RedLightGreen — Home This seems like a very useful site! It allows searching of academic books/ research papers etc. Once registered, it’s possible to locate your library & then to link to the library page to check availability of the books etc. When I registered initially, there didn’t seem to be the option to set…
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Preview of the Hundred Dollar Laptop
WorldChanging has a preview of the upcoming low cost Laptop designed for the majority world… looking good….
WordPress 1.6 + Flickr
Stephen Downes reports on the upcoming ability of Word Press 1.6 (I’m using 1.5 here) to have easy media integration with Flickr. D’Arcy Norman has screen shots of it in use, and it looks good. Of course, you still have to have the images on Flickr … , but it will be a lot easier…
The Open University moves towards Moodle.
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ The Open University Builds Student Online Environment With Moodle and More Yet another mover towards Moodle…….
Personal Learning Environments
Personal Learning Environments are getting closer. Attwell, in the Wales Wide Web, reviews a “Personal Learning Environment” project, which is part of JISCs eLearning project. Essentially, rather than a VLE which ties the learners to a very standardised setup, a PLE would put more of the software required on the learners’ PCs, so that they…
Ivory towers will fall to digital land grab
A new approach to learning?. Bill Gates has visions of a $400 tablet (wonder if that will end up as £400 in the UK …?) He suggests that “Within four or five years, instead of spending money on textbooks,” he is quoted as saying, “they’ll spend a mere $400 or so buying that tablet device…
Jam & Blogs?
Not baking but blogging. The new face of the WI was the headline on the front of yesterday’s Guardian that caught my eye. The article, though interesting, covered what the WI do today, and, though it has gone beyond Jam making (& the singing of Jerusalem is no longer compulsory), they didn’t really mention blogs,…
The Shifted Librarian: Blogs Vs. Wikis Presentation
The Shifted Librarian: Blogs Vs. Wikis Presentation A short article – with useful links. The comments are handy. I’ve not really got into using Wikis with students, though I have used blogs. I think that Wikis could have some roles that Blogs haven’t got, hence my interest in the comments that have been posted, which…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Volunteer call for the tech-savvy
BBC NEWS | Technology | Volunteer call for the tech-savvy Hmm… I wonder. I spent two and a half years a few years ago in a more “typical” volunteers role – training primary school teacher to work with children with disabilities in Madang, Papua New Guinea. While part of me thinks that it’s a good…
UNESCO Virtual University
UNESCO Virtual University Forums UNESCO has been looking at a number of aspects of virtual, multinational universities. They have had several discussions – however, they don’t seem to (easily) make the archives available. I’ve emailed the address given, to see if I can see them… There are some reports online about earlier discussions (e.g. The…