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I'm developing a survey on usability, I don't think it's quite right yet, but I would still welcome anyone using it to leave feedback on my research topic (or about the survey) - Click Here to take part in a usability survey, and support my PhD research, for anyone who does not want to remain anonymous, I would be pleased to take an interest in their research.
The survey compares these interfaces -
Taxonomy - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning/ELearningDemonstration1.htm.
Diagrammatic - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning/ELearningDemonstration2.htm.
And asks for further advice on end-user programming.
I'm interested in feedback from anyone, whatever their level of IT skills.
Survey Results - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/EndUserProgramming.htm#SurveyResults - http://www.toluna.com/polls/37921/Do_You_Think_End-User_Programming_can_be_made_possible?.
It would be useful to build a Semantic Web system for modelling and education mainly in the engineering and science fields. This would involve enabling a Semantic Web modelling infrastructure that could be the basis of future research in learning systems. In order to achieve these aims applications could be invesitgated and reviewed that assist in model building. The system created would also be used to promote engineering to a skeptical public who see the profession as poorly paid and dirty, (House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology report science and society), and remote from the public (Canavan et al).
E-Learning Research Area - The aim of this research is to try to bring together the areas of E-Learning, End-User Programming and the Semantic Web. So to achieve this, the area marked in yellow is examined.
E-Learning, End-User Programming, and the Semantic Web
Science and Engineering and the Public - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PublicScience.htm.
Select Committee on Science and Technology Third Report Chapter 2: Public Attitudes and Values - Attitudes to engineering 2.39 - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldsctech/38/3804.htm.
Canavan B, Magill J, Love D, A Study of the Factors Affecting Perception of Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) in Young People (2002), International Conference on Engineering Education, August 18-21, 2002, Manchester, U.K.
This project will involve building an environment where end-users programmers can create their own educational models to aid their learning and to assist in teaching or research. The environment will be aimed towards academic staff, students, and members of the public who are attempting to use computing technologies to further their knowledge or put across knowledge of a domain. Our intention is to enable a wide range of people to create E-Learning models when previously they did not have the time available or the inclination. The means to achieve this is provision of a freely available web-based visual model creation tool that requires the minimum possible code writing expertise from the end-user.
With the development of technologies under the broad terms of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 there are opportunities to establish a highly interactive web based learning environment. The constructionist approach to understanding problems is to learn about them by modelling them. This approach can be used in combination with research into enabling end user programming techniques for modelling in order to provide an environment for non programmers to model their problems. Visualisation and interaction will provide rapid feedback that gives a powerful representation of the environment to be modelled.
Many people would like to make greater use of computer technology but are hampered by the need to learn programming languages if they are to fully interact with software. Instead they are limited to the use of certain features that are provided for them. A further constraint is the cost of software, and for this project we will develop free software and encourage a community of end-user developers, and modellers.
The aim is to create a software development environment that enables people to customise their own software solution. This is an alternative to provision of software as a finished article that can't be changed. It is intended that the learning software can be customised without requiring programming expertise.
This research will be part of our co-ordinated efforts to enable end-user programming for knowledge management (including e-learning), modelling and decision support, and simulation. Therefore the research will concentrate mainly on translation for knowledge management and enabling academics and students to create e-learning systems. This is illustrated in the figure below.
The intention is to create an online community that can provide free software for modelling and education. The advantages of open source collaboration are that as well as allowing researchers to co-operate and work together where they share an interest; it will also allow the untapped potential to be developed of those who do not have an official research position. This includes students, people employed outside the academic environment, retired people and amateurs who have useful expertise. Astronomy, for example, has harnessed skills of this very diverse range of people to make new discoveries (Mutchler and Schenk). The expertise provided by anyone involved would be in providing feedback on usefulness, or ease of use of software, as well as actual involvement in software development. This means feedback would be sought from users of software even if they were not software experts. Meetings and forums could be arranged, both for web based and real world participation. Researchers would benefit the community by providing modelling and education tools online and for libraries. This is different from other open source communities in that the software could be easier to use and develop, and so involve those who have not previously been capable of participating in software development.
It is important to provide an alternative way of representing models, which does not require the user to write code. The tool created must make it easy to interact with and change the models, and easy to share information with others. This can also involve use of editing tools such as wikis (Protégé Community Wiki),(Vanguard Software Modelling Wiki), (Visual Knowledge), blogs, and semantic web editors (Amaya),(Quint, V., Vatton, 2004 and 2005) to allow discussion and explanation of the models.
There is an urgent need for Semantic Web tools to illustrate the benefits this technology can provide for education, this paper (EASE: The European Association Semantic Web Education) (Diederich et al) explains this need. There is also a need for education in the use of Semantic Web technologies for industry. Some Semantic Web tools are available, explained by EASE and in the (Jena User Conference) or being developed at present, but they are still difficult for people to make use of as they take a good deal of development expertise. REASE (the repository of EASE for learning units) provides a way to find and create learning materials for industrial applications of Semantic Web technologies.
Amaya, 2007. Welcome to Amaya - W3C's Editor/Browser http://www.w3.org/Amaya/.
Diederich, J, Nejdl, W, Tolksdorf R, 2006, EASE: The European Association for SemanticWeb Education, SWET2006 Beijing, China.
Jena User Conference, 2006, Bristol, UK - http://jena.hpl.hp.com/juc2006/proceedings.html - Proceedings (2006).
Mutchler M, Schenk H, Amateur Astronomers and the Hubble Space Telescope - http://www-int.stsci.edu/~mutchler/amateur.html.
Protégé Community Wiki - User Driven Progamming - http://protege.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UserDrivenProgramming.
Quint, V., Vatton, I., 2004. Techniques for Authoring Complex XML Documents, In: DocEng 2004 - ACM Symposium on Document Engineering Milwaukee October 28-30 http://wam.inrialpes.fr/publications/2004/DocEng2004VQIV.html.
Quint, V., Vatton, I., 2005. Towards Active Web Clients, In: DocEng 2005 - ACM Symposium on Document Engineering Bristol United Kingdom 2-4 November 2005 - http://wam.inrialpes.fr/publications/2004/DocEng2004VQIV.html.
REASE the repository of EASE for learning units http://ubp.l3s.uni-hannover.de/ubp.
Vanguard Software Modelling Wiki - http://wiki.vanguardsw.com/bin/browse.dsb?dir/Engineering/Aerospace/ - Engineering - Aerospace
Visual Knowledge - http://www.visualknowledge.com - Semantic Wiki.
Semantic Web Languages can be used for creation and editing of E-Learning objects (Stutt and Motta, 2004). This would allow the use of web-based distributed constructionist projects in teaching (Resnick, 1996) and (Stutt and Motta, 2004).
