March 2007

OpenSourceCMS – The Place to Test Content Management Systems

March 31, 2007

OpenSourceCMS. ‘The idea behind creating opensourceCMS revolved around the need to have a place where one could completely test content management systems in one place, before taking the time to install one. No one wants to install a CMS only to find it lacked key features or functions you need. Also, you may find a [...]

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NMC: The Horizon Report

March 31, 2007

The Horizon Report. ‘The 2007 Horizon Report is now available. The 2007 edition is a collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program. The 2007 Horizon Report, just as has been the case with previous editions of the report, highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will [...]

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Insight – Observatory for New Technologies and Education

March 29, 2007

Insight – Observatory for New Technologies and Education. ‘Insight is a service focusing on e-learning in schools in Europe. It is provided by European Schoolnet (EUN) in collaboration with its consortium members. We publish news and analysis on e-learning policies, school innovation and information communication technology (ICT) in education. Insight is for national, regional and [...]

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OpenLearn 2007 Conference

March 27, 2007

OpenLearn 2007 Conference – Researching Open Content in Education, 30-31 October 2007, Milton Keynes, UK. ‘This conference recognises the research challenge alongside the business challenge of providing, using and sustaining free and open resources and invites contributions and participation from those who are interested in how to research open content and what the findings are [...]

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Articles and Reports about Quality in e-Learning

March 27, 2007

Exploring the Mechanisms for Assuring Quality of e-Learning Courses in UK Higher Education Institutions, Magdalena Jara and Harvey Mellar, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL), March, 2007. Abstract: This paper reports on a research study aimed at understanding how dual mode higher education institutions in the UK approach the application of their internal [...]

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blinc – Blended Learning Institutions’ Cooperative

March 27, 2007

blinc – Blended Learning Institutions’ Cooperative. ‘blinc is the umbrella organisation of a transnational network for developers, experts and users of Blended Learning products and services (e.g. courses, modules, learning objects). The blinc cooperative has been developed in the framework of the “eL3″ project funded by the EU. blinc is an exchange instrument for producers [...]

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Becta: Emerging Technologies for Learning

March 26, 2007

Emerging technologies for learning. These publications consider how emerging technologies may impact on education in the medium term. They are not intended to be a comprehensive review of educational technologies, but offer some highlights across the broad spectrum of developments and trends. They highlight some of the possibilities that are developing and the potential for [...]

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QuestGarden: Where Webquests Grow…

March 26, 2007

QuestGarden is an online authoring tool, community and hosting service that is designed to make it easier and quicker to create a high quality WebQuest. No knowledge of web editing or uploading is required. Prompts, guides and examples are provided for each step of the process. Images, worksheets and other documents can easily be attached [...]

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