Communities more important than models in developing learning design (thoughts on the Mod4L final report)

March 21, 2007

The final report from the Mod4L project is now available online. The project is part of the current JISC Design for Learning Programme.
The aim of Mod4L was to “develop a range of practice models that could be used by practitioners in real life contexts and have a high impact on improving teaching [...]

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BBC Jam suspended

March 21, 2007

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about BBC Jam after they presented at the Intrallect Future Visions Conference. Today the BBC Trust have announced they are suspending the service from 20th March after after complaints from commercial companies received by the European Commission. It’s always been controversial project, with many commercial vendors complaining about [...]

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Impact of Open Source Software on Education series launch

March 13, 2007

Earlier this week (12 March) Penn State announced the launch of a new series of biweekly postings on the impact of open source software on education on their Terra Incognita blog. Although the series is based around open source software, other related topics including open educational resources and open courseware will be discussed too, [...]

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