The Constructionism idea is based on the constructivist theories of Piaget and the use of Logo for teaching (MIT Logo Foundation) and (Papert) To this theory constructionism "adds the idea that people construct new knowledge with particular effectiveness when they are engaged in constructing personally-meaningful products" (Resnick, 1996). Resnick goes on to say "This vision puts construction (not information) at the center of the analysis. It views computer networks not as a channel for information distribution, but primarily as a new medium for construction, providing new ways for students to learn through construction activities by embedding the activities within a community." Resnick explains the theory that influencing this thesis, known as Distributed Constructionism. This involves a community gaining an understanding of a problem by interacting with a knowledge building community, the problem to be modelled, and tools to model the problem, and build a solution. An example that Resnick cites is the work of Kimberly (1995) where participants became part of the simulation they constructed in order to understand economic models. The idea of constructionism is related to end user programming, and ontology modelling, and building which are explained in this thesis. To test all of these theories interactive models were constructed, to demonstrate this approach together with explanations of how the tools can be used. This adds interactivity so that users can change the information visualized and see how the results change.
Logo, Seymour Papert, and Constructionism - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/Logo.htm.
This diagram is from an article by Ray Sims - AND AND AND AND (PLE) - http://blog.simslearningconnections.com/?p=50.
Learning in MarketPlace: Economic Objects to Think With and Talk About. Masters thesis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Laboratory. - Kimberly, G. (1995).
Distributed Constructionism - Proceedings of the International Conference on the Learning Sciences Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Northwestern University (accepted: March 1996; published: July 1996) http://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/Distrib-Construc.html - Resnick, M., 1996.
MIT Logo Foundation, 2006. What is Logo? - http://el.media.mit.edu/Logo-foundation/logo/index.html.
Papert, S., 1999. What is Logo? And Who Needs it? An essay. In: LCSI's book, Logo Philosophy and Implementation. - http://www.microworlds.com/company/philosophy.pdf.
Resnick M., - http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/.
Semantic Learning Webs. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2004 (10). Special Issue on the Educational Semantic Web. ISSN:1365-893X http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2004/10 - Stutt, A. and Motta, E. (2004).
From UWE Bulletin June 2007 Page 10 - http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/images/bulletinJun07.pdf - June 2007.
The University has beaten global competitors by winning valuable support from HP in the form of the 2007 HP Technology for Teaching Higher Education Grant. UWE is the first post 92 university in the UK to win this grant. Dr Liz Falconer, Manager of the E-Learning Development Unit in IT Services, who put together the proposal to HP, said, "We are really delighted to have won this award". Just 30 universities worldwide were invited to apply and UWE was one of the 12 universities to succeed. The prize from HP includes a product bundle and cash grant to the total value of US$70,000 that will enable the University to develop innovative teaching solutions using state of the art mobile technology.
"Included in the bundle are 21 networked tablet PC computers that we intend to use to develop the use of online interaction in the classroom. This means that students will be able to interact with teaching materials presented on interactive whiteboards. We believe that HP was impressed with our serious commitment to maximising the potential of e-learning. For the past four years UWE has worked on a project called the 'Research Observatory' which supports online learning across the University, including student dissertation work in our Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, who are our partners in this HP project. We are also keen to involve our students in the design of online learning. The new version of the Research Observatory, due to go live in summer 2007, offers the facility for students to revise and use the same learning materials but to select how the material is viewed. This offers the potential for students with a range of abilities and learning styles to design online environments that accommodate their preferences, and this is the main aim of the HP project. This might be particularly effective for students with autism spectrum disorders or similar cognitive profiles."
The original Research Observatory can be viewed at http://ro.uwe.ac.uk. On the launch of the new version this URL will automatically be redirected.
Gary Alden, HP UK Corporate Marketing Manager, said, "We are very excited to have the opportunity to partner with UWE as this project is implemented. Our goal is that the HP Technology for Teaching Initiative supports the development of mobile technology in the classroom."
John Rushforth, Deputy Vice Chancellor, said, "Winning this prestigious award against global competition is a sign that people are recognising the innovative nature of what we are trying to achieve at UWE. Of course being one of the largest users of online teaching materials in the UK gives us an edge, but so does our record of providing quality teaching to diverse groups."
Ajax/Web 2.0 - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/Ajax/ajax.htm.
Developing a Reflective Capacity - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/bbs/research/drc/index.shtml - A research project funded by the Higher Education Academy and the Charitable Trusts of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. - The research project: overview - 'Developing a reflective capacity within undergraduate education: the role of work-based placement learning'. - What happens when a student engages in a year-long, work-based placement? Why do many lecturers perceive a qualitative difference between placement and non-placement students during their final undergraduate year? These are complex questions for which definitive answers are not readily available. Our project focuses on one aspect of the student experience - the role of work-based placement learning in supporting the development of a reflective capacity. Within undergraduate education there is an increasing emphasis on the need for reflection as an integral part of becoming a lifelong learner. It is also an essential element within professional training. (This project is also funded by the Charitable Trusts of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.)
E-Learning Development Unit - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/elearning/ - These pages offer help and support to all members of UWE staff in designing, developing and running courses using electronic media. They are written and updated by members of the E-learning Development Unit
E-Learning Using Semantic Web and End-User Programming Techniques - Article - Although there are web modelling tools available it still needs considerable effort to adapt these tools for educational use. Research is needed into creation of Semantic Web models for educators to use in order to create learning objects and models.
End User Programming - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/EndUserProgramming.htm.
Could UWE's prize-winning e-tool spell the end for the CV? - UWE News 2006 - September 11th 2006.
CPDA in Engineering Newsletter Summer 2007 - Adobe PDF File - University of the West of England, University of Bristol, and University of Bath - The Newsletter of the Bristol and West of England Consortium for Continuing Professional Development in Aerospace (CPDA) - "Two key areas currently established are the CPDA (Aerospace) and FLIC - Flexible Learning in Context. Both programmes operate in close collaboration with industrial partners and users. Furthermore, the IGT - Institute of Grinding Technology, historically based on face to face training either at UWE or in company, is now developing distance/e-learning material to be piloted with IGT steering group. Future areas under development include and Statistics, E-skills - web design and related web-technology, Electronics and Control." (Prof. Colin Fudge, UWE).
FLIC (Flexible Learning in Context) - http://www.built-environment.uwe.ac.uk/flic/housing/ - FLIC (Flexible Learning in Context) is a flexible learning programme that has been designed for those involved in activities related to housing development and management and who don't want to go on a full-time university course but do need some knowledge or updating on individual topics now or in the near future.
History of End User Programming - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory.htm.
Informaticopia - Rod Ward - http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/blogger.html - Faculty of Health & Social Care.
Model Examples - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/models.htm.
Public engagement with robotic technologies - UWE News 2007 - The Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England are embarking on a new research project investigating public attitudes towards robotics. The project will critically examine strategies for public engagement with robotics technologies utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods.
