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Spent 2 hrs doing important productive things. Went eagerly to my todo list to check something off and 0! Need to get better at todo lists! # @ learningdrupal Love the # drupalskilmap I can easily place myself in it. Would add an evidence column for each skill set (and a badge). in reply to…
Read more →Let down by # CiviCRM No way to export members based on payment type!?! Thus no way to mass extend membership w/o Excel magic! # Importing materials between courses in # Moodle is painful. Consequence of outdated structural design of course outline. # MoodleScrollofDeath # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Let down by # CiviCRM No way to export members based on payment type!?! Thus no way to mass extend membership w/o Excel magic! # Importing materials between courses in # Moodle is painful. Consequence of outdated structural design of course outline. # MoodleScrollofDeath # Wow, @ amazon sure knows how to bilk their UK…
Read more →Let down by # CiviCRM No way to export members based on payment type!?! Thus no way to mass extend membership w/o Excel magic! # Importing materials between courses in # Moodle is painful. Consequence of outdated structural design of course outline. # MoodleScrollofDeath # Wow, @ amazon sure knows how to bilk their UK…
Read more →Wow, @ amazon sure knows how to bilk their UK customers. http://ow.ly/6HAy3 # ripoffbritain # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Really wish I could go to the Open Science Summit http://ow.ly/6G4oL # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Too bad @ stephenfry chose to stick to superficial platitudes about language rather than explore the tricky bits http://ow.ly/6F8aA # ellchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →This Groupon for schools is not a bad idea bu they would be better served by investing in # OER and # FOSS http://ow.ly/6EclG # edtech #edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Prime example of education voodoo... http://ow.ly/6DS1h # Great post "demonstrating that badges are a viable alternative to formal university education" http://ow.ly/6DDlU # edchat #drupaledu # oer # "To date the open education movement has focused almost exclusively on the production & sharing of content" http://ow.ly/6DDiE # oer #edchat # Thank you to The Education Optimists…
Read more →Just signed up for the # C84C Collaborate for Change - proposed a table session on Open Source in education http://ow.ly/6CIco # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →You had a hard day. You go to bed early and get woken up by lots of noise. You call the cops on the last Beatles concert. http://ow.ly/6Cc4z # Always have your stuff when you need it with @ Dropbox . 2GB account is free! http://t.co/ZbMfkbMb # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →You had a hard day. You go to bed early and get woken up by lots of noise. You call the cops on the last Beatles concert. http://ow.ly/6Cc4z # Always have your stuff when you need it with @ Dropbox . 2GB account is free! http://t.co/ZbMfkbMb # "Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather…
Read more →"Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time" http://t.co/Dcxbo7B4 # edchat # Big surprise! Poverty is more important to educational attainment than national educational system! http://ow.ly/6AmsK # edchat # Not sure > RT @ WarwickLanguage : "We are impoverished by our inability to understand the languages of others"…
Read more →Does the pending acquisition of Blackboard pose a threat to its clients or the whole elearning space? http://ow.ly/6yWDs # edtech # Can we finally put the issue of mirror neurons to bed? Their existence is irrelevant to embodied theories of language. http://ow.ly/6yW4l # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Claims by neuroscience must be constantly reexamined: Does damage to Broca's area cause speech perception deficits? http://ow.ly/6yRVc # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Agree with @ mweller that universities have been neglecting teaching for too long. Now they deserve their competition. http://ow.ly/6xzUP # Anthropology Major Fox: Firefox has encountered a problem with windows http://ow.ly/6xsBy # How can one not love: Anthropology Major Fox http://ow.ly/6xstD # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Finally, a fair non-hagiographic assessment of the impact of Steve Jobs on the Digital Campus podcast http://ow.ly/6xjoM # edtech #stevejobs # @ mricheynams Thanks. That's good to know. in reply to mricheynams # Anybody has experience of TenMarks Online Math Programs? Any OpenSource alternatives? http://ow.ly/6xhG7 # edtech #mathchat (via @ techcrunch ) # @ NeilMilliken…
Read more →"The importance of style in academic writing" - eg. "ability to write articles that look like published economics papers" http://ow.ly/6w2Hm # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Assessment revolution > RT @ donpresant : Mozilla # openbadges beta 1 released Sep 14 -key building block for # eportfolio http://t.co/yGBDXAEj # "How to become a celebrity scientific expert" http://ow.ly/6v1OR < the media hacks are just as much at fault as the scientific ones # scichat # Tell @ Jeremy_Hunt that sexualization of children…
