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Entries from February 2006

WUN e-learning virtual seminar series

February 25th, 2006 No Comments

On the 16th March I am giving a short presentation at the World University Network e-learning seminar Researching the immediate world. The topic of my paper is blogs and wikis and their use in educational contexts. I will be illustrating the presentation with a few examples and conclude with some observations on what are the [...]

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Graduate Skills Shortfall

February 24th, 2006 No Comments

It was reported in the UK Independent yesterday, 23rd Feb 2006, that, despite record numbers of graduates hitting the labour market, employers are expecting difficulties recruiting due to a number of shortcomings. This is based on a survey conducted by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. In particular graduates do not have enough experience of giving [...]

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My resources problems

February 21st, 2006 No Comments

I have just added my elgg.leeds to my resources. I have pasted the result below. It doesn’t display a blog title and when View content is clicked nothing is displayed. In addition, I cannot add new feeds to my resources on elgg.leeds. This is a real pain as I am trying to get colleagues to [...]

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The Pyramid of Learning?

February 16th, 2006 No Comments

Yesterday I went to a very useful seminar/workshop on the topic of linking research (product and process) to teaching (content and process). This has become a big issue in HE internationally. However, one of the things that caught my attention particularly was the use of the Pyramid of Learning in the presentation on teaching strategies. [...]

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