Matterhorn is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Institutions will use Matterhorn to produce lecture recordings, manage existing video, serve designated distribution channels, and provide user in
In the age of the internet with information flying around the globe in unprecedented quantity at unprecedented speeds, what exactly happens to history?
What is e-learning? There are many different definitions for the term 'e-learning', which can confuse those at the early stages of exploring e-learning. However, JISC uses a definition whose meaning is deemed to be most accurate
In the usual mythology, the left hemisphere of the brain is logical, ordered, and analytic, and it supports reading, speech, math, and reasoning. The right hemisphere is more oriented towards feelings and emotions, spatial perception, and the arts, and is
The difference between the University of Texas at San Antonio's Applied Engineering and Technology Library and other science-focused libraries is not that its on-site collection is also available electronically. It is that its on-site collection is only a
This seminar is part of the Academy's Evidence-based Practice Seminar Series 2010 and is offered by the Higher Education Academy and its Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance Subject Centre, and the University of Wales, Newport. The seminar was du
The iPad is retrograde. It tries to turn us back into an audience again. That is why media companies and advertisers are embracing it so fervently, because they think it returns us all to their good old days when we just consumed, we didn't create, when t
Open learning and new technology are about to smash the structure of the modern university - and higher education is too distracted by its funding problems to notice
With this initiative, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) are aiming to expand understanding of OER by educational decision makers and quality assurance experts in order to p
The research obsession is both self-reinforcing and self-destructive. The eroding state of science and science education in the US today is at least partly due to that misguided and harmful attitude in our universities. It has disfigured the humanities in
"When I got an iPhone, my life changed forever. I consider it the greatest thing to happen to the blind for a very long time, possibly ever. It offers unparalleled access to properly made applications, and changed my life in twenty-four hours"
This is an ESCalate research project that aims to research employer perceptions of graduate employability. The project aims to research employer perceptions of graduate employability. There has been insufficient recent systematic research undertaken into
A report detailing the outcomes of the recent BMAF workshop 'Changing Universities through Internationalisation: from strategy to pedagogy'
The report was written by David Dowdeswell-Allaway, Director of Skills Development and Employability at Norwich B
Once you scratch at the surface of producing learning materials, it quickly becomes apparent that there are many elements to their creation. An overarching theme outlined here is that of "designing the learner experience". This introductory advice docume