Tag Archives: learning technology

Radical Math Teaching …

Posted on May 20, 2010 by cpjobling

I worry about the teaching of mathematics. Lack of student confidence in the application of mathematics is one of the biggest problems we have in Engineering: it hampers the development of our courses, limits how far we can go, and … Continue reading →

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More on Euler

Posted on February 23, 2009 by cpjobling

I am grateful to my friend and former Swansea colleague Dr Farzin Deravi of University of Kent at Canterbury who read my blog post on Euler’s identity (“The Most Beautiful Equation in the World”) via Facebook and told me about … Continue reading →

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Disruptive Technologies: Digital downloads, iPlayer and Google Friends

Posted on June 2, 2008 by cpjobling

In today’s Guardian and Media Guardian there where three articles about how Web technologies are having disruptive effects on traditional media and even (in one case) on one Web 2.0 poster-child technology itself. Here’s a quick summary with links to … Continue reading →

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How to Write a Technical Report

Posted on March 7, 2008 by cpjobling

In another experiment in Web 2.0 for learning technologies I recorded a soundtrack for a presentation that I make annually to my first, second and final year students, and put it up on Slideshare. This wonderful site is a social … Continue reading →

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New Blackboard Tools

Posted on January 15, 2008 by cpjobling

Some new features (blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, podcasting) were added to my institution’s Blackboard in the last upgrade. It’s very early days but I managed to try some of these out and blog about my first impressions. Here’s my blog … Continue reading →

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