Monday, July 30, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Leave your URLs where they are!
You've got to laugh. I was walking around the university and I saw an envelope attached to a noticeboard. On the envelope it said please take one: it contained little paper strips with the URL of a useful resource for students (hosted at another university). I thought that could be interesting (from an e-learning perspective), so I took one and entered the URL into my computer. The URL no longer exists. So I went to the corresponding department's web site and did a search for the resource. The links to the resource on the hosting web site were also broke.
When will people learn that once you put a resource on the web it should stay at that URL. If you move it, all the links that point to it will break and people won't find the resource.
I see this thing happening all the time - and it's bad practice. In the top 10 most popular pages for our web site is: 404, page not found.
When will people learn that once you put a resource on the web it should stay at that URL. If you move it, all the links that point to it will break and people won't find the resource.
I see this thing happening all the time - and it's bad practice. In the top 10 most popular pages for our web site is: 404, page not found.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Primary Research
Within education their is (some) interest in research: getting students to formally adopt research methodologies.
See research in teaching and learning which highlights two types of research: primary and secondary.
Here is an introduction to primary research. It may be useful for students that are new to research.
See research in teaching and learning which highlights two types of research: primary and secondary.
Here is an introduction to primary research. It may be useful for students that are new to research.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Chrome Notebooks - Chromebook - and the Cloud
The following article describes the benefits of cloud computing nicely:
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Google’s Caesar Sengupta, Product Management Director for Chrome, told Metro.co.uk: ‘What you don’t get from this is headaches. With current operating systems, you have to get anti-virus software, you have to worry about backing up your data, you have to worry about what version of the software you’re running, you have to worry about malware.’
‘The Chromebook’s a lot more no-hassle. You open it up, it just works, you don’t have to worry about viruses - it has a pretty crazy amount of security in it - and it’s very easy to share. You just use your computer, close the lid, walk away, come back, open the lid and you’re back to where you were.’
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"...
Google’s Caesar Sengupta, Product Management Director for Chrome, told Metro.co.uk: ‘What you don’t get from this is headaches. With current operating systems, you have to get anti-virus software, you have to worry about backing up your data, you have to worry about what version of the software you’re running, you have to worry about malware.’
‘The Chromebook’s a lot more no-hassle. You open it up, it just works, you don’t have to worry about viruses - it has a pretty crazy amount of security in it - and it’s very easy to share. You just use your computer, close the lid, walk away, come back, open the lid and you’re back to where you were.’
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
STA/R/S - Stars
Simplicity is good, and on that basis here's a current thought to develop...
Simple Test => Accept / Reject / Save
Develop simple tests to apply to things (anything) and then based on the result of the test choose to:
Accept,
Reject, or
Save the idea/thing (for later).
STA/R/S - Stars
Simple Test => Accept / Reject / Save
Develop simple tests to apply to things (anything) and then based on the result of the test choose to:
Accept,
Reject, or
Save the idea/thing (for later).
STA/R/S - Stars
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