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September 2008

September 18, 2008

Iv’e got the post festival, metadata schema, taxonomical blues

September 18, 2008

I have to say that I really enjoyed the Staff Development Festival.  It got me away from my PC, interracting with folk from all over the University face to face and I can catagorically say that the current generation of social networking tools don’t even come close to this more traditional form of interraction!  The permenant stand in ...

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PC3 Project

September 18, 2008

On Monday I attended the launch of Leeds Met’s most recent JISC finded project headed by Janet Finlay; PC3 - Personalised Curricullum Creation through Coaching - and was very excited by the fact that The Repository will be an integral component: In a nutshell the project focuses on new markets of part-time work-based learners and the ...

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September 25, 2008

CISCO - potential partnership and WebEx Connect

September 25, 2008

I’ve just had a very short but interesting meeting with a fast-talking chap from CISCO who is meeting various folk from around the university to discuss potential partnership opportunities. Mike is bringing CISCO’s networking expertise to education and described the company’s vision of using computer technology and the internet to engage young learners in a more personalised manner than ...

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My very first interview

September 25, 2008

I can safely say that my interview technique needs some work.  Jeremy Paxman can relax.  For now. In actual fact the SDF did not prove to be the easiest environment to interview academic staff as they were scurrying from workshop to workshop and not terribly amenable to interrogation during tea break.  I did manage to get some recorded material ...

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