Research Observatory - http://ro.uwe.ac.uk/ - http://www.bath.ac.uk/ro/ - Collaborative project between the University of Bath and the University of the West of England, Bristol, to create an online research teaching and learning resource.
Richard Tann - http://www.richtann.com/ - Welcome to my showreel page, please choose a section below.
Semantic Web - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/RDF/RDF.htm.
UWE HCI Group - HCI Group - Human Computer Interaction.
UWE puts learning on tap with podcasts - http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/article.asp?item=1130 - Scientists at the University of the West of England will use podcasts to teach water analysts at Wessex Water up-to-the minute skills in microbiology. - UWE News - 11th October 2007.
UWE Second Life E-Learning - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning.htm#SecondLifeandVirtualWorlds.
UWE Student Project - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/Web%20Semantic/Index.html - Investigating and implement the idea of 'ModConsWest' (Modelling and Constructionism with Web based E-Learning Semantic Tools)" - Lee Ediagbonya and Awaab Eltahir.
UWE students get podcasts on the brain - http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=992&year=2007 - Students studying Applied Biology and Psychology at the University of the West of England are reaping the benefits of their lecturer's innovative approach to teaching by downloading a series of lectures on the brain to their phones and iPods which they can then listen to whenever they choose.
DSA2006 - http://dsa2006.blogspot.com/ - This blog supports the group of students taking Data, Schemas and Applications UFIEKG-20-3, a module taught in the Information Systems School at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.
E-Learning Development Unit - Examples - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/elearning/xmps.shtml - Resource-based Learning - E-learning Course Design - Computer Aided Assessment.
Flash Interactive Tree - With short explanation of use for E-Learning - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning/ELearningDemonstration1.htm.
Modelling Proposal - Examples Page - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/models.htm.
Research Observatory - http://ro.uwe.ac.uk/ - http://www.bath.ac.uk/ro/ - Collaborative project between the University of Bath and the University of the West of England, Bristol, to create an online research teaching and learning resource.
Richard Tann UWE - http://www.richtann.com/2dExamples/Roug%20Guide%20Template6.html - A template designed to outline the structure for a suite of self contained interactive learning modules.
Richard Tann UWE - http://www.richtann.com/2dExamples/pharos3.html - Interactive manual for new university students.
Richard Tann UWE - http://www.richtann.com/2dExamples/graph.html - Mathematical Functions - An Example using Actionscript to model functions and dynamically redraw according to user interaction.
Study skills - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/study/studySkills.shtml - An index of study skills support currently available to UWE students.
SVG Interactive Wing Component - With short explanation of use for E-Learning - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning/ELearningDemonstration2.htm.
UWE Second Life E-Learning - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning.htm#SecondLifeandVirtualWorlds.
Alan Kay and Croquet - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/AlanKay.htm.
Augment, Douglas Engelbart - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/Augment.htm.
Alan Kay and Croquet - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/AlanKay.htm.
Henry Lieberman - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/HenryLieberman.htm.
Programming By Demonstration - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/Programmingbyexample.htm.
Seymour Papert - Logo - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/Logo.htm.
Smalltalk - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/PeterHale/EndUserHistory/Smalltalk.htm.
A Grand Challenge for Computing: Learning for Life - http://kn.open.ac.uk/workspace/gccr_l4l/index.cfm.
AKT Advanced Knowledge Technologies - http://www.aktors.org/akt/ - University Research Collaboration.
AND AND AND AND (PLE) - http://blog.simslearningconnections.com/?p=50.
Bath University E-Learning Tools - http://www.bath.ac.uk/e-learning/.
BBC Click - Microsoft's state education revolution - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6917156.stm - The state run high school system in America is often viewed as under-funded and over-crowded, especially in large urban cities such as Philadelphia. So when Microsoft announced its intention to join up with the city school district and bring all its resources and software know-how there was a mixture of shock and surprise from across the community. - 27 July 2007.
BBC Digital Planet - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4849402.stm - Google is expanding into many fields such as advertising, mapping and television. But recently, the search giant's head of research, Peter Norvig, also talked about plans to educate children. - 11 September 2007.
BBC Education news - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7029727.stm - Students teaching the teachers - A college is harnessing the power of students' technical knowledge to teach their lecturers a thing or two about information technology. - 5 October 2007.
BBC Education news - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6751953.stm - Skills 'pledge' gauntlet to firms - The government is challenging employers to sign a pledge to improve the basic skills of their workforces. - 14 June 2007.
BBC Education news - UK and China sign e-learning deal - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7010282.stm - An online education initiative between the UK and China is being launched - with plans to provide "e-learning" for 20 million Chinese students. - 24 September 2007.
BBC Magazine - A library bigger than any building - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6924022.stm - An ambitious project to create an online catalogue of every book in every language ever published is under way. Public goodwill is not in doubt, but some libraries remain to be convinced. - By Giles Turnbull - 31 July 2007.
BBC Radio 4 - Material World and Open University - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20070809.shtml - During August Material World is broadcasting four programmes made in association with the Open University. This week, Quentin goes to the University of Bath to meet science students who've signed up for the Open University's "Technology in Action" course - Thursday 09 August 2007.
BBC Radio 4 - Material World - Encyclopedia Of Life - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20070517.shtml - As the tercentenary of the Swedish botanist, and father of taxonomy, Carolus Linnaeus approaches, a global consortium has promised to catalogue all 1.2 million known living species on an online Encyclopaedia of Life - 17 May 2007.
BBC Technology news - A child's view of the $100 laptop - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7140443.stm - What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out. - 12 December 2007.
BBC Technology news - Brown shakes up education arena - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6248648.stm - 28 June 2007.
BBC Technology news - Computers 'can raise attainment' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6231704.stm - High levels of computer technology in schools can improve attainment to an extent, a four-year study has found. - 24 June 2007.
BBC Technology news - Digital divide grows with web use - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6913918.stm - By Steve Schifferes - Business reporter, BBC News - Young people are using the internet in very different ways - The digital divide in Britain is still pronounced despite growing intensity of internet use, a survey has suggested. - 25 July 2007.
BBC Technology news - Digital visionary: Nicholas Negroponte - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7106956.stm - By James Urquhart - Professor Nicholas Negroponte is an internet pioneer, author, and man of grand visions. - As the founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) non-profit organisation, Professor Negroponte has worked to use computing as a means to bring education to the poorest regions of the world. - 28 November 2007.
BBC Technology news - Free tool offers 'easy' coding - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6647011.stm - A free programming tool that allows anyone to create their own animated stories, video games and interactive artworks has been developed - Jonathan Fildes - 14 May 2007.
BBC Technology news - Google, IBM back 'cloud students' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7034498.stm - Google and IBM are partnering on an effort to help students get to grips with net-scale computing projects. - 9 October 2007.
