This revised version of the evolution of MOOCs was developed for our paper ‘Partnership Model for Entrepreneurial Innovation in Open Online’ now published in eLearning Papers. Three years after the initial MOOC hype, in line with our previous analysis we looked at some possible trends and influence of MOOCs the HE system in the contexts […]
The Voice of OER15
Typical. You wait a week for an #OER15 blog post and then two come along at once! Thanks to the folks at CADARN for this inspiring little video which really captures the spirit of the conference. Featuring, among others, David Kernohan, Cable Green, Hayden Blackey, Josie Fraser and me. I think I may have got rather […]
OER15 – Better late than never!
It’s rather late in the day to be posting an OER15 blog post, but better late than never hopefully! :} As ever it was a hugely enjoyable and inspiring conference, and as is often the case, Marieke Guy of Open Knowledge beat me to it and wrote a great summary of the conference in her blog post OER15: Window […]
Subject coding is changing from JACS3 to HECoS; here’s what’s different
From UCAS applications to HESA returns, and from league tables to the academic technology approval scheme, degree programmes and modules are classified by subject. JACS3 does that job now, but HECoS will do it in the future. Here are the main differences. After many years of use, the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) that’s pervasive […]
Creativity, serendipity and open content
I recently went along to an event organised by the Digital Humanities Network, Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, where Ben O’Steen, Bob Nicholson and Mahendra Mahey gave a series of fascinating presentations on the work of the British Library Labs. BL Labs is a Mellon funded initiative that supports creative experiments to visualise and […]
Understanding large numbers in context, an exercise with socrative
I came across an exercise that aimed to demonstrate that numbers are easier to understand when broken down and put into context, it’s one a number of really useful resources for the general public, journalists and teachers from the Royal Statistical Society. The idea is that large numbers associated with important government budgets–you know, a few billion … Continue reading Understanding large numbers in context, an exercise with socrative →
OEPS Forum and ways forward for the Scottish Open Education Declaration
Earlier this month I went along to the second Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Forum where I’d been invited to present an update on the Scottish Open Education Declaration. OEPS Update The event began with an update from the OEPS Project team outlining their progress in supporting a network of open education practitioners, developing a […]
QAA Scotland Focus On Assessment and Feedback Workshop
Today was spent at a QAA Scotland event which aimed to identify and share good practice in assessment and feedback, and to gather suggestions for feeding in to a policy summit for senior institutional managers that will be held on 14 May. I’ve never had much to do with technology for assessment, though I’ve worked … Continue reading QAA Scotland Focus On Assessment and Feedback Workshop →
hypothes.is for web annotation
A while back I went to the OER annotation summit where I learnt about hypothes.is, a tool for adding a layer of annotation on top of the web. If the idea of annotating the web sounds like one of those great ideas that has been tried a dozen times before and never worked, then you’re … Continue reading hypothes.is for web annotation →
QTI 2.1 tool tutorial
Learning about an interoperability specification such as a QTI 2.1 becomes easier when you can see it working in a set of tools. In this post, we’ll create a very simple test using three freely available tools. Item creation We’ll get started with making an item, and we’ll use Kingston University’s Uniqurate. As an item […]