Mar

2

Geant 3rd Generation

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

   Geant/TF-PR Meeting, Dublin, 25-27 February 2009.The afternoon of 25 and morning of 26 were devoted to presentations and discussions by Dante around the forthconing third generation of Geant. Clearly this time around there is going to be more attention to working with and through partners, perhaps in recognition to perceived failings in earlier generations. John Chevers is to take […]

Jan

29

Overload

January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

A few weeks back I decided to dip back into the world of Twitter, largely by being prompted to look at the Tweetdeck tool. Tweetdeck is indeed fine and is a boon in managing the flood of tweets. It is also has a rather funky black presentation a refreshing change from the sometime lurid colours […]

Dec

4

JISC YouTube Channel

December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hussar! Now JISCness will be available through a dedicated channel on YouTube. Of course it won’t all be there immediately but thanks to the Peeblemeister it will all start appearing shortly and then we can sort of out by themes or whatever to make it more sensible…

Dec

4

Online Educa 08 - Roger Larsen

December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

Roger Larsen, Fronter, Norway
Learning Together
Frankly an unwelcome and unnecessary advert for far too long at the start of his presentation, this seems quite an insult to the previous speakers who were trying to present new and/or interesting issues. I appreciate that the conference needs sponsors but they should not be mixed with more […]

Dec

4

Online Educa 08- Norbert Bolz

December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Prof Norbert Bolz, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
From Knowledge Management to Identity Management
Bolz outlined five key concepts:

Serious Play

It is becoming harder to distinguish between tools and toys and younger people are best able to exploit this. Bolz feels that this deals with the issue of ‘paradise of work’ or how it […]

Dec

4

Online Educa 08- Michael Wesch

December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

Dr Michael Wesch, Asst Prof  of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University, USA
The Crisis of Significance and the Future of Education
Clearly the fact that the hall was packed with people sitting on the floor means that many were here to hear Michael Wesch – an outstanding speaker – engaging, interesting and relevant. Ok maybe what he […]

Dec

4

Online Educa 08 - Joseph Pierre Ndiay

December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Joseph Pierre Ndiaye, Permanent Sec to Minister of Education in Senegal – host of Online Africa 20009Presentation in French with subtitlesSenegal faces a range of problems but education is seen as a vital motor for economic development. Senegal is now devoting 40 % of resources (?) towards education. They feel that they need to consider […]

Jul

18

A Portal to Media Literacy

July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

There is a brilliant video (although rather long at over an hour) from the exemplary Prof Wesch from the Kansas State University Digital Ethnography programme, available like all else via YouTube as well
A wonderful summary of what is going on and a great expose of how new technologies are being used
He also mentions the portal/wiki […]

May

2

Oh Yes! That’s How It Is

May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KWiuhDGCVs

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May

2

Libraries of the Future

May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well JISC’s first proper campaign is off the blocks - Libraries of the Future was launched at the JISC Conference and was swiftly followed up with a special supplement appearing on the Guardian. As part of the deal the Guardian provide a dedicated micro-site with the supplement available in a web version although this […]

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