BBC Technology news - Science wins champion in shake-up - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6250318.stm - By Hannah Goff - BBC News education reporter - The new Ministry for Innovation, Universities and Skills is not just about ensuring today's students are ready for tomorrow's world of work - but that they shape it.
BBC Technology news - Students assessed with Wikipedia - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6422877.stm - Students at a UK university are working on the Wikipedia online encyclopedia as part of their degree course. - 7 March 2007.
BBC Technology news - Students 'should use Wikipedia' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7130325.stm - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said teachers who refuse students access to the site are "bad educators". - By Alistair Coleman - BBC Monitoring - 7 December 2007.
BBC Technology news - Teach-yourself game design site - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7189694.stm - A new social networking site in the US has been launched with the aim of helping disadvantaged young people by teaching them how to be game designers. - 15 January 2008.
BBC Technology news - UK net causes to get cash boost - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7195618.stm - A £5m fund is being set up to finance worthy causes dedicated to educating people about the net or researching how it is used. - 18 January 2008.
BBC Technology news - US to back 21st century learning - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7569484.stm - By Maggie Shiels Technology reporter, BBC News Website, Silicon Valley - The US Congress has given the go-ahead for a new centre to explore ways advanced computer and communications technologies can improve learning. - The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies will focus on "bringing education into the 21st century." - Supporters said classrooms have failed to keep up with technology innovations. - "America's reputation as an international leader rests in the hands of our youth," said Sen. Chris Dodd. - 19 August 2008.
BBC Technology news - Under the hood of the $100 laptop - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6962035.stm - A team of US-based researchers, backed by a billionaire, have re-invented the computer in an attempt to revolutionise education in the developing world. - By Andrew Webb Click - 24 August 2007.
BBC Technology news - What's keeping women out of the labs? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6937513.stm - Matt Silver Producer, BBC Science Radio - If you've worked your way to the top in a university maths, physics or engineering department - you're very unlikely to be a woman. But why should this be?.
British Computer Society - Workplace e-learning 'increasingly popular' - http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.10090 - The possibilities of e-learning in the workplace are being recognised by increasing numbers of firms, according to new research. - Laura Overton, based at e-skills UK - 14/02/2007.
Bristol University - Institute for Learning & Research Technology - http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/.
British Computer Society - Computational thinking - http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.11837 - 'Teaching students and young professionals to think is more important than teaching them professionalism' said one of the delegates at a recent BCS Thought Leadership debate, which aimed to discuss what computational thinking is and how it impacts upon our everyday lives. Justin Richards reports.
Chemical Ontologies (The CombeChem Folksonomy) - http://www.combechem.org/ - The ontologies used within the CombeChem metadata have been obtained entirely by building on established practice: we have deliberately not applied a top-down approach to ontology design. Our methodology has been very successful and has, for example, generated a new ontology for expressing units. This experience is feeding into our engagement with the Semantic Web community and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Clockwork - http://clockwork.open.ac.uk/ - Open University - Knowledge Media Institute - Creating Learning Organisations with Contextualised Knowledge-Rich work Artifacts.
Distributed Constructionism - http://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/Distrib-Construc.html - Proceedings of the International Conference on the Learning Sciences Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Northwestern University (accepted: March 1996; published: July 1996) - This paper introduces the concept of distributed constructionism, building on previous research on constructionism and on distributed cognition. It focuses particularly on the use of computer networks to support students working together on design and construction activities, and it argues that these types of activities are particularly effective in supporting the development of knowledge-building communities. The paper describes three main categories of distributed constructionist activities: discussing constructions, sharing constructions, and collaborating on constructions. In each category, it describes ongoing research projects at the MIT Media Lab and discusses how these projects support new ways of thinking and learning.
DSpace - http://www.dspace.org/ - The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.
DSA2006 - http://dsa2006.blogspot.com/ - This blog supports the group of students taking Data, Schemas and Applications UFIEKG-20-3, a module taught in the Information Systems School at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.
Edutella - http://edutella.jxta.org/ - The first application we will focus on is a P2P network for the exchange of educational resources between German universities (including Hannover, Braunschweig and Karlsruhe), Swedish universities (including Stockholm and Uppsala), Stanford University and others.
EELS: Embedded E-Learning Solution - http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/whatwedo/projectsaz/project?search=Embedded%20E-Learning%20Solution - The EELS (Embedded E-Learning Solutions) project is a two year software development project funded by the University of Bristol. - The aim of the project is to develop a data entry system for collecting student practical work. Involved in the trial are staff and students within the Schools of Veterinary, Medicine and Dentistry science. - The project has designed and developed the Clinical Experience Recorder, an online web-based system for recording students' clinical clerking cases and allowing tutors to review and assess their students' material.
E-Learn Magazine - http://elearnmag.org/ - Education and Technology in Perspective.
ELearningEuropa.info - http://www.elearningeuropa.info/main/index.php?page=home - Promoting innovation in lifelong learning.
Emerge - http://elgg.jiscemerge.org.uk/ - meeting, policy, management, social networks, identity, paperwork, organisational change, open source software, Oxford, ranting.
Equplus - http://equplus.net - Science and Math Equations.
Erudix - http://www.erudix.com/ - Share your knowledge - today - Search theses, dissertations, papers, course notes and other learning documents.
E-Skills - http://www.e-skills.com/ - We unite industry, educators and government in collaborative employer-led action to ensure the UK has the technology related skills it needs to compete in the global economy.
Futurelab - http://www.futurelab.org.uk/ - By bringing together the creative, technical and educational communities, Futurelab is pioneering ways of using new technologies to transform the learning experience. - Social software and learning - http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education/social_software_01.htm - Futeurelab - An Opening Education report from Futurelab By Martin Owen, Lyndsay Grant, Steve Sayers and Keri Facer.
Hackety Hack - http://hacketyhack.net/ - In this century, you may have dozens of programming languages lurking on your machine. But how to use them?? A fundamental secret! Well, no more. We cannot stand for that. Hackety Hack will not stand to have you in the dark!!
HCI Education - http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/~dixa/hci-education/ - Alan Dix - Lancaster University, vfridge limited and aQtive limited.
HP Science Lectures - Bristol, UK - http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/lectures/ - The Hewlett-Packard Science Lectures were established in 1996 as a forum for improving the public understanding of science. Held at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, they provide an opportunity for the public to hear distinguished lecturers discuss a broad range of scientific topics, from current research to the interaction between science, technology, art and society.
Infoteach - http://www.infoteach.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.
JISC E-Learning Focus - http://www.elearning.ac.uk/ - Welcome to JISC e-Learning Focus.
JoomlaLMS elearning software, innovative Joomla-based LMS.
