Author Archives: cpjobling

What no star?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by cpjobling

I just noticed (because I haven’t used it seriously for a while) that Google Reader has gotten rid of the “star” which I used to use to share articles that I had read with my FriendFeed and my own Crispy … Continue reading →

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Need to blog again!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by cpjobling

With my daughter now staring her own blog, I feel guilty that my blog has been silent for so long. “I’ve been busy” is some kind of excuse, I suppose, but I know that I’ll be even busier next year. … Continue reading →

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BlendKIt2012

Posted on September 6, 2012 by cpjobling

I’m registered to participate in BlendKit2012, the open, online course on blended learning. I thought you might be interested in joining me. If you haven’t heard about it already, it’s a five week opportunity to get ideas and develop materials … Continue reading →

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Moving to Moodle

Posted on June 8, 2012 by cpjobling

A series of talking heads discuss the move of the Bloomsbury Learning Environment to Moodle 2 from Blackboard 8. Videos provided on the ULCC Events Channel.

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The Tipping Point

Posted on May 9, 2012 by cpjobling

Early on this term I decided that HTML5 had reached sufficient traction to make it worth changing the flavour of HTML to be covered in my two modules EG-146 and EG-259. Now it seems that the media is starting to … Continue reading →

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new links 05/08/2012

Posted on May 8, 2012 by cpjobling

Guide to HTML5 Boilerplate for Rails Developers This is a guide to HTML5 Boilerplate for Rails developers. Like Rails on the server side or “backend”, HTML5 Boilerplate provides structure and conventions for setting up HTML5, CSS3 styles, and Javascript for … Continue reading →

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new links 04/21/2012

Posted on April 21, 2012 by cpjobling

Understanding The Password « family coding @codecademy comes to the rescue when my son’s e-mail account is hacked! http://t.co/bQD7uYne #codeyear tags: codeyear TEDxMuskegon — Maria Andersen — Recipe for Free Range Learning – YouTube Carve out 20 minutes and listen … Continue reading →

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new links 03/03/2012

Posted on March 3, 2012 by cpjobling

Beyond marks: new tools to visualise student engagement via social networks | Badge | Research in Learning Technology RT @hopkinsdavid: Reading @jobadge and @ajcann : “New tools to visualise student engagement via social networks” http://t.co/mfqGzooU Posted from Diigo. The rest … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Apps

Posted on February 8, 2012 by cpjobling

Here’s the thing. You take your tablet PC to lunch with the intention of reading the latest on the RSS feeds. You open your news reader, you like an article, you want to share. One option is twitter. You try … Continue reading →

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Firefox 10 Adds New Developer Tools

Posted on February 5, 2012 by cpjobling

In my courses on Web Design, EG-146, EG-153, EG-259 and EG-253 I have long advocated the use of Firebug as must-install developer tool. Over recent years, Google’s Chrome Browser, Apple’s Safari, Opera and even the new Internet Explorer have built … Continue reading →

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