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Entries from November 2008

Moderating a Web 2.0 world

November 30th, 2008 No Comments

It’s illuminating when an organisation such as the BBC takes the trouble to explain its efforts to deal with the flood of expression that has risen in a  Web 2.0 world. Thanks to Tom van Aardt, Communities Editor, BBC Future Media & Technology, for blogging their experiences here – Strictly Message Board: What Happened “Eventually, [...]

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Content is muck

November 24th, 2008 3 Comments

I have been reading  the report ‘On-line Innovation in Higher Education‘ submitted by Sir Ron Cooke to John Denham recently and I’m not impressed. It seems to be but a variation on the ‘content is king’ theme and, by its own standards, seems to miss many points. The title of this blog ‘Content is muck’ [...]

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Engineering Diplomas get boost

November 20th, 2008 No Comments

Jamie Tuplin, Stan Owers, Mick Waters and Pete Williamson – presenters at the Owers Lecture 2008 The Guardian reports “Oxbridge to accept engineering diploma” – welcome news to learners and their teachers pioneering the Engineering Diploma in Barking & Dagenham schools. This timely announcement comes a week after another stimulating and informative Owers Lecture presented [...]

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