http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org Thoughts and Ponderings on Communications and Marketing in JISCWorld Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:54:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rachel Bruce, Programme Director - Information Environment, JISCSharing Nationally: Is It Any of Your Business?Fior JISC the benefits of Open Educational Resources are: Improving education Giving institutions access to larger range of resources Supporting students in their learning Saving tutor time, accessing ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/05/online-educa-08-open-educational-resources-rachel-bruce/ Dr Richard Baraniuk, Rice University, USASustainable Open Education Resources - The Connexions Model Baraniuk outlined his basic concepts - that OER is about dealing with text on a page by page basis not as a book, that these pages are accessed through an interconnected repository, it is all based on open ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/05/online-educa-08-open-educational-resources-richard-baraniuk/ 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... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/04/jisc-youtube-channel/ 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 ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/04/online-educa-08-roger-larsen/ 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 ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/04/online-educa-08-norbert-bolz/ 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 ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/04/online-educa-08-michael-wesch/ 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 ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/04/online-educa-day-1-penary-speaker-1/ Educa 2008 has attracted 2064 delegates from 92 countries with the Dutch delegation of 237 and the UK delegation 247 being the largest groups after the Germans.This is JISC’s fifth (?) time at Educa and this time without partnering SURF who were unable to attend. We were however next to ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/12/04/online-educa-2008-day-1/ Courtesy of Dilbert   http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/11/12/who-needs-msp-when-there-is-dilbert/ Good grief I have really taken my eye off the ball concerning this blog! Seems my energies have been more focussed on the other blog ... not sure what that says about me really. Still here goes for something more 'professional' ... It seems like only yesterday whent the thought of ... http://roberthc1.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/13/pr-agencies-and-then-there-were-loads/