by Derek Morrison, 14 July 2011, updated 17 July 2011 I’ve noticed more and more people turning up at various higher education conferences or seminars with iPads rather than the traditional laptop. My interest lay not in the iPad’s obvious attraction as a highly portable media access and consumption device but rather in how it […]
by Derek Morrison, 1 June 2011 Hugh Davis and Su White led an interesting and challenging session at an invitation only workshop organised by the UK’s Higher Education Academy as part of their Enhancement Academy initiative. The meeting was hosted by the Learning Societies Lab at the University of Southampton last Thursday (26 May 2011). […]
by Derek Morrison, 26 May 2011 The University of Nottingham’s Periodic Table of Videos is an excellent example of science outreach. All 118 elements in the periodic table now have supporting and stimulating videos hosted on YouTube. Even if you don’t have an interest in the chemistry you have just got to admire the enthusiasm […]
by Derek Morrison, 17 April 2010 So what’s are those strange objects embedded in this posting? Why are they there? The Tales of Things web site went live yesterday and so I’m using this posting to try it out. Tales of Things is part of the EPSRC funded TOTeM project which is exploring aspects of […]
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 […]
by Derek Morrison, 28 January 2010 (updated 30 January and 4 February) I’ve got a serious ebooks posting in the works which I’ve been delaying until Apple launched what some in the geek community called the Messiah Machine or what we now know to be its official name iPad. That posting is for the future […]
