This site randomly displays the private phone numbers of unsuspecting Facebook users.There are uncountable numbers of groups on Facebook called "lost my phone!!!!! need ur numbers!!!!!" or something like that. Most of them are marked as 'public', or 'visi
In the spending cuts unveiled by the coalition government this morning, one victim will have stood out for the IT community. British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), the quango which promotes the use of technology in schools, is t
CloudCourse is a course scheduling system.Built entirely on App Engine, CloudCourse allows anyone to create and track learning activities. It also offers calendaring, waitlist management and approval features.
CloudCourse is fully integrated with Google
This paper describes and analyses the motivations for OER projects, the design decisions they took in implementing their repositories, the approaches they took to change agency and practice within their communities, and the changes in practice that have s
Einztein is a new service for locating online collegiate level courses and corresponding materials. Einztein isn't your standard search engine as all courses listed by Einztein are reviewed by a PhD level editorial team.
Higher education bodies could be in the firing line after Vince Cable announced plans to abolish, merge or reduce funding for almost half of the quangos in his department.
Here's the first of a series of posts to document an evolving participatory geography project. Year 8 students will annotate their local area with QR codes that link to web-based work exploring their relationship with place.
Based on direct experience gained by the project partners with practical work on Identity Management in-house, this JISC-funded project has produced a Toolkit to support universities and colleges. The project had oversight and endorsement from UCISA, RUGI
Enrol now for the "WIkiEducator Gives Back" free online workshop - 21 July - 4 August 2010.
This free wiki workshop is presented online over 10 working days and requires approximately 15 - 20 minutes per day. The course is presented asynchronously -- so
This booklet illustrates how research and scholarship in the social sciences and humanities, nurtured and led by Britain's world-class universities, contribute to the cultural, social and economic health, wealth and reputation of the UK. It shows the publ
A University of Oxford academic is setting up an award to recognise misrepresentations of research in the press.
Dorothy Bishop, professor of developmental neuropsychology at Oxford, announced the Orwellian Prize for Journalistic Misrepresentation on her
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In spite of all the answers the internet has given us, its full potential to transform our lives remains the great unknown. Here are the nine key steps to understanding the most powerful tool of our age - and where it's taking us
This map shows all trains on the London Underground network. The yellow pins are stations (click for a local map of that station), the red pins trains. The trains move in approximately real time.
Sick of making BORING two dimensional movies? Watch this episode to learn how to shoot and edit 3D video and even build a rig just for 3D movie making.