Are there compelling use cases for using semantic technolgoies in teaching and learning?

January 23, 2009

On Monday the SemTech project had a face to face meeting in London to update on progress with the project and their survey of semantic technologies being used in education.
The day started with Thanassis Tiropanis giving an overview of the project today and in particular the survey site (see previous blog post) which has [...]

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The view from behind the bike sheds, joint Eduserv/CETIS meeting, 16 January 2009

January 23, 2009

Last Friday, we held a joint meeting with our colleagues from the Eduserv Foundation entitled "maximising the effectiveness virtual worlds in teaching and learning". The meeting was a follow on from the joint meeting we held in 2007 and the presenters gave a range of perspectives on the challenges and affordances of using [...]

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Ada Lovelace day - sign up today.

January 9, 2009
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"I, Sheila MacNeill, will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same."
Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, [...]

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Semantic Technologies in education survey site now available

January 8, 2009
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The next stage of the SemTech project (as reported earlier in Lorna's blog) is now underway. The team are now conducting an online survey of relevant semantic tools and services. The survey website provides a catalogue of relevant semantic tools and services and information on how they relate to education.
If you have an [...]

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