Magpie - http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/magpie/main.html - Magpie uses our ontology infrastructure to semantically markup web documents on-the-fly. The existing technologies in this problem domain tend to be rather heavyweight, and often modify the appearance of the actual webpage.
NeOn - http://www.neon-project.org/web-content/ - NeOn is a 14.7 million Euros project involving 14 European partners and co-funded by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme under grant number IST-2005-027595. NeOn started in March 2006 and has a duration of 4 years. Our aim is to advance the state of the art in using ontologies for large-scale semantic applications in the distributed organizations.
Observer Bristol - observertechnologystory.html - Technology is the Answer for students - Observer - Friday February 23rd 2007.
On-To-Knowledge - Content-driven Knowledge-Management through Evolving Ontologies - On-To-Knowledge is a project in the Information Society Technologies (IST) Program for Research, Technology Development & Demonstration under the 5th Framework Program. The project runs from 1999 to 2002.
Open Knowledge Initiative - http://www.okiproject.org/ - MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
OpenLearn - Open University - http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ - Making Educational Resources Freely Available.
OpenStreetMap - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Bristol - OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them.
Open University - Open University Knowledge Media Institute - John Domingue - Research Interests.
Open University - http://www.open.ac.uk/research/ - Research is our cental mission.
Periodic Table: built with Flash, XML, webMathematica - http://www.galaxygoo.org/biochem/PeriodicTable.htm - GalaxyGoo - This project demonstrates the combination of Flash(MX), XML, and webMathematica. - In the flash application, cells for each element are dynamically generated and arranged on the stage. Basic information about each element (the atomic number, element symbol, and element name) is passed to the flash application from an XML document, and displayed. - by Kristin Henry and Brian Higgins.
Periodic table of Visualization Methods - http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html - Visual-Literacy.org has published this great Periodic Table of methods of visualisation. This displays around 100 diagram types, with examples and a multi-faceted classification by: - simple to complex - data/information/concept/strategy/metaphor/compound - process/structure - detail/overview - divergence/convergence - The web page uses a Javascript library to display an example of a diagram type when you mouse-over its box. A neat trick but perhaps not very accessible, so I took the liberty of massaging this table to create a full listing of all the diagram types in alphabetical order. This format is more convenient for my purpose when teaching, and is a nice example of XML-scraping using XQuery.
Periodic table of Visualization Methods - UWE Blog - DSA 2006 - http://dsa2006.blogspot.com/2007/02/periodic-table-of-visualisations.html - UWE Blog post - This blog supports the group of students taking Data, Schemas and Applications UFIEKG-20-3, a module taught in the Information Systems School at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK - Visual-Literacy.org has published this great Periodic Table of methods of visualisation. This displays around 100 diagram types, with examples and a multi-faceted classification by: - simple to complex - data/information/concept/strategy/metaphor/compound - process/structure - detail/overview - divergence/convergence - The web page uses a Javascript library to display an example of a diagram type when you mouse-over its box. A neat trick but perhaps not very accessible, so I took the liberty of massaging this table to create a full listing of all the diagram types in alphabetical order. This format is more convenient for my purpose when teaching, and is a nice example of XML-scraping using XQuery.
Periodic table of Visualization Methods - UWE Blog - Peter Hale - http://userdrivenmodelling.blogspot.com/2008/02/periodic-table-of-visualization-methods.html - Periodic table of Visualization Methods - http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html - By Ralph Lengler and Martin J Eppler of Visual Literacy.org - http://www.visual-literacy.org/. - This displays visualisation methods categorized into a periodic table type format. Each letter(s) stands for a visualisation method rather than a chemical element. So this is a good way to see many visualisations in an easy to navigate way, a visualisation of visualisation methods. The visualisation methods are also categorized by colour coding and position into overall methodologies. When the cursor is rested on a visualisation method an example pops up..
REASE - the repository of EASE for learning units in the area of Semantic Web! - http://ubp.l3s.uni-hannover.de/ubp - REASE supports sharing knowledge for Higher Education as well as for industrial education in the area of Semantic Web and is open to any member of the academic, research, or professional community.
Research on Technology Enhanced Learning - TLRP: Technology Enhanced Learning Second Call - The ESRC in a funding partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the e-Science Core Programme, invites outline research project proposals under the second call of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme's Technology Enhanced Learning Phase. - PDF Document - Research on Technology Enhanced Learning: Understanding, creating, and exploiting digital technologies for learning: second call for proposals.
Scenta - Broadcasting science on the web - http://www.scenta.co.uk/home/1700419/broadcasting-science-on-the-web.htm - Europe's scientific version of YouTube has been re-launched on the Sunny Side of the Doc international marketplace for documentaries.
Scientists compile 'book of life' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6638017.stm - BBC Science News - Long-snouted aardvarks will rub shoulders with skunk-like zorillas in an ambitious plan to provide a virtual snapshot of life on Earth. - 9 May 2007
Semantic Blogging Demonstrator - http://www.semanticblogging.org/semblog/blog/default/ - The demonstration platform for HP Labs' semantic blogging research programme.
Semblogging - a guide to the HP Labs semantic blogging demonstrator - http://www.semanticblogging.org/semblog/whatisit.html - Here are some simple notes for looking at the HP Labs semantic blog. The blog is intended to show the use of semantic web technologies augmenting the blogging paradigm.
Simon Price - Institute for Learning & Research Technology - Bristol University.
Sims Learning Connections - http://blog.simslearningconnections.com/ - A personal learning journal about individual and organizational learning that improves workplace performance...
Some Ongoing KBS/Ontology Projects and Groups - http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mfkb/related.html - Knowledge-Base Projects, Groups, and Related Material.
South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWERDA) - Discovering Bristol Science City - http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/news/release.asp?ReleaseID=1839 - 2nd February 2007.
South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWERDA) - Innovation Initiatives - http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/what-we-do/innovation/innovationinitiative/inspire-sw-projects.shtm#eef- Inspire SW - Projects.
Talis Platform and Semantic Web Podcasts - http://www.talis.com/platform/resources/podcasts.shtml - Podcasts.
The ePerson Snippet Manager: a Semantic Web Application - http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2002/HPL-2002-328.html - Banks, Dave; Cayzer, Steve; Dickinson, Ian; Reynolds, Dave - In this report we describe the lessons and experiences from developing a substantial semantic web application in the domain of community knowledge management.
TONIC - http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/products/online/index.html - Netskills - The Free to Use Internet Course.
Toolbook.org - http://www.toolbook.org/.
Visual Literacy.org - http://www.visual-literacy.org/ - Visual Literacy: An E-Learning Tutorial on Visualization for Communication, Engineering and Business - demo tutorials - Map Visualisations.
