In September, at the International Open Forum of e-Learning and Standardization in Shanghai, we organised a TEL-Map workshop to identify the main drivers in the use of technology in education, explore possible future scenarios of Technology Enhanced Learning and develop roadmaps to desired futures. The workshop provided a unique opportunity to engage people, both Chinese […]
UKOER 2: without the collections strand
An intial look at UKOER without the collections strand (C). This is a post in the UKOER 2 technical synthesis series. [These posts should be regarded as drafts for comment until I remove this note] In my earlier post in this series on the collections strand (C), I presented a graph of the technical choices made just by that […]
Open to opportunities?
Working with CETIS is arguably among the most interesting jobs in ed tech. In the past 5 years I’ve worked with great people and interesting projects, I’ve constantly been exposed to stimuli which challenge, stretch, and (mostly) expand my knowledge and abilities. In the Repositories Research team, and more recently in CETIS support for the […]
Post UKOER? the Saylor open textbook challenge
Are you wondering what to do with your OER next? Are you wondering how to keep the ball rolling in your institution and share some more educational resources openly? Are you looking for a tangible way to get your open content used? or perhaps looking for a way to turn your OER into something a little more […]
UKOER 2: Collections, technology, and community
What technology is being used to aggregate open educational resources? What role can the subject community play in resources discovery? This is a post in the UKOER 2 technical synthesis series. [These posts should be regarded as drafts for comment until I remove this note] In the UKOER 2 programme Strand C funded “Projects identifying, […]
Innovating e-Learning 2011: Learning in transition
The JISC e-learning team is once again running an online conference in November. Sarah Knight has forwarded some details of the event, and as ever it looks like there’s a packed programme: The sixth JISC online conference takes place this year on 22-25 November 2011, with pre-conference activities running from 15 November. The conference is […]
UKOER 2: Dissemination protocols in use and Jorum representation
What technical protocols are projects using to share their resource? and how are they planning on representing their resources in Jorum? This is a post in the UKOER 2 technical synthesis series. [These posts should be regarded as drafts for comment until I remove this note] Dissemination protocols The chosen dissemination protocols are usually already built in the platforms in […]
UKOER 2: Analytics and tools to manipulate OER
How are projects tracking the use of their OER? What tools are projects using to work with their OER collections? This is a post in the UKOER 2 technical synthesis series. [These posts should be regarded as drafts for comment until I remove this note] Analytics As part of their thinking around sustainability, it was suggested to projects that […]
UKOER 2: OER creation tools used
When projects in UKOER 2 created or edited content what tools did they use? This is a post in the UKOER 2 technical synthesis series. [These posts should be regarded as drafts for comment until I remove this note] Tools to make OER Notes Ms Office and Adobe Acrobat are not represented in these graphs or in […]
What’s in a Word(le)? Lifelong Learning and Work Based Learner experiences…
Overview of the work completed in the JISC Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Programme I’ve recently come to the end of working with the team supporting the JISC Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Programme (LLLWFD) which ran from 1 March 2009 to 31 March 2011 and funded 13 projects. I was involved in this work […]