Category E-learning

Considering the formal and informal

Read a really interesting post on formal and informal learning and the impact of social networks on Sarah Robbins‘ blog. The slideshow is well worth a view, particularly the exploration of the differences between what university education and social networks…

Time for some inspiration

This is the first of several postings that have been sitting in my drafts folder from before I went on holiday… It’s been a mad couple of weeks, with very little time to sit down between meetings, never mind think…

Embracing web 2.0

Last week I attended an e-learning symposium at De Montfort University, focusing on the use of web 2.0 technologies. I was very impressed with the level of staff enthusiasm and innovation and the way in which new technologies are being…

MILO

I was down in London last week, with my colleague Cathy Lewin, to present the interim findings of another project I’m involved in. The Models of Innovation in Learning Online (MILO) project is looking at the different ways in which…

Raptivity

At first glance this ‘rapid interactivity builder‘ is a neat tool. It enables the creation of interactive rich media elements for online learning. It’s very easy to use, looks pretty, there’s a large selection of templates and examples that can…

Top 100 tools for learning

I meant to post this link a while back. It’s not really games-related except in that it’s perhaps interesting that there’s nothing even remotely game-related in the top 100 (well, Flash, possibly, at a push). Aside from that, there’s still…