In addition to the various high level evaluation frameworks mentioned: BSLES, Pathfinder, Benchmarking, it will be useful to include the e-Learning Strategy in the mapping exercise. Still it is helpful to remember that learner views are critical, whatever the framework.
Brookes Blogs
... or does it? Blogging is growing like topsy at Brookes and across the academic spectrum, but what form should it take? Should the University have a hosted bog platform? Under what rules of engagement? I have trawled around the site and found some of what is going on in out droplet of the blogosphere. … Continue reading Brookes Blogs
Informal e-Learning: Ishkur’s guide to electronic music
I just stumbled across what has to be among the best bits of informal e-learning ever: Ishkur's guide to electronic music. Link, load and enjoy.
e-Learning Co-ordinators
Oxford Brookes e-Learning Co-ordinators for the Schools are Arts and Humanities: Virginia Crossman and Suzuko Anai (Languages) Built Environment: Gina Ennis-Reynolds Business: Berry O'Donovan Health and Social Care: Peter Bradley Life Sciences: Andrew Rosenthal Social Sciences and Law: vacant Technology: Douglas Higgison, Sharon Curtis Westminster Institute of Education: Jonathan Allen 01/12/2006
Mary Evans on an “Electronic version of teaching”
Mary Evans, Professor in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent said on the BBC Radio 4 programme Analysis, last night: "What I would suggest might be happening or happening in sort of twenty or thirty years time is that the sector goes in two different directions. One, … Continue reading Mary Evans on an “Electronic version of teaching”
Draft agendas for 7 December
There are two related meetings on 7 December: Pathfinding project team 1000 - 1230 School e-Learning Co-ordinators Forum: 1230 - 1530 The visit of Terry Mayes links these events. Pathfinding project team 1000 - 1230 Draft Agenda Project Plan (241K Word doc) Infrastructures: Identification of appropriate softwares and platforms including the repository architecture for research … Continue reading Draft agendas for 7 December
e-Learning Forum 16 November 2006
These are my rough notes of the first eLearning Forum meeting of 2006-07. We ranged across a number of issues, on and off the agenda. Intro The meeting was initially characterised by the difficulty of getting the in-room technology to work: Internet connection was slow and data projector wouldn't display multiple windows. But that's the … Continue reading e-Learning Forum 16 November 2006
Testing ecto settings
I use Ecto, an off-line blogging editor and archiving tool. Very handy for mobile and nomadic blogging at conferences, on the train, anywhere cannot connect to the Internet or do not want to be burning up the battery maintaining a wireless connection. It also keeps an archive of my posts on my machine, which I … Continue reading Testing ecto settings
Draft project plan
I have uploaded our draft plan here. This was the topic of a discussion with Terry Mayes, about which more shortly.
Interesting question: the requirements for a learning platform
I offer this as a component of an evaluation framework: what are the user requirements for different kinds of users of a VLE. A professional acquaintance from another university is advising his department on the procurement of a learning platform. He asked me a simple question last night: "...is there a web site or paper … Continue reading Interesting question: the requirements for a learning platform
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