What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf - JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Technology and Standards Watch, Feb. 2007 - Paul Anderson - Within 15 years the Web has grown from a group work tool for scientists at CERN into a global information space with more than a billion users. Currently, it is both returning to its roots as a read/write tool and also entering a new, more social and participatory phase. These trends have led to a feeling that the Web is entering a 'second phase' - a new, 'improved' Web version 2.0. But how justified is this perception?
Wider Horizons: an open online educational environment - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/aboutus/foi/bid22worcesteruniversity.pdf - University of Worcester - JISC Capital Programme - The project will lead the creation of an open online educational environment for students and the wider community in the region – Wider Horizons. It will serve as a paradigm for future development in other cities and represents a model of cross-sector working to widen horizons and raise aspirations. It will provide online places where academic and cultural communities can be supported, where there will be access to community resources, and connections into resources and courses within further and higher education institutions. Wider Horizons Portal: Exec Group. - Herefordshire & Worcestershire Lifelong Learning Network - http://hwlln.ac.uk/ - Further Information PDF - http://hwlln.ac.uk/documents/Wider_Horizons_(UW).pdf.
Bath University E-Learning Tools - http://www.bath.ac.uk/e-learning/.
Blackboard - http://info.uwe.ac.uk/online/blackboard/ - The Blackboard/UWEonline System - Blackboard is an application which makes use of Internet technology to provide a platform for teaching via the web.
BOS Bristol Online Surveys - http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/ - Welcome to Bristol Online Surveys (BOS). This easy-to-use service allows you to develop, deploy, and analyse surveys via the Web. No complicated set-up or technical knowledge is required.
EELS: Embedded E-Learning Solution - http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/whatwedo/projectsaz/project?search=Embedded%20E-Learning%20Solution - The EELS (Embedded E-Learning Solutions) project is a two year software development project funded by the University of Bristol. - The aim of the project is to develop a data entry system for collecting student practical work. Involved in the trial are staff and students within the Schools of Veterinary, Medicine and Dentistry science. - The project has designed and developed the Clinical Experience Recorder, an online web-based system for recording students' clinical clerking cases and allowing tutors to review and assess their students' material.
Moodle - http://moodle.org/ - Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University.
Toolbook.org - http://www.toolbook.org/.
UWE - E-Learning Development Unit - Tools - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/elearning/tools.shtml - Simulation/Demonstration Software - Converting learning materials to web-friendly formats - Adding interactivity to learning materials.
UWEonline Support - http://info.uwe.ac.uk/online/blackboard/ - The Blackboard/UWEonline System - Blackboard is an application which makes use of Internet technology to provide a platform for teaching via the web.
Wimba Voice Tools - Wimba Voice Tools have now been enabled in UWEonline. The tools make the inclusion of audio-based material very easy within UWEonline; you simply record the audio directly through a microphone on your computer, as opposed to creating and uploading it to UWEonline.
Viewlet Builder - UWE Explanation.
UWE e-learning team wins Second Life bid
From UWE Bulletin July 2007 Page 8 - http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/images/bulletinJuly07.pdf.
The E-learning Development Unit has been successful in obtaining one of five Second Life Land Grants from Education UK. The programme offers the opportunity for educators to pilot how to extend or enhance the students' learning experience by using the simulation and creativity tools available within Second Life. Second Life is a 3D virtual world built up by its users.
UWE's project is to build a Research Observatory in Second Life (RO@SL). The building will act as a hub for all other resources and activities that currently form or will form part of the Research Observatory that the e-learning team is developing at http://ro.uwe.ac.uk.
Manuel Frutos-Perez (Deputy Head of the E-learning Development Unit), says, "We will design collaborative tasks that groups of students will complete in Second Life. The tasks will seek to maximise group creativity and will encourage students to be enterprising and to engage in discovery, synthesis and fact-finding missions. The tasks will be structured and facilitated by academic staff but will essentially be learner-centric.
"We are also planning a design competition for first year students of the Faculty of Environment and Technology in September 2007. We expect the RO@SL building to be something pretty unusual as in the virtual world you can ignore gravity if you want to, and fly and teleport. We also plan to enable meetings and symposia for research students, have a wall where they can write their thoughts and lots of other interactive events."
UWE's e-learning team consists of Dr Liz Falconer (Head of the E-learning Development Unit), Manuel Frutos-Perez (Deputy Head of the Unit), Dr Olivia Billingham (Research Associate) and Lee Griffin (Web Developer).
Dr Liz Falconer and Manuel Frutos-Perez in the virtual world with the UWE slogan start here go anywhere.
Virtual World Links Second Life
BBC Technology news - A very real future for virtual worlds - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7144511.stm - By Mark Ward Technology Correspondent, BBC News website - Second Life has long been seen as the bell-wether for the growing interest in virtual spaces. Here, founder Philip Rosedale talks to the BBC News website about the past and future of the parallel world he is helping to create - Friday, 14 December 2007.
BBC Technology news - Art degree show on Second Life - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6609333.stm - Art students at a London university are to stage their degree show in the virtual, online world of Second Life. 1 May 2007.
BBC Technology news - Blurring world boundaries - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6940436.stm - Online worlds such as Second Life in which users create almost everything that furnishes and populates the place are harbingers of a future where the line between the real and virtual becomes almost impossible to draw. - By Mark Ward - Technology correspondent, BBC News website, San Diego - 13 August 2007.
BBC Technology news - Game worlds show their human side - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6917924.stm - World of Warcraft and Second Life are proving a boon to social scientists who are using them as virtual laboratories. - 27 July 2007.
BBC Technology news - IBM serves up new innovations - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6499461.stm - Computing giant IBM has made a dramatic shift in recent times from hardware to software - and has been seeking to show off its proficiency in the virtual world of Second Life. 28 March 2007.
BBC Technology news - In the eye of a storm - VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7493691.stm - Virtual reality technology is being used by climate researchers to reveal what it is like in the eye of a typhoon. - The BBC's Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin has been trying out the system at the science institute JAMSTEC in Yokohama. - 14 July 2008.
BBC Technology News - Nasa investigates virtual space - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7195718.stm - The US space agency is exploring the possibility of developing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. - The virtual world would be aimed at students and would "simulate real Nasa engineering and science missions". - BBC News Technology - 18 January 2008. - NASA MMO - massively multiplayer online learning game - http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/mmo/ - NASA Learning Technologies Request for Information: Development of a NASA-based massively multiplayer online learning game - The NASA Learning Technologies (LT) project supports the development of projects that deliver NASA content through innovative applications of technologies to enhance education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
BBC Technology news - Online worlds to be AI incubators - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6992613.stm - Online worlds such as Second Life will soon become training grounds for artificial intelligences. - 13 September 2007.
BBC Technology news - Teach-yourself game design site - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7189694.stm - A new social networking site in the US has been launched with the aim of helping disadvantaged young people by teaching them how to be game designers. - 15 January 2008.
