I've been away for a while - the conference in Manchester & then Paris - and then catching up with the work that accumulated in my absence. There's something daunting about the avalanche of information build-up when you're used to managing it at some speed on a regular basis. And while the 'NewsMistress' role is an important part of my job, it's actually only a small element in the overall scheme of things.
During the last week there have been some exciting developments.
Site Redesigns
Several sites I use frequently have been redesigned: The Radio 6 site, Scran and TechDis are all looking particularly spruce.
Scran is the Scottish- based award winning learning image website with access to quality images, sounds, movies and learning resources - over 300,000 images from museums, galleries and archives. The site is available to FHE through the JISC collections scheme. The new site, which includes new authoring tools and project templates, is running parallel until the Xmas launch on 23rd December. They’d welcome feedback or suggestions - email [email protected].
TechDis aims to be the UK's leading educational advisory service in the fields of accessibility and inclusion. They aims to enhance provision for disabled students and staff in HFE and specialist education and adult and community learning, through the use of technology. If you don’t already use their site, the redesign gives you the perfect oppertuntity to start.
I also picked up some hard copies of their new resource pack, Inclusive Learning and Teaching: ILT & Disabled Learners, in Macherster last week – very well put together, covers a lot of the issues in a strait forward way and essential reading for teachers, developers, designers and student support staff.
Other New Resource Guides
JISC: Effective Practice with e-Learning
JISC Legal: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for e-learning content developers and managers
NLN: Embedding the NLN Materials in the Curriculum (PDF)
Other Stuff Reported Everywhere but Important Enough to Headline Again Here:
Microsoft go blogging
Blog: Merriam-Webster online dictionary most looked-up word of the year
Google resurrects Usenet/launches groups
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