Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, June 17, 2011,
In :
eCPD
It has been some time since I visited Educause and I find that they have put together a new “7 Things” guide; 7 Things You Should Know About Organizing Files in the Cloud.
“File storage and management has become a potentially limiting factor
in the usefulness of new technologies, and cloud-based file services
such as Dropbox, SugarSync, AeroFS, and Box.net attempt to fill that
need. With these services, files are stored “in the cloud,” and each
time the user ...
Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, July 19, 2010,
In :
eCPD
Common Craft recently released a new video that is ideal for functional skills and everyone who banks, shops, or just uses email.
Secure Passwords in Plain English walks viewers through the pitfalls of weak passwords and how to create strong passwords. The video explains why the same password shouldn't be used for all online accounts.
Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, February 7, 2010,
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eCPD
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...
Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, October 20, 2009,
In :
eCPD
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...
Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, September 25, 2009,
In :
eCPD
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...
Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, September 15, 2009,
In :
eCPD
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...
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
