I recently came across an illuminating slide show (in 2 parts) that runs through a timeline from an ‘early Internet’ in 1746 when Abbot Jean-Antoine Nollet zapped 200 swearing monks connected in serial to a large battery (my favourite tale when I taught science in a Catholic School….) up to Facebook in 2007. [...]
JISC have recently published a survey of 16-18 yr-olds about to enter university on their expectations of ICT. This makes interesting reading and anyone involved in e-Learning will find it useful.
According to the survey, the conclusion is that potential university entrants think that technology should:
support established methods of teaching and admin
act as an additional [...]
Following a quiet period on the blog over the last six weeks or so (useful for Benchmarking preparations), there has been a flurry of meetings over the last week resulting in several interesting items. These include:
1 The decision to make January to May an e-Learning Semester, kicking off with an e-L theme for January’s [...]
