by Derek Morrison, 8 February 2011 To add the growing pool of impending radical changes in the UK HE landscape we can now add the JISC Review which was published by HEFCE today (8 February 2011). While the full report will undoubtedly be of interest to policy mavens/anthropologists/archaeologists the time poor may welcome the following […]
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Final report of Online Learning Task Force published
January 28th, 2011
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by Derek Morrison, 28 January 2011 Six recommendations have emerged from the 18 months of deliberations by the OLTF in its final report Collaborate to compete: Seizing the opportunity of online learning for UK higher education (HEFCE, January 2011). You are obviously encouraged to read the full report and the supporting case studies but as […]
BBC World Service – a reference model … for the BBC?
April 10th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 10 April 2010 The following posting reflects the perspectives and opinions of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. In my short essay ELESIG puts head (or toe) in the Clouds (Auricle, 23 March 2010) I reflected on some of […]
The Collapse of Complex Business Models
April 8th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 8 April 2010 Clay Shirky’s online essay The Collapse of Complex Business Models (1 April 2010) should perhaps give all leaders of all types of organisation serious pause for thought. The key message of Shirky’s piece appears to be that leaderships and elites are comforted by organisational and bureaucratic complexity but that […]
LSE Public Lecture Podcasts
April 2nd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 2 April 2010 I’m always interested in sources of good quality material particularly those which wouldn’t normally be the first port of call for those seeking material related to learning and teaching in a digital world. The London School of Economics’ Podcasts archive is one such source. LSE is building a sizeable […]
Policy analysis/monitoring tools and services
March 11th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 11 March 2010 (updated 16 and 19 March 2010) Any views expressed in this posting are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individuals or organisations. I was recently listening to an obscure US podcast and there was an equally obscure […]
Ebooks what ebooks?
February 21st, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 21 February 2010 (updated 24 February 2010) Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. In a fairly detached way I’ve been interested in the trajectory of the ebook concept and […]
More universities going Google Apps
January 23rd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 23 January 2010 N.B. The following item represents the views of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. The UK Open University is joining the growing number of institutions adopting or exploring the Google Apps for Education offering. Another notable […]
ReVICa publishes book
January 22nd, 2010
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The European Commission supported ReVICa (Reviewing European Virtual Campuses) Project has recently published the book Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon: The Rise of large-scale e-Learning Initiatives Worldwide. The book provides a glimpse into global managed initiatives that seek to transcend the walls of physical institutions in order to realise a lifelong learning and skills agenda. […]
