also a Listen again option – (which will require Real or Real Alternative to listen to) – and should be there for the week….
Use of Blogging in Undergraduate Courses: My Experience
Couros Blog – Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech’er: Use of Blogging in Undergraduate Courses: My Experience A useful article – Alec started to get students on a course (which sounds rather like my EdCom unit from a quick glance), to use Blogs as a way of working. He’s listed some of the problems –…
GENDER & COMPUTING
GENDER & COMPUTING This looks like a useful blog to add to the (rather too many!) that I’m already following via Bloglines. I’ve come across some of Hilde’s work before, both when I was doing research for the 1st year BSc. STAS material on Gender and the IT industry, and for the final year EdCOM…
american studies:
american studies: A Class blog, in which the teacher is involving not only the students and other teachers, but also their parents. It seems to be becoming a powerful forum for all to share their ideas of how the combined English & Social Studies class is developing. Will Richardson has discussed the blog on several…