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November 20, 2008

Sounds of the Bazaar Radio show - Into the Dragons Den

November 20, 2008

Next Monday we break new ground with our Sounds of the Bazaar radio show. We are producing a special issue of Emerging Sound of the Bazaar entitled 'Into the Dragons Den'. The programme is a fly on the wall special following the progress of a Dragons Den session organised by Emerge. The show goes out at 19.00 UK ...

From: Graham Attwell - Read more

November 16, 2008

Full Fat Feeds

November 16, 2008

It's great to see so many projects syndicating their web and blog content over to the site - it means that the community can share and connect in one handy place. Some of the feeds coming over are restricted however, meaning that people have to click through to the original site to view the entire post. I'd like to ...

From: Josie Fraser - Read more

November 15, 2008

Altered State online blended conference 27, 28 November

November 15, 2008

We are moving into the final phases of the U&I programme. This is our last online conference. Don't miss it! "Altered States" 27, 28 November 2008. What has changed: in your practice; in your project; in your institution; in your community?And a blended bonus: In conjunction with the outputs surgery being run by Lawrie and Alice Gugan, we are ...

From: George Roberts - Read more

November 14, 2008

PDA screen magnifiers and QR codes

November 14, 2008

A work package that spun out of a JISC Scoping Study into the Potential of QR Codes in Education was the question, how does a QR code reader on a mobile device work with a screen magnifier on the mobile device. When asked this in the meeting, I ...

From: Andy Ramsden - Read more

Emerging Debate: Actor Networks and Connectivism

November 14, 2008

Frances Bell posted to Emerge noting the similarity between Actor Network Theory and Connectivism. I replied, "snap" because I, too (and many others: I claim no primacy), had noticed this. Frances' full post, "Is Connectivism a Learning Network" is here. I have replied to her and posted a discussion on Actor Network Theory. I fear we may be doing ...

From: George Roberts - Read more

November 09, 2008

MOOCs, Connectivism, Humpty Dumpty and more

November 09, 2008

Last weeks Emerging Mondays seminar was on the topic of MOOCs and Open Course Models. The speaker was Dave Cormier from the University of Prince Edward Island. Dave spoke about his experiences, so far, of the CCK MOOC on Connectivism and Connected Knowledge, the technological platforms being used to support participants, the tensions that exist within the course ...

From: Graham Attwell - Read more

November 08, 2008

Herding cats

November 08, 2008

I was recently challenged with running a series of events inside Second Life for the JISC Innovating eLearning Conference. These were carefully paced to include a couple of orientation sessions for new avatars, a tour and an evening social event (a ‘fashion show’ as it turned out). For me, I was surprised to find that the biggest challenge ...

From: Steven Warburton - Read more

JISC Emerge terms and conditions and privacy policies amended

November 08, 2008

We have made minor amendments to the JISC Emerge terms and conditions and privacy policies. These are minor changes to take account of the recent benefits realisation activity and to make the Creative Commons License to and by JISC Emerge ...

From: George Roberts - Read more

November 06, 2008

eFramework Workshop

November 06, 2008

Lawrie organised a workshop for U&I projects on the eFramework, in London at the Hatton (etc Venues) on 29 October. Most U&I projects were represented. The workshop aimed to do three things: enable U&I Projects to produce outputs for the eFrameworkto help the eFramework team to validate its own elicitation processesto introduce participants to "Project X", the ...

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JISC Fashion Show .... you know you want it! Tonight (Thursday 6th) at 7pm in Second Life

November 06, 2008

Once again from a runway near you ... the catwalk event of the year. Dare you not be there?What: JISC innovating elearning conference social eveningWhere: Emerge Island 7pm UK time, 6/11/08  Bring big ...

From: Steven Warburton - Read more

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