OER Integrated set of resources for technology-enabled learning design across disciplines developed by Grainne Conole and Uni of leicester. The resources have all been tried and tested.
"iTunesU, 5-SURE and Emergency Tiles), but of special note are two major, Libraries-specific enhancements:
1. A Library "tile", which allows you to search library holdings via SearchWorks from your iPhone.
2. A Library "Places" overlay in the Maps tile.
The iStanford interface looks like this (note the library tile in the bottom left corner):
The Library tile takes you straight to a search box, powered by SearchWorks' index and relevancy ranking. Search results show book covers, author, title and availability.
iStanford screenshot of SearchWorks search result
Individual item records provide additional information, including item location and availability status, as well as links to any online versions.
iStanford screenshot of map with
There is also an Advanced Search option, and an "Ask A Librarian" page, with integrated email and phone numbers for Campus libraries.
The new Maps tile now has a "Places" button in the bottom right corner of the screen, which provides a link to Libraries or Residential and Dining.
The Libraries "place" provides a list (or map) of campus libraries.
Individual library links include contact information, a link to hours, and a link to the library's web site."
"Version 2.0
Moodle 2.0, our biggest release ever, is coming together after two years of development. It contains a huge number of core changes to the platform, most of which are designed to give 3rd party developers more flexibility, scalability and safety.
The timetable is designed to deliver Moodle 2.0 in time for the new school year in the northern hemisphere and currently looks like this:
* March 2010: Moodle 2.0 Beta release
* April, May, June 2010: intensive beta testing and bug fixing (freeze on new features)
* 1 July 2010: Moodle 2.0 production release
You can track our current progress in detail on the Moodle 2.0 Planning document. Please remember that this document is frequently updated and details can change a lot!
Draft release notes at Moodle 2.0 release notes. Please add notable items while they are fresh in your mind. The notes will be edited before the final release.
System requirements
Since Moodle 2.0 is such a major release, we are allowing ourselves some increases in the requirements.
* PHP 5.2.8 is now the minimum version supported. (We are aware that several important linux distros are still shipping earlier versions like 5.2.6, but we need at least version 5.2.x for the new File API, and there are bugs in 5.2.7 and earlier that we could not work around.) This allows developers to write cleaner code using the more recent features of PHP, and will also improve user experience.
* Databases should be one of the following:
o MySQL 5.0.25 or later (InnoDB storage engine highly recommended)
o PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
o Oracle 10.2 or later
o MS SQL 2005 or later
* When upgrading to Moodle 2.0, you must have Moodle 1.9 or later. if you are using an earlier version of Moodle (eg 1.8.x) then you need to upgrade to Moodle 1.9.x first.
New Community features
* Community hub - Moodle.com
Makes it easy for teachers to find other courses to download as templates fo
Google today announced a new Internet-based communications and collaboration platform; Google Wave. While some of the details are still a bit sketchy, Google Wave looks to be an integrated communications platform that brings together email, chat, photo-sharing, and collaborative editing features. Google describes a 'wave' as "equal parts conversation and document" and the Wave team basically sees it as a replacement for email and other collaboration tools.
As part of the expansion of the Institute of Natural Excellence across the globe, Second Nature UK are holding their first Natural Excellence course in the UK at the Stratford Manor Hotel on the 25th November 2009. During this one day program, Natural Excellence™ Project Management will be introduced, which is the world's leading integrated project management methodology. It incorporates the full range of best practices to realize the comprehensive and successful execution of projects of any size. It places people and business centrally and has six modules that include People Management, Quality Management, Process Management, Content Management, Change Management, Control Management. The course will also cover the new Natural Excellence management theories that help people of all walks of life achieve their maximum potential - the natural way. These revolutionary theories and methods have been incorporated into the i-NE founders very own taxonomy of excellence, (Van Geijn Taxonomy of Natural Excellence) which has been used by many, many people around world. The adoption of Natural Excellence has had a life changing effect on both students and with companies or government organisations who have incorporated them into their management approach. This is the first of many courses that will be delivered by Second Nature Excellence. Others will cover basic, professional and advanced sales; buying new IT systems; achieving ISO accreditation and further project management courses.