Ending the year as a non-Cartesian?
There is something slightly disturbing about checking the web for uses of your work. One finds the odd undergraduate presentation
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Toolkit
Version 2.4: Weekly Objectives
Version 2.3 of the SOLE toolkit (August 2011) introduced a ‘dashboard’ allowing the course designer to see the distribution of
Academic Professional Development, Conferences, Workshops, Meetings, SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
OER: the death of the solipsistic academic?
The challenge faced by the Open Educational Resources University is not translation, context or learning styles, it is not a
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Which Universities will shape the learning spaces of the future?
“In search of the virtual class: education in an information society” published in 1995 by John Tiffin and Lalita Rajasingham
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
There is no such thing as blended-learning.
There is no such thing as blended-learning. Or rather there has never been anything except ‘blended’ learning. Of course we
Conferences, Workshops, Meetings, SOLE
Sorry to have missed JISC Design Bash
It was a real shame (I’m rarely disappointed) to have had to miss the JISC/CETIS Design Bash in Oxford today.
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Changing Faculty Roles in Changing Learning Spaces
It’s a long way from the staff workload issue that the SOLE model and toolkit sought to answer, but perhaps
Staff Development, Toolkit
Modes of Engagement: Version 2.3 of Toolkit released
Can one know too much about the learning we design? Why is it we appear to know so little? It’s
Conferences, Staff Development, Toolkit
Dashboard: Recognising Faculty-Student Contact Time
Following the presentation of the SOLE model and toolkit at Madison-Wisconsin in August 2011, a number of conversations about the
Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Serious Games and Social Media. What’s the connection?
There have been a series of provocative, challenging and inspiring conversations with colleagues at BPP University College this past week.
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Contextual Learning not Blended Learning
Terminology in education is a fascinating thing. Words are after all concepts. Concepts change, evolve and mutate frequently more quickly
Resources
Digital Video Principles – Australian
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) has this month released a user guide on Digital Video Principles which it says is “designed
DiAL-e and SOLE at Distance Education Conference Madison-Wisconsin 2011
The 27th Annual Distance Learning and Teaching Conference at Madison-Wisconsin this August was a diverse and varied programme attended by some
Conferences, Presentations, Toolkit
US Interest in the SOLE model & toolkit
The 45 minute ‘Information Session’ session on Thursday (4th August) at the 27th Annual Distance Education Conference at Madison-Wisconsin produced
US Interest in the SOLE model & toolkit
The 45 minute ‘Information Session’ session on Thursday (4th August) at the 27th Annual Distance Education Conference at Madison-Wisconsin produced
DiAL-e Workshop in US #dtl2011
24 colleagues from Distance Providers across the US, including from sectors with which we were less familiar such as Military
Conferences, Presentations
MW Distance Education Conference Student-Owned Learning-Engagement Model Videoshare
Student-Owned Learning-Engagement Model Wednesday 3rd afternoon Videoshare session had some 60-70 people present for 5 short videoshare presentations. The session
Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
The University Delusion? New College of the Humanities
It’s not every morning you wake up to find a ‘new university’ being announced in the United Kingdom. The BBC