Archive for: September 2007

September 24, 2007

UK and China sign e-learning deal

Filed under: Reflections - 24 Sep 2007

UK and China sign e-learning deal:

An online education deal is being signed between firms in the UK and China - with plans to reach 20 million students.

(Via BBC News | Education | UK Edition).

Great news for UK PLC, …

September 17, 2007

Lily Powell

Filed under: Lily - 17 Sep 2007

On Monday, 17th September at approximately 3.30 pm Lily Powell decided to join us at a respectable 3 KG, or for anyone working in ‘old money’ 6lb 6oz I think:^)

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September 14, 2007

Testing use of MarsEdit from Vienna Newsreader for Blog posts

Filed under: Reviews - 14 Sep 2007

Hopefully a downloaded Vienna script will make this possible.

I now use Vienna Newsreader instead of NetNewsWire and so far have found it to be comparable in terms of functionality that I require and its usability is good:

“Vienna is …

Drive for more mature students | BBC News

Filed under: Reviews, idibl - 14 Sep 2007

The BBC reports: Derive for more mature students

The rhetoric reported below fits squarely with our work at the Institute for Educational Cybernetics at Bolton University, as we work towards developing a range of new offering for workplace-based learning using …

September 11, 2007

Where is the community in Web 2.0?

Filed under: Reflections - 11 Sep 2007

In developing a new set of framework courses at the Institute of Educational Cybernetics (IEC), University of Bolton, we have the challenging prospect of identifying a way froward for technology provision for online learners. Currently, Bolton runs …