Last modified on 2013-12-06 10:45:24 I’ve recently been involved with several projects where the question arose how to handle online presence. Everybody always agrees that you need a website and these days somebody always asks what about Facebook. And with a really hip crowd, you Continue reading Choosing an online and social presence for your interest group, project, event or organization
Last modified on 2012-12-09 12:16:59 What’s Google Hangouts Google Hangouts is a great free video service from Google for groups of up to 10 people to have an audio/video chat with each other while sharing their screens, watching videos together, or collaborating on documents. This Continue reading Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course
Last modified on 2012-11-11 13:02:25 Wikipedia just announced that you can download collections of articles in the ePub format. That reminded me that it has had a curation feature called Book Creator for 2 years. I don’t think it has been getting as much use Continue reading Turning Wikipedia into textbooks: Tools, Ideals and Accessibility
Last modified on 2012-09-14 09:45:59 I gave this presentation at the ALT Conference 2012 in Manchester. Presentation Download presentation from Slideshare. Abstract The title of this presentation is a composite of the many responses we receive when we deliver training on accessible documents to teachers Continue reading “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?”: What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents #ALTC2012
Last modified on 2012-08-22 19:16:57 I’ve been using GoToMeeting (GTM) and GoToWebinar (GTW) for three years now, so I thought, it’s time to share some experiences. Citrix has been very slow to innovate so I have been looking for alternatives but so far have not Continue reading What’s good and what’s missing in GoToWebinar and alternative solutions for delivering live online lectures
Last modified on 2012-08-14 20:40:58 In case of problems: How to uninstall Office 2013 Preview If you have trouble with the Office 2013 Consumer Preview and cannot uninstall it, you can use this tool from Microsoft [Link downloads file]. You may have to associate your Continue reading Word 2013 Preview Accessibility and Usability Review – First Impressions [Update 2 on uninstall]
Last modified on 2012-08-12 23:20:48 Donald Clark takes the lecture to task (again) as being inappropriate as a form of instruction. This time citing as evidence a recent paper published in Science (available here). This post started as a comment on his blog but outgrew the comment Continue reading Putting lectures in their place with cautious optimism
Last modified on 2012-07-30 12:35:24 Why text to speech I’m taking a MOOC (a Massive Open Online Course) on Coursera. It’s a literature course on Fantasy and Science Fiction and I noticed on the forums some people were worried about the amount of reading. I’m pretty Continue reading Make your own audio book using text to speech – Save your eyes, time
Last modified on 2012-07-30 11:03:24 Note: This is a much longer post than I intended. Therefore, I could not face rereading all of it and fixing it for clarity and grammar. Let me know if something is too opaque. Also, not everything that could be Continue reading The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet
Last modified on 2012-05-25 15:16:07 The unlikely protagonist This post may sound like it was written by someone who opposes technological innovation or at least advocates a cautious wait-and-see approach to it. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have always been an early Continue reading An innovator’s dilemmas: On the resistance to technological innovation in education
Last modified on 2012-04-09 11:42:50 Here are a few reflections on Moodle and Moodle Moot. UPDATE: I’ve remembered 2 more things I’ve learned: using SoundCloud to share audio feedback and the proposed Appification of Moodle addons. Find these new lessons at the bottom of the Continue reading 10 (now 12) Things I learned at the Moodle Moot 2012
Last modified on 2012-04-08 13:39:58 I talked about some Moodle UX problems on the admin side. These are some student facing UX improvements that would make the world a better place. 1. Better course navigation: No scroll of death There really isn’t much more to Continue reading 5 UX Improvements Moodle needs desperately
Last modified on 2012-04-08 13:28:23 Moodle 2 has introduced some useful features that make administration easier. The search admin option, docking, AJAXified search of user lists, permissions setting, etc. But at the same time, it left important things out and/or made others more difficult. Some Continue reading 5 Moodle 2 features that waste admin time
Last modified on 2012-04-03 01:51:49 This is my proposal for a Pecha Kucha session at the MoodleMoot Dublin 2012. It barely scratches the surface but should be a good start for people who care about accessibility. If you only have time to read one post Continue reading 4 things you thought you knew about screen readers!
Last modified on 2012-04-02 12:36:53 This is my second proposal for a Pecha Kucha session at this year’s Moodle Moot. There are five things in Moodle 2 that take up most of our support time. It’s been over a year for us and they are Continue reading Five features of Moodle 2 that take up most of our support time
Last modified on 2012-01-28 18:40:29 Google is about to conduct a usability study on Drupal to add to previous efforts in this area. This prompted me to put down what I see as the biggest usability problems with Drupal. This is based on the most frequent Continue reading Top 6 Drupal usability problems
Last modified on 2012-01-15 21:00:36 I visited BETT this week and left both excited and depressed. I was excited because I saw a lot of technologies up close and in the evening took part in Collabor8 4 Change where I got to talk to a Continue reading Is BETT good for UK education? Towards a more open alternative! #BETT2012 #C84C
Last modified on 2010-08-03 11:14:16 via It’s Not What the Software Does | Smarterware. This cartoon by Hugh MacLeod (that is now my desktop background) captures the divide this blog will try to straddle. It applies to all technology but in particular to learning technology. Continue reading Software vs. Users
Last modified on 2010-08-03 11:14:05 Image via Wikipedia Yes, my beloved Nokia E71 is showing its age and luckily its senescence was accompanied by the expiration of its contract. Enter the HTC Desire (my second HTC phone after the underpowered WiMo 730) and it’s been a great Continue reading No Longer Mad with Desire: Exactly the anDroid I was looking for
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Last modified on 2010-08-03 11:14:05 Image by dominiklukes via Flickr UK MoodleMoot of 2009 was provided lots of insights that will be taken up on this blog in more detail as time goes on. Here are some of the key lessons learned: Moodle 2.0 will Continue reading MoodleMoot Lessons Learned
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Last modified on 2010-08-03 11:13:09 Here’s a quick report on the Mahara UK 2010 conference. I was making Twitter notes, as I went along and I’m not sure, there’s much more to add. Here they are in reverse chronological order: Started keeping a list of Continue reading Report on Mahara Con UK 2010 (#maharauk10) in 36 Tweets