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Entries from April 2006

The theory dependence of interpretation

April 26th, 2006 No Comments

Heard on Radio 4 (UK) this morning: Motorists who have 4 points on their licenses for being caught by speed cameras are 50% more likely to have been involved in an accident than motorists with no points for speeding. The ‘clear message’ of this according to a road safety organisation is it is irrefutable evidence [...]

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OU (UK) Open Content Learning Support Tools

April 18th, 2006 No Comments

The OU Open Content initiative could be one of the most exciting things to happen in education for a very long time. The full description of the project is at http://oci.open.ac.uk/info.html. Of particular interest is Appendix K: Learning Support Tools for the Supported Open Content Environment.
The supported open content environment will be Moodle. It will be [...]

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