aclJohn's eCPD Finds

What do you do if you start a new job and find yourself in a technology rich culture, with so many IT systems around, and so many different software resources, that your head ends up buzzing?

Many managers, administrators, subject learning coaches, eGuides, practitioners, learners etc., have never used...

• internet telephony,
• encryption,
• instant messaging,
• live meeting,
• SharePoint or
• Groove before.

Meanwhile, those around them seem to be metaphorically whizzing along as they...

• collabora...

I've written about Educause a number of times before, a website that offers its monthly 7 Things You Should Know About… series of PDFs, which break down emerging technologies into an easy-to-understand format, describing not only what the new technology does, but why it matters in education.

Their most recent 7 Things is about Google Wave, which only rolled out its first invitations a month before the 7 Things article was published. Other topics that have been covered include...

• microbl...

If you and/or your learners are new to blogging AND WordPress in particular, there are some things to learn before progressing too far. 

For instance, what are...

• widgets? 
• Sidebars? 
• Headers and footers? 

For veteran bloggers, these terms are second nature but for a newbie, they have lots to learn.

Enter WordPress video tutorials!  Learning Providers need to be able to help learners, and many of their staff, get started with new technology.  Many create video tutorials but with webs...

The Colorado Community College System has a faculty wiki on which there is a page about Bloom's Taxonomy.

The Bloom's Taxonomy Tutorial page contains two flash based tutorials designed to help practitioners to...

• plan lessons and
• create assignments

...using Bloom's Taxonomy.

1. Tutorial one is a general overview of Bloom's Taxonomy.
2. Tutorial two applies the concepts of Bloom's Taxonomy to current Internet resources like...

• blogs,
• wikis, and
• multimedia mash-up tools.

These Bloom...

Vital is the £5.6 million scheme to help practitioners bring technology even more effectively into the learning environment; it is underway ahead of the programme’s much-anticipated official launch in January 2010.

Vital (Transforming Lessons, Inspiring Learning) is to be the overarching title for the collaboration between the Open University (OU) and e-skills UK. First announced in July, Vital’s goal is to foster and develop top-class continuing professional development (CPD) for pra...

College & University Support Network (CUSN) provides free support services specifically for all staff working in...

• adult,
• further and
• higher education.

Supported by the University and College Union (UCU), CUSN complements the work of the union offering...

• information and advice,
• telephone counselling,
• online coaching and
• financial assistance.

College & University Support Network has over 700 factsheets available for download on issues that have been raised by staff working in further a...

Ideas to Inspire is a collection of ideas for using...

• software,
• hardware, and
• online tools in the classroom.

All ideas are presented as suggestions rather than how-tos.

The ideas are presented in a slideshow format using Google Docs presentation. As all of the slideshows are Creative Commons licensed and in Google Docs, you can share these ideas with your colleagues on a website/vle/staff wiki/blog etc.

Ideas to Inspire was created by and hosted by Mark Warner and can be viewed at h...

An update from Ruth Simons (eCPD Programme Regional Lead Facilitator)

Dear colleagues,

With the autumn term well under way and our activity at the eCPD Programme for 2009-10 now commencing I thought you may like to know about  opportunities for new PDAs and Advanced  PDAs in year 2 of the programme and we would like to ask your help with publicising the programme

We have begun advertising recruitment for Year 2 of the programme which now attracts funding for successful a...