Usability is the science of making web sites easy to use, enhancing the user experience and allowing the user to find information efficiently. It is not the same as accessibility but for practical purposes we have included within our accessibility guideli
Disruptive technologies, pedagogical innovation: What's new: Findings from an in-depth study of students use and perception of technology. Computers & Education 2008 50 (2): 511-524.
"The smart thing to be doing online these days is tumblelogging, which is to weblogs what text messages are to email - short, to the point, and direct."
How are blogfolios different from e-Portfolios? They aren't exactly, they're more of a subset of e-Portfolios, or another way of looking at the traditional e-Portfolio.
"schools and colleges should make students, teachers and parents aware of the range of ‘free-to-use’ products (such as office productivity suites) that are available, and how to access and use them"
A feature of UK copyright law is that ripping songs from a CD isn't allowed. That could change soon as Lord Triesman, Minister for Intellectual Property, announced a consultation on IP reform that could make format shifting a legal right.
When you count words rather than edits most of the content in Wikipedia does indeed come from contributors outside the core, but Wikipedia does have a lot in common with traditional publishing organizations.
Though it may seem like everything has an RSS feed nowadays, lots of sites still lack the feature. Fortunately, there's Dapper: The Data Mapper, a web service that will take information from a site and package it in the form of your choice.
APML allows users to share their own personal Attention Profile in much the same way that OPML allows the exchange of reading lists between News Readers.
The simplistic view would be to see the long tail in curricular terms: the interactive Web means that, in theory, every learner should be able to learn what they want when they want, without having to worry about the structural constraints that are inhere
The Ofcom Consumer Panel says there needed to be a code of practice so broadband customers get proper information about speeds, and that the Advertising Standards Authority should look at how companies advertise broadband speeds.
Key findings: The research shows that they will bring inherent expectations for ICT with them, display instinctive preferences for technology when presented, and be able to evaluate any new technology they may meet at university.
Unlike conventional models of software development, the open source model is based on the collaborative efforts of users who are also co-developers of the software. Interest in open source software has grown exponentially in recent years. This paper discu
Screencasts can be used to supplement teaching materials and can also be prepared in response to student email queries, then saved and sent to other students with the same question. Screencasts can be applicable across all disciplines for online learners.
An investigation of "anonymous" edits on the site has revealed that the broadcaster's staff rewrote parts of a page entitled "Criticism of the BBC" to defuse press attacks on "political correctness". Also included in more than 7,000 Wikipedia edits by BBC
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The academic blogosphere as a kind of Invisible College - this site is supposed to help make the College a little more visible to itself and its readers.
"What we care about is what makes information inadequate." David Weinberger's keynote about the value of the implicit @ Defrag Con. He's describing the route to web 3.0: http://tinyurl.com/yw4ffj