Today, using Skype and Audacity, I recorded an interview with John Dale, Head of Development at the University of Warwick's ELab which developed BlogBuilder, part of the growing e-tools portfolio being developed by Warwick. The more I look at what Warwick's been doing the more impressed I become. These people have really got it. They are providing their staff and students with tools that do discrete jobs and can therefore achieve a level of flexibility that most institutions can only dream of. The challenge here is to learn from, and improve upon, what they have done.
The other honourable mentions in this type of approach are, of course, the University of Washington's Catalyst Tools and the JISC funded e-Tools projects, although the latter are still very much works-in-progress.
Anyway, if you want to listen to the interview just click on the Podcasts button on the right hand menu to download the MP3. Sorry, we got carried away, it's nearly 36 minutes long, but it's well worth the listen.
