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Web 2.0 for Education

Posted on June 25, 2007 by cpjobling

A couple of interesting articles were posted on Read/WriteWeb on Friday. In the first, Richard MacManus discusses the support platforms (including Elgg which we use at my institution). In the second Josh Catone discusses the range of Web2.0 tools that … Continue reading →

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Wikis and RSS in Plain English

Posted on June 5, 2007 by cpjobling

I’m indebted to Brady Forrest on O’Reilly Radar for the link to this cool video by Lee & Sachi LeFever that explains how Wiki works. There’s also a companion video RSS in Plain English that I haven’t embedded here, but … Continue reading →

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FOSS in Education

Posted on June 4, 2007 by cpjobling

Today, my colleague Dr John Mason and I interviewed one of my MEng students who has submitted a research dissertation on Free and Open Source Software in Engineering Education. Just prior to the interview, John showed me this site which … Continue reading →

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Connexions: video introduction

Posted on April 13, 2007 by cpjobling

I’ve just been watching a video, presented by Richard G. Baraniuk of Rice University, (part of the Google TechTalks series) on Connexions a non-profit start-up launched at Rice University in 1999 that aims to reinvent how we write, edit, publish, … Continue reading →

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Educational videos from Google

Posted on April 13, 2007 by cpjobling

Google runs a regular programme of educational presentations by eminent software developers about interesting web and code development technologies, tools and techniques. The great thing is that the presentations are videoed and put on-line on Google video. It also seems … Continue reading →

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