Podcast on the issue of links opening in new windows

Windows 2007
Originally uploaded by Marius!!

I recently partook in a panel podcast, this time the topic being the issue of whether links should open in a new window or open in the same window. I don’t think we came to a clear conclusion, but touched on many other aspects in passing.
Listen to the podcast here – [...]

A vision of students today

Whilst researching for something else, I came across the video below on YouTube. I quite like this video, as it shows a few interesting facts that are often missed, and using the environment of a video without any spoken words to portray the point.
What is very interesting is this video has been viewed (at the [...]

Content creation tools eXe, Xerte and Wimba Create

Over the last few weeks I have been trying to evaluate 3 different content creation tools, eXe, Xerte, and Wimba Create (which used to known as CourseGenie). All of these tools are designed to allow someone with average IT skills to create multi-media learning content that is exported as a website (html) – without the [...]

Podcast on e-learning and teacher training

Again I have been involved in producing a podcast, this time on the role of teacher training and e-learning. As we recorded the podcast, a few comments were made about us being negative (and this has influenced the title of this episode) but listening to it again, I don’t think that we were as negative [...]

Online jigsaw creator – JigsawPlanet

I am starting to do some work with a local nursery who have been given some money for IT kit and training, and they are hiring me to help with the training part of it. One thing that they have invested in is interactive whiteboards, and something that I think will be very good, is [...]

Fatal errors and illegal operations!

Fatal error
Originally uploaded by Dave Foord

Whilst, checking my email online the other day, I was presented with this screen!
What do they mean by a fatal error, fatal (if my understanding of the English language is correct) means that something has died – what has died, is it a person, a computer? Was the error my [...]

Podcast on the impact of the asus eee pc and other devices

Last week I was again involved in the recording of a podcast, on the impact that the asus eee pc has had on education since it first appeared about 1 year ago.
The podcast can be accessed here http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/e-learning-stuff-podcast-006-you-say-asus-and-i-say-asus/ but if you haven’t time to listen to it all – here are my views on the [...]

Using voting pads – for peer review

Voting pads
Originally uploaded by Dave Foord

Voting pads have been around in education for a few years now, and although they are falling out of favour with many at the moment (and similar to other issues – it isn’t the technology that is at fault but the way that it is used – or abused in [...]