Being a linguist at heart, I chose to jump into the new Cetis Analytics Series of briefing papers with no. 5, What is analytics? Definition and essential characteristics, by Adam Cooper. Adam considers some definitions of analytics from other sources before plumping for this description: Analytics is the process of developing actionable insights through problem […]
Adam Cooper has released another in the CETIS Learning Analytics series. Vol 1, No 5. What is Analytics? Definition and Essential Characteristics It neatly focusses on the practical application of Analytics which it describes as: “…the process of developing actionable insights through problem definition and the application of statistical models and analysis against existing and/or […]
Way back in 2005 I visited Alton College to look at a Moodle module they had created to make access to the NLN materials easier for teaching staff. They’d also invested quite a lot of effort into developing individual learning plans for students to access online. The plans included target grades and a progress tracker […]
At the recent JISC Assessment & Feedback programme meeting, I ran a session with the Strand B projects in which we revisited some questions we first discussed a year ago. Thus, instead of ‘What do you want to happen as a result of your project’s assessment and feedback innovation?’ we talked about what has happened. […]
Simon Booth and Stephen Vickers are tireless champions of practical interoperability. I’ve had the great pleasure of watching their double act at events like Dev8ed. Dev8ed Interview: Stephen Vickers on Vimeo. The IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) specification is supported by all major VLE platforms (including Blackboard, Moodle, WebCT, Desire2Learn, and Sakai) and offers a […]
Paul Glister coined the term “Digital Literacy” in 1997 to suggest a more active engagement with new media, emphasising it was about mastering “ideas, not keystrokes”. As we implement solutions in our institutions that require increasing levels of digitally literacy, we bump into the problem of “mainstreaming”. This is frequently envisaged as a technical process, […]
I’ve just finished a Skype call with Tony Toole who is preparing a presentation for Session 3 in the JISC Innovating e-Learning Activity week. Tony was the project manager for the JISC “SWANI” (Secure Work-Based Learning Administration through Networked Infrastructure). The Project successfully created a digitised document management system for the administration of Work Based […]
@stephenfry: The noble @Dr_Black has her @unbounders book on Bletchley Park out now. #BPark How the war was shortened… Original Message: http://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/261567705331679233 “The noble Dr Black” has the ring of a first class Bond Villain, but in this case it’s Dr Sue Black, computer scientist, and friend of Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park was the centre […]
I can remember doing a very brief demo of some Augmented reality technology at an RSC event in Birmingham, probably in 2003? The demo was from HITLabs NZ “Black Magic”, it involved printing out the big blocky fiduciary markers, aiming a web cam at them, and running a program in a terminal window. If you […]
“What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” So said Maya Angelou, black American poet and author, referring, I guess, to intractable issues of prejudice and racism. But these words ring equally true in any challenging situation. […]