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The US Department of Education sponsored the Center for Technology in Learning to look into the effectiveness of online learning – and to specifically compare the effectiveness of using online learning compared to face to face learning. The results, published
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This is a very exciting announcement and one that I’ve certain will be welcome from many in the education sector and also an important step in Microsoft’s Education Product Group strategy as we release the Microsoft Live Services plug-in for Moodle. (see
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Chris from enablingtechnologies called me earlier today with news of a project his colleagues in the US have been working on with Microsoft. It seems that they have successfully integrated OCS with Blackboard. Chris is based in the UK and
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I was really pleased to meet with Alex Lomas at Microsoft’s recent Tech Ed conference in Barcelona in November not least because he told me about how Imperial College London is using Office Communication Server (OCS) across the university and in particular
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This seems to have started from one of my colleagues in Microsoft Research wanting to improve his language skills through the medium of role-playing games. It worked but it seems that not many people understand why. So, Microsoft is now co-funding
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All over the UK this week tens of thousands of new students will be arriving into lecture theatres full of expectation and a desire to learn. The vast majority of these students will have had more exposure to technology than any previous intake
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I've been playing around with a new Office add-in for several months now. pptPlex introduces a fresh look at how Powerpoint can be used for presentations and teaching. Have you ever been frustrated with the typical linear format of a powerpoint
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I've just noticed this posting: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2008/09/10/dave-whyley-receives-honorary-doctorate-for-mobile-learning.aspx on my Colleague, Jason Langridge's , blog. David Whyley has been awarded an honorary Doctorate from
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I’m going to be blamed for showing some favouritism because here’s another post about the University of Leeds . However, I’m unashamed to promote the great work and the prestigious TechWorld.COM “mobility project of the year” award achieved
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One of Microsoft's education partners in the UK, Waterstons , is hosting an event with Durham Business School and Microsoft in Durham on the 6 August 2008 at 12:00. The Agenda will be based on the following: Registration and refreshments - 12:00pm Seminar
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I predict that over the next few months I'm going to spending quite a bit of time thinking about, and writing about, web-based services, and the integration between traditional desktop applications and web-based applications and services. The phrase that's
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Internet2 (the US networking consortium for the research and education community - akin to Janet in the UK) has just announced a Shibboleth collaboration project with Microsoft, to develop interoperability with the Windows CardSpace system. Before we
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Winvision, one of our partners in Higher Education, wrote to let me know about a free event that they are hosting in June, focusing on helping you to get more from SharePoint, and provide e-portfolio services for your students. Winvision Event: New Digital
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My colleagues in Australia sent this posting last night with the summary: SUMMARY BroadMeadows has created an amazing environment for children to learn via multimodal experiences: Document creation, video production, Mobile devices for discovery, pairing
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That's potentially e-good news for some. The JISC Circular that has just appeared is asking for nominations from Higher and Further Education for capital funding for e-learning projects. The deadlines look tight - a briefing day for would-be participants
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