BBC Technology news - The importance of being there - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7507797.stm - The virtual world still needs a lot of work if it is to replace the real world says regular columnist Bill Thompson. - 15 July 2008.
BBC Technology news - The Tech Lab: Lesley Gavin - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6929201.stm - BT futurologist Lesley Gavin looks ahead to a time when real and virtual worlds mix as easily as making a mobile phone call. - 3 August 2007.
BBC Technology news - Uni open day held in Second Life - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7303279.stm - A university is holding an open day in the virtual world of Second Life. - BA Media students at Liverpool Hope University have set up a virtual campus on the imaginary world website as part of a six-month project. - 18 March 2008.
BBC Technology news - Universal avatars bestride worlds - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7038039.stm - A virtual character, or avatar, for all the virtual worlds in which people play is the goal of a joint project between IBM and Linden Lab. - 11 October 2007.
BBC Technology news - Virtual and real blur in Eve Online - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7256069.stm - By Darren Waters - Technology editor, BBC News website, San Francisco - Virtual worlds are becoming increasingly rich and diverse environments with complex social and economic eco-systems. Science fiction trading game Eve Online is one of the most dynamic worlds, with its own economists helping players get to grips with the intricacies. - 21 February 2008.
BBC Technology news - Virtual lessons stimulate students - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7016079.stm - A virtual reality system which allows children to manipulate planets or watch flowers spring to life has become a big hit in Singapore primary schools. - By Ben Sutherland - BBC News, Perth - 27 September 2007.
BBC Technology news - Virtual worlds open up to blind - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993739.stm - Online virtual worlds could soon be accessible to blind people thanks to research by students at IBM in Ireland. - By Geoff Adams-Spink - Age & disability correspondent, BBC News website - 18 September 2007.
BBC Technology news - Virtual worlds opened up to all - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7002479.stm - A free tool that allows anyone to create a virtual world has been launched. - Users of Metaplace, as it is known, can build 3D online worlds for PCs or even a mobile phone without any knowledge of complex computer languages. - Jonathan Fildes - Science and technology reporter, BBC News, San Francisco - 19 September 2007.
BBC Technology news - Web worlds 'useful' for children - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7415442.stm - Virtual worlds can be valuable places where children rehearse what they will do in real life, reveals research. - They are also a "powerful and engaging" alternative to more passive pursuits such as watching TV, said the BBC-sponsored study. - 23 May 2008.
Del.icio.us / secondlife / education popular - http://del.icio.us/secondlife/education.
ExploreMarsNow - Interactive Mars Habitat
ExploreMarsnow.org - http://www.exploremarsnow.org - Interactive Mars Habitat.
Forbes and the "Real" Marketing Potential of SL - Kotaku.com - It seems like everyone and their grandma is setting up shop in the marketing utopia that is Second Life with uncharted success, but it just can't be that easy. According to Forbes magazine, it's not. And not just for the reasons you think. - June 25, 2007.
Galaxiki - http://www.galaxiki.org/ - Galaxiki is a fictional online galaxy created, maintained and owned by its Community. Membership is free - sign up now to become a "Galaxician" and start editing stars, planets and moons, or get your own personal solar system.
IBM Invests $100 Million in Collaborative Innovation Ideas - http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20605.wss.
Metaplace - Online Virtual World Builder - http://www.metaplace.com/.
Metaplace - Online Virtual World Builder My Blog Post - http://userdrivenmodelling.blogspot.com/2007/09/metaplace-online-virtual-world-builder.html.
NASA Learning Technologies - NASA - http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/ - Educational Resources - http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/education/education.html - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... Learning Technologies.
NASA Multimedia - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html.
NASA MMO - massively multiplayer online learning game - http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/mmo/ - NASA Learning Technologies Request for Information: Development of a NASA-based massively multiplayer online learning game - The NASA Learning Technologies (LT) project supports the development of projects that deliver NASA content through innovative applications of technologies to enhance education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Nasa to recruit through online games? - British Computer Society (BCS) - The US space agency is considering the idea of developing a massive multiplayer online (MMO) game that would be aimed at teaching pupils how to simulate space missions. - Nasa believes the game could help recruit the next generation of scientists and engineers needed to carry out its "vision for space exploration". - The agency has built what is called CoLab, an island in Second Life virtual reality where people and groups with an interest in space related subjects can meet and perform experiments. - The latest proposal has come from Nasa's Learning Technologies Project Office that supports education projects to promote science and technology. - 21/01/2008.
New World Notes - http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/09/labor-union-pro.html - Avatar-based workers unite? Labor union protest against IBM to enter Second Life (Updated) - September 17, 2007.
One small step for gaming - Count Pixel Blog - http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.299 - 22 Jan 2008 - Fancy yourself as the next Neil Armstrong, wading through the endless void of space? Well soon you will be able to without having to leave the comfort of your own PC. NASA, the US space agency, has plans to develop an online game.
Second Life - http://secondlife.com/.
Second Life and Medicine - http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.105 - including medical education and medical simulation. I've not found much evidence of health informatics getting involved, though.... - Peter Murray - 9 Aug 2007 - BCS Blogs.
Second Life - Education - http://secondlife.com/education/ - Second Life provides a unique and flexible environment for educators interested in distance learning, computer supported cooperative work, simulation, new media studies, and corporate training.
Universe Today - NASA's Planning its Own Version of World of Warcraft - Written by Fraser Cain - In a recent request for information, NASA announced that it's looking for help in the development of a NASA-inspired massively multiplayer role playing game. - The request for information from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was published to NASA's Acquisition Internet Service on January 16th, 2007.
VastPark - http://www.vastpark.com/ - VastPark is a virtual content platform that enables you to create and deploy your own 3D virtual world within minutes.
Virtual Worlds Fall Conference and Expo - http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/ - Virtual Worlds Fall Conf. and Expo - Oct. 10-11, 2007 - San Jose.
Virtual Worlds News - http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/ - business news, strategy, insight and analysis.
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) extract about visualisation.
VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language).
Elgg - http://elgg.net/ - Who's interested in e-learning.
Digg - http://digg.com/view/technology - Technology.
Squidoo Lens - Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) - Systems Engineering Estimation and Decision Support (SEEDS) - Peter Hale.
Community Projects - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/#communityprojects.
A Study of the Factors Affecting Perception of Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) in Young People (2002), Canavan B, Magill J, Love D, International Conference on Engineering Education, August 18-21, 2002, Manchester, U.K.
Digital divide 'is still there' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6744679.stm - Sean Coughlan BBC News education - "Opportunity for all is a cruel myth," said Lord Puttnam, warning that technology, rather than opening up learning, could be reinforcing social divisions. - 12 June 2007
EASE: The European Association for SemanticWeb Education, Diederich, J, Nejdl, W, Tolksdorf R, 2006, SWET2006 Beijing, China.
Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds: How To Semantically Annotate Web Resource Using Folksonomies - Hend S. Al-Khalifa and Hugh C. Davis - Proceedings of IADIS Web Applications and Research 2006 (WAR2006).
How Semantics Make Better Wikis - Eyal Oren, John G. Breslin, Stefan Decker, 2006 - WWW 2006, May 23-26, 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland.
OntoWiki - A Tool for Social, Semantic Collaboration - Auer, S., Riechert, T., Dietzold, S., 2006. 5th International Semantic Web Conference, Athens, GA, USA, November 5-9, 2006.
Select Committee on Science and Technology Third Report Chapter 2: Public Attitudes and Values - Attitudes to engineering 2.39 - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldsctech/38/3804.htm.
Semantic Blogging and Decentralized knowledge Management. Cayzer, S. 2004. Communications of the ACM. Vol. 47, No. 12, Dec 2004, pp. 47-52. ACM Press.
Semantic Learning Webs. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2004 (10). Special Issue on the Educational Semantic Web. ISSN:1365-893X http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2004/10 - Stutt, A. and Motta, E. (2004).
Semantic Web Metadata for e-Learning - Some Architectural Guidelines - Nilsson, M., Palmér, M., Naeve, A., 2002. - WWW2002 Hawaii USA.
Social software and learning - http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education/social_software_01.htm - Futeurelab - An Opening Education report from Futurelab By Martin Owen, Lyndsay Grant, Steve Sayers and Keri Facer.
What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education - Paul Anderson - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf - JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Technology and Standards Watch, Feb. 2007 - Within 15 years the Web has grown from a group work tool for scientists at CERN into a global information space with more than a billion users. Currently, it is both returning to its roots as a read/write tool and also entering a new, more social and participatory phase. These trends have led to a feeling that the Web is entering a 'second phase' - a new, 'improved' Web version 2.0. But how justified is this perception?
ALT-C 2007 - Learning Technology for the social network generation - http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/ - Nottingham, UK, 4-6 September 2007 - Welcome to the web site for ALT-C 2007, the 14th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, which will be held at East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC), Nottingham, England.
ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide - http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/ - Leeds, UK, 9-11 September 2008 - Welcome to the web site for ALT-C 2008, the 15th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, which will be held at the University of Leeds, England.
CHI 2008 - http://www.chi2008.org - CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence. - April 5-10 2008.
Connecting Communities for the Digital Economy Workshop - Call for Participants - http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/ConnectingCommunitiesDigitalEconomyWorkshop.htm - This is a call for participants to take part in a two-day workshop aimed at building a multi-disciplinary community of researchers to take on challenges in the Digital Economy. - The workshop will take place on 4-5 December 2007 at a location to be confirmed.
E-Learning & Health Informatics Conference at UWE - Informaticopia - Rod Ward - Faculty of Health & Social Care
e-Skills - http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.13642 - Date: Tuesday 30th October, from 6:30pm - Venue: BCS, London - As the Sector Skills Council for our industry E-Skills UK's remit is to "unite industry, educators and government in collaborative employer-led action to ensure the UK has the technology-related skills it needs to compete in the global economy".
ICWE - 13th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training - http://www.icwe.net/ - 28th -30th November 2007 - Berlin, Germany - ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN is the world's largest international conference on technology-supported learning and training. Meeting the networking needs of the international e-learning and distance education industry, the annual ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN conference is the key networking venue for strategists and practitioners from all over the world. Over 2000 delegates from more than 90 countries and every continent attend the conference, making ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN the most comprehensive annual meeting place for e-learning and distance education professionals. Participants of the conference are high-level decision makers from education, business and government sectors, the three areas driving e-learning adoption and innovation. The conference is accompanied by an exhibition.
ITiCSE 2007 - Inclusive Education in Computer Science - http://iticse2007.computing.dundee.ac.uk/ - The ITiCSE 2007 conference will be held in Dundee, Scotland. It is hosted by the University of Dundee - 25-27 June 2007.
Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium "Defining the Scientific Evolution of Technology Enhanced Learning" - http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/group/symposium/ - 26th - 27th November 2007 Berlin, Germany - The Symposium aims to particularly attract those concerned with research in Technology Enhanced Learning. The aims of this two day Symposium are to demonstrate the value and impact of interdisciplinary research, working with partners across Europe, to outline how synergies between research activities from across the network have been translated into concrete achievements, to define excellence in your research field - explain how it can be recognised by stakeholders from your own and other research communities, to show how learning and education in society can benefit from the outcomes of your research, to confirm Kaleidoscope's legacy and how it can continue to contribute to education and learning across Europe and beyond.
Knowledge and Skills for a Digital Future Conference - http://www.equalitec.org.uk/equalitec_main/images/67SepFlyerEbook.pdf - Information Technology Electronics Communication - 6-7 SEPTEMBER 2007 - INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - SAVOY PLACE, LONDON - FREE.
Leaders of Industry Conference - London 25th September 2007 - http://www.eiil.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=40 - Conference to be held at IMechE Headquarters, 1 Birdcage Walk, London - The European Engineer - An Endangered Species ? - 25th September 2007 [12.00 - 18.00] - Both European business and society in general have an obligation to ensure a home-grown supply of innovators to allow manufacturing and other technology-led business sectors to lead the world towards ever higher standards of operational efficiency and lower consumption of natural resources whilst at the same time meeting the increasing demands of global consumers. This requires an increase in the number of young people pursuing school and university choices that will enable them to pursue a career in science, engineering or related disciplines.
Learning Technologies Exhibition - http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/ - Europe's leading organisational learning and performance improvement technology showcase - Europe's foremost thought-leadership conference on workforce learning and learning technology - 30th - 31st January 2008 - Olympia 2, London.
Meeting the Growing Demand For Engineers and Their Educators 2010 - 2020 International Summit - http://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/globalsummit/index.html - Munich, Germany on 9 - 11 November 2007 - The IEEE and VDE, together with other professional organizations, are hosting an international conference on the growing demand for engineers and their educators, and about actions required to meet that demand for engineers and their educators in the period 2010-2020.
National Science and Engineering Week 2008 (7-16 March) - http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/Events/NSEW/index.html - National Science and Engineering Week (formerly National Science Week) is an opportunity for people of all ages, areas and organisations to take part in science, engineering and technology activities.
The UK GRAD Sixth Annual Conference - The UKHERD Third Annual Conference - http://www.grad.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Events/Forthcoming_national_events/Researcher_development_conferences_2007/p!eXemlam - 12-13 September - London - In September 2007 two key conferences will take place, aimed at all those who have a stake in supporting the professional and career development of our postgraduate researchers and research staff. - This year's annual events run by UK GRAD and UKHERD will take place on consecutive days at the London Euston Novotel on 12 and 13 September 2007.
ToolBook User's