I am daily impressed at what an excellent reference manager Zotero is

Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/) deserves a much longer pean than I am going to give it here. A web-native application, it knocks the spots off EndNote. It is developed by researchers for researchers at the Center for History and New Media (http://chnm.gmu.edu/) at George Mason University and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute of … Continue reading I am daily impressed at what an excellent reference manager Zotero is

Flourish: PebblePad Technology for professional development #HEAtpd

Sarah Chesney discusses the aims, ethos, key activities and the PS portfolio developed under the Flourish project. Evaluating the use of an eportfolio for CPD for admin and academic staff. Used to ease the admin burden and provide personal learning system (PLE?), within which is an eportfolio. Academic model practice before students. Over reliance on … Continue reading Flourish: PebblePad Technology for professional development #HEAtpd

Developing the SSBR Platform

It has been a fraught three days working on the new JISC-ssbr platform. After a long time of indecision we are pushed to cement something in place and live with it. I am writing this as much to check that feeds into the various blog components work.

Horizon 5-year meta trends in emerging technologies for learning #shock09

Seven metatrends in emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations include: the evolving approaches to communication between humans and machines the collective sharing and generation of knowledge computing in three dimensions connecting people via the network; games as pedagogical platforms the shifting of content production … Continue reading Horizon 5-year meta trends in emerging technologies for learning #shock09

tonight we suspended the Emerge Elgg service

After a long deliberation we decided that the Emerge Elgg site should not continue to operate in its current form. From midnight 31 March/1 April 2009 we discontinued log-in to the Emerge Elgg site and suspended all feeds into the site. I would like to thank all who have been instrumental in creating a vision … Continue reading tonight we suspended the Emerge Elgg service

Macintosh OS X on a netbook for £400

[this is a reposting of a piece I wrote for Seb Schmoller's Fortnightly Mailing.] OK, I don't think you can call it a "Mac netbook" but this is how I got Mac OS X 10.5.6 to run on a Dell mini 9. It was easier than I thought. I wanted a small machine for email, … Continue reading Macintosh OS X on a netbook for £400

32GB Mac OSX Netbook for £418

I spent much of today reading how to Mac-ify a Dell Mini 9. It seems to be a popular hobby. In a later post I'll go through the technical how-to with a lot of links. I have ordered a Mini 9 in its Vostro A90 livery, on special offer from Dell at £199 (£221 with … Continue reading 32GB Mac OSX Netbook for £418

Oooh! Firefox 3. Hope I haven’t wrecked everything

I just went and deleted reliable Firefox 2.0.0.16 and dumped 3.0.7 into my applications folder. And now, I try to remember which things I had to struggle with six months ago. It chucked out my Piggy Bank, but that was something from MIT Media Lab that never really worked for me. The Delicious button couldn't … Continue reading Oooh! Firefox 3. Hope I haven’t wrecked everything

Tried using Posterous for a group writing exercise; not a top success

I thought that Posterous might be a useful, easy, collaboration tool. The barriers to entry are low and the user interface is email. However, it didn't really work. I made a crucial, but probably inevitable, mistake. And, for sharers there is the need to create an account. I hadn't counted on that. I thought that … Continue reading Tried using Posterous for a group writing exercise; not a top success

My ideal PDA wish list; is what I want a netbook?

I want a small, wifi connected PDA. The ideal machine has 1) good wifi 2) email client and off-line email writing/reading facility 3) full feature web browser preferably running Flash (and Air?) 4) calendar that syncs with Brookes Oracle & my MacBook Pro preferably through the Oracle Calendar client (iCal does not cut it - … Continue reading My ideal PDA wish list; is what I want a netbook?