EdTechUK

New Job!

After an extremely happy few years working as an educational technologist at Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I sixth-form College, and as project manager for the Leicestershire Information Learning Technology consortium, I’m moving on to a new post – ILT & e-Learning Development Officer for AoC NILTA, the voice of the Further Education sector in all aspects of ICT and e-learning in the UK.

I’ll be starting my new role on the 27th of this month and look forward to continuing to work with all the fantastic people I’ve been fortunate enough to meet, and learn from, while working in ILT.

Fat Chance John Cage

Rosie Cardiff, E-Learning Curator at the Tate writes:

"Tate has launched a new online resource exploring Bruce Nauman’s installation 'MAPPING THE STUDIO II with color shift, flip, flop, & flip/flop (Fat Chance John Cage).'

As part of the EU funded project Inside Installations: the preservation and presentation of installation art, Time-based Media Conservation and Digital Programmes have collaborated to create an e-learning package designed to provide a rare opportunity for the public to go behind the scenes and explore the challenges of collecting, installing and caring for complex installations.

The site includes interviews with Bruce Nauman and his assistant, Michael Short and explores the roles of the curator and the conservator and a range of themes including preservation and co-ownership. While the site presents information of interest to a general audience, it also provides technical material not commonly available to the public. This e-learning package aims to provide a rich source of information to enhance an understanding of this work, provide a tool for adult learners, and a resource for colleagues in other institutions interested in the care and management of installation art.

This is the first time the Conservation Department at Tate has been involved in creating an e-learning resource and as such, the project presented many new challenges around how to present quite technical information."

No Learning Patents - sign the petition!

The position statement and petition for the No Learning Patents campaign have gone live today:

“This petition aims to alert European authorities and policy-makers to the dangers of software patents, and particularly to the negative impact they will have on education. The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support and enhance teaching and learning, including e-learning, is now recognised as a key element in providing education which meets the needs and abilities of students, and prepares Europe to participate creatively, technologically and economically on a global level.

This petition is directed to the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council and all National policy makers – people in a position to address the threat of software patents and ensure that we offer the best possible education to our citizens.

If you are a concerned teacher, learner, parent, researcher, decision-maker, e-learning practitioner or developer, please, sign this petition on-line and make sure others know about it. We are aiming to raise awareness and gather as many signatures as possible by Thursday 30th March 2006.”

Please head over there, sign up and spread the word. The deadline is pretty tight and the losses could be significant.