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Writing an eBook: Lessons learned on how, where, and why 26 Aug 2013 | 03:41 pm
Those of you know me will know I published two eBooks earlier this year. This post will deal a little with the ‘how’ and ‘why’ I did it, but also I hope it’ll help you think about whether it’s somethi...
Reading: eLearning and the Future of Distance Education 20 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
While searching for articles and papers on the return on investment on eLearning in Higher Education I came across the work or Ormond Simpson. Simpson has made many of his papers and book chapters ava...
Textbooks: paper or digital? 15 Aug 2013 | 03:29 pm
The question as to when (or if) paper textbooks will be replaced with digital editions keeps cropping up, and I was asked this again on twitter today by @SteljesEdn: “Are textbooks coming to the end o...
Facebook Guide for Educators 14 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
This guide, written in collaboration with many organisations including Apps For Good and the Gates Foundation, is “aimed at educators working with young people within schools, colleges, universities, ...
Invest in your students more than your learning 13 Aug 2013 | 01:09 pm
When I read this article – “Invest in Your Customers More Than Your Brand” – from the Harvard Business Review (HBR) I couldn’t help but make similarities between ‘brand’ and ‘learning’, between ‘custo...
Turnitin & GradeMark App 9 Aug 2013 | 12:57 pm
Turnitin (iPad): Many have asked about an iPad App for Turnitin, and we have waited a while for it. But now it’s here, let’s see if it’s any good! “Everything you love about grading with Turnitin® is...
Future of Technology in Education #FOTE13 8 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
For the first time in, what, four years I am not planning trains to London for the annual Future of Technology in Education Conference. I’ve got to say, it’s quite a wrench to say that as it’s both a ...
Google Hangouts App 7 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
Hangouts (iPhone, iPod, iPad): From a couple of failed Skype calls recently, and a computer that has decided to not allow the Google+ Hangouts software to be installed, I needed an alternative solutio...
What makes a ‘valuable’ academic tweet? #edtech 2 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
So, you can make a tweet that people will (statistically) read, re-tweet, reply, share, save, or ignore, and here’s the proof. If, like the original article suggests, you are an academic using twitte...
Your Digital Footprint, your future 1 Aug 2013 | 04:06 pm
I’ve spoken and written about social media and how we (ab)use it for personal and professional networks, and how it can take on a life of it’s own without any of us knowing about it. The best examples...
