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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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Yesterday I wrote about using Moodle on SharePoint, and today I feel the need to share another option for running a Virtual Learning Environment on SharePoint. This is the SharePoint Learning Kit, which is a SCORM 2004-conformant e-learning delivery and
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A recent survey, by Becta, showed that around 40% of colleges are using Moodle for their virtual learning environment (VLE). I don't know of published figures for Higher Education, but believe that the use is probably about the same. If you are one of
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