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Archive forJuly, 2009
e-assessment overview
Dear all
Many thanks to those who responded to my query regarding which e-assessment tools are used at your institutions. Below are the results. I am happy to receive more feedback to add to these if you want to send me further updates.
Of the 13 institutions who replied, 12 use QMP / QuestionMark Perception. However one is discontinuing the use of QMP this summer in favour of Bb 9.0. The other respondent uses WebCT Vista.
Interestingly there was some criticism from respondents regarding support provided by QMP, but few alternatives were offered. Some alternatives listed were:
Edumatic from Televic Education: http://www.edumatic.be/documents/home.xml
Webassessor: http://www.kryteriononline.com
Moodle Quiz
From Andy.Beggan@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK via HELF list
Layers of fun in Google Maps for mobile 3.2
New layers feature on Google Maps for Mobile v useful for nearby Wikipedia, friends, searches, MyMaps…
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:03 PM
“Just as the world itself can be viewed through many lenses, the latest version of Google Maps for mobile allows you to view many layers of information on your map at the same time. Layers make it easier and more useful to find and interact with geographic content, like public transit, traffic (with incidents!), local search results, Latitude friend locations, Wikipedia and more. You can also see your own My Maps content as a layer on Google Maps for mobile. And finally, multiple layers can be combined at the same time to give you a content-rich view of what’s around you.”
http://is.gd/1Ukuv
The ‘Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World’ Report: Implications For IT Service Departments
Brian Kelly from UKLON
Use of Web 2.0 technologies & approaches:
- RSS feeds for structured information
- Geo-location data
- Exploitation of 3rd party services
- Openness of resources
- Risk assessment / management approaches
University of Edinburgh Information Services Guidelines for Using External Web 2.0 Services
“This document offers guidance to staff within the University on some of the issues
which need to be considered before using such services for University purposes. The
document is intended to be helpful for all staff, including researchers, teaching staff
and support staff. Note, however, that it focuses on issues specific to using external
Web 2.0 services – issues which are common to Web 2.0 services regardless of
whether they are internally or externally hosted are not specifically addressed.”
Pew Report on Wireless Internet Use
Pew Report on Wireless Internet Use: http://tinyurl.com/ndorge
The report summary highlights the following:
- 56% of all Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means.
- Use of the internet on mobile devices has grown sharply from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2009.
- African Americans are the most active users of the mobile internet – and their use of it is also growing the fastest. This means the digital divide between African Americans and white Americans diminishes when mobile use is taken into account.
- Broader measures of use of mobile digital resources also show fast growth from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2009.
- Other access devices – iPods, game consoles, or e-books – for now play a small role in people’s wireless online habits.
- When mobile users are away from home or the office, they like mobile access to stay in touch with others, but also to access information on the go.
summary of the group discussions from JISC Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group
The summary of the group discussions from the recent JISC Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group meeting is now available from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elearningexperts/jul09.aspx
The summary provides an account of the valuable discussions held around the themes of the meeting, including digital literacies, feedback and assessment, transition and peer support.
From Sarah Knight,Programme Manager: JISC e-Learning Programme
Workshop at Alpine Rendez-Vous
John Cook is part of the London Mobile Learning Group (LMLG) accepted workshop at the Alpine Rendez-Vous, within the framework of the STELLAR Network of Excellence and organised by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. The workshop is entitled Technology-enhanced learning in the context of technological, societal and cultural transformations. The LMLG workshop will take place from November 30 to December 1 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. There has
been a tough competition for places, during which the Reviewer Board had to reject 50% of the proposals. In addition to helping organise the workshop, John has a position paper to present: Individualized participation in public forms of communication and learning: reshaping contexts in a changing world of cultural products, by John Cook (LTRI) and Elisabetta Adami (University of Verona, Italy).
Links:
LMLG workshop description: http://www.londonmobilelearning.net/?page=Alpine-rendez-vous
Alpine Rendez-Vous: http://www.stellarnet.eu/programme/wp3/rendez-vous/
LMLG: http://www.londonmobilelearning.net/
STELLAR Network of Excellence: www.stellarnet.eu
Resources to support the implementation of HEFCE’s revised approach to its e-Learning Strategy
Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology: A revised approach to HEFCE’s strategy for e-learning was published in March 2009.
This revised approach to the strategy recognises that institutional contexts and strategies are key in realising the potential role of technology to enhance learning and teaching. Institutions may use the strategy document to identify areas where they wish to focus attention to achieve
- efficiency (existing processes carried out in a more cost-effective, time-effective, sustainable or scalable manner)
- enhancement (improving existing processes and the outcomes)
- transformation (radical, positive change in existing processes or introducing new processes)
Summary of MATURE Workshop on User Centred Requirements Processes for E-Learning and Knowledge Management
On July 2, 2009 LTRI (London Metropolitan University) hosted the successful MATURE Workshop on User Centred Requirements Processes for E-Learning and Knowledge Management – A European-Wide Perspective. John Cook has provided a summary of the day:
http://mature-ip.eu/en/node/315
The slides from the day can be found by follwing the link at the bottom of the page: “Slides are available under http://mature-ip.eu/en/event/user-centered-requirements-engineering“
All participants seemed to agree that this had been a highly productive day and the organisers (John Cook and Andreas Schmidt) are planning to hold follow up activities in order to keep the momentum and intellectual clarity generated on the day going.