Like the idea of Facebook University?
The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) last week published an article on the possibility of Facebook, Google and other tech companies offering degrees in the UK. Not as outlandish as…
Institutional VLEs, why bother?
As part of a current debate on the role of the LMS and the VLE in an agenda of openness, Amber suggests that VLEs can be many things but they are not…
Where will the money for MOOCs come from?
The thing that caught my eye about this report in the Chronicle of Bill Gates' keynote at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit was: "In the Q&A, Mr. Gates predicted that MOOCs…
Splendid new anatomy teaching app
We at Warwick Medical School are proud of the new anatomy teaching iPhone app from Professor Peter Abrahams. Peter has done a terrific job with his small development team to…
Resource discovery survey presentation
Presentation given at JISC-CETIS Repositories and the Open Web meeting 19th April 2010.
What do people look for when they search online for learning resources?
I'm speaking at the JISC CETIS Repositories and the Open Web meeting on Monday 19th April, even if it is my birthday. I'm not expecting a card from the audience,…