Educating e-ostriches
Students’ needs, not technology, must drive e-learning strategy, says the English funding council in its consultation document. But what does this mean for academics, many of whom are sceptical? The...
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Hunt for the killer app
From enabling access to past papers and official documents to offering a room-booking service, some portals have found what it takes to get users to log on again and again, writes Pat Leon The term “...
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Get connected - welcome to the grid
The sky’s the limit as the next incarnation of the web brings data-processing powers only dreamt of until now. Anna Fazackerley looks at how projects such as a virtual observatory for astronomers...
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Now games fans can console themselves
As computer games sales boom, institutions are investing in design courses in a bid to mine a rich seam. Anna Fazackerley reports Nearly half of seven to 29-year-olds play computer games almost every...
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Pirate turned explorer
E-learning could be key to teaching the expanding numbers of students entering higher education. Pat Leon meets the woman charged with developing the government’s strategy Diana Laurillard sits and...
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Best foot forward
The value of virtual learning experiences such as field trips is becoming apparent - but how do college tutors set these projects up? With the help of regional support centres, as Tony Tysome...
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Playing the piper, calling up the tune
The digitising of archive recordings is revolutionising the study of traditional music, writes Olga Wojtas Rehearsing bagpipe tunes in the university library is not the best route to popularity;...
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Moveable objects
With lecturers already uploading learning objects to the web for their students, the logical next step would be to pool these resources in a searchable online library for constant reuse. Olga Wojtas...
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ICT in Higher Education Supplement, Issue No. 2
ICT in Higher Education, Issue No. 2 Published in The Times Higher on November 21 2003 Think you're well connected now? Wait till you see the grid Leader 'Clarke's challenge is to encourage...
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Leader
At the height of the dotcom boom, with online universities proliferating and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology making its course materials available on the web, it was easy to overestimate...
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Educating e-ostriches
Students’ needs, not technology, must drive e-learning strategy, says the English funding council in its consultation document. But what does this mean for academics, many of whom are sceptical? The...
-
Hunt for the killer app
From enabling access to past papers and official documents to offering a room-booking service, some portals have found what it takes to get users to log on again and again, writes Pat Leon The term “...
-
Get connected - welcome to the grid
The sky’s the limit as the next incarnation of the web brings data-processing powers only dreamt of until now. Anna Fazackerley looks at how projects such as a virtual observatory for astronomers...
-
Now games fans can console themselves
As computer games sales boom, institutions are investing in design courses in a bid to mine a rich seam. Anna Fazackerley reports Nearly half of seven to 29-year-olds play computer games almost every...
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Pirate turned explorer
E-learning could be key to teaching the expanding numbers of students entering higher education. Pat Leon meets the woman charged with developing the government’s strategy Diana Laurillard sits and...