Read more →Assessment revolution > RT @ donpresant : Mozilla # openbadges beta 1 released Sep 14 -key building block for # eportfolio http://t.co/yGBDXAEj # "How to become a celebrity scientific expert" http://ow.ly/6v1OR < the media hacks are just as much at fault as the scientific ones # scichat # Tell @ Jeremy_Hunt that sexualization of children…
Read more →Has Box.net ditched their free plans? They only list one plan on their website. What are they trying to hide? # edtech # "Vampirical" (v empirical) arguments are those that are "unable to be killed by mere evidence" http://ow.ly/6tXHB # til # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Any experiences with using the Nisai platform? http://t.co/U9hlP96 # edtech #edchatuk # Not > "The Most Effective Method for Learning a Language Alone" < but not a bad one. http://t.co/1AiOODX # ellchat # RT @ Nevbar1 : Gaming can inform teaching http://t.co/MOUrfiV # education #edchat # ukedchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Don't try to reform them > RT @ John_Pallister : How do we make our schools fit to face the 21st century? http://t.co/f6VOrm8 # ccc11 #edchat # I'm just as guilty as the whole profession by not giving enough room to intonation in TEFL. We should do better: http://ow.ly/6rLJS # ellchat # Neuroskeptic: Neuroscience Fails…
Read more →Just found out that LDAP integration isn't ready for # Drupal 7. In effect, Drupal 7 Product has still not been released. http://ow.ly/6qIrd # "How good is published academic research?" < Pretty dismal by all account. I for one am not surprised. http://ow.ly/6qDt2 # Interesting but not shocking> RT @ localization : Pahking the cah?…
Read more →The most important thing is neither what, nor how, nor where we're teaching. It is THAT we're teaching! http://t.co/f6VOrm8 # edchat # It's doubtful education reform can kickstart the economy. It's certain a growing economy can kickstart education reform. # edchatuk #edchat # Comenius had a motto "school by play" that was on all our…
Read more →Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away http://ow.ly/6pms0 # Just had a chat with an enthusiastic non-techie # Android switcher who ditched # iPhone after Bonjour restarted her machine. # itunesisavirus # @ xtalkprogrammer No doubt. Not even western. School bus is a US-based metaphors. School buses are rare even in UK. in…
Read more →Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away http://ow.ly/6pms0 # Just had a chat with an enthusiastic non-techie # Android switcher who ditched # iPhone after Bonjour restarted her machine. # itunesisavirus # @ xtalkprogrammer No doubt. Not even western. School bus is a US-based metaphors. School buses are rare even in UK. in…
Read more →Maybe, but not in any meaningful sense! RT @ aboutworldlangs : Bilingual brain may start to fade by age 1 http://ow.ly/6o4pt # MPAA's Bogus 'Piracy' Numbers Mean It Thinks Downloaders Would Buy 200 More DVDs Per Year http://ow.ly/6o3Vg < How is this news!? # @ eucampaign Great. What software was used to do the recording…
Read more →VLE's not dead. It's the hype around it. > RT @ DavidSWestwood : Is the vle dead? Someone check for a pulse # altc2011 #edtech # "When communities in Higher Ed break down due to redundancy and casualisation of labour what happens to OERs?" http://ow.ly/6mqPU # altc2011 # Agree > Managerialist models won't work for…
Read more →Checking out "5th SLANGUAGES Annual Symposium" on Virtual Round Table Conference: http://t.co/9Be6hj7 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Anthropologist's take on # stevejobs "Forget Steve Jobs" http://ow.ly/6lbdx # "there is no education in social networking" says a school principal, can he guarantee education in his school, though? # edchat .. # Open tweet @ adobe : Fire all your programmers & replace them with ones who can update your buggy software without requiring…
Read more →Much of IT training for teachers is counterproductive-by the time they get to use their knowledge, all they remember is complexity. # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ Rackspace Just want to see what VPS services you offer at what prices. All I get is sales prattle. Came recommended, felt like wasted time. in reply to Rackspace # I cannot believe the lengths @ rackspace will go to on their UK website to prevent me from buying VPS services from them. #…
Read more →We have been using CiviCRM for event management for over a year. This list covers the sort of things that might be needed by an organization running a wide range of events and courses of different types. Event management Easier search : There should be an equivalent of the quick search bar for contacts for…
Read more →Great idea - would fit in with open curriculum: "Fixing the talent gap with # Drupal training for the masses" http://ow.ly/6iTBS # drupaledu # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Great idea - would fit in with open curriculum: "Fixing the talent gap with # Drupal training for the masses" http://ow.ly/6iTBS # drupaledu # "Gender gap in spatial abilities depends on females' role in society" http://ow.ly/6hqPb # edchat # Project Helps Get Teens Back into Education through Shooters http://ow.ly/6gFZW # edtech #edchat # Great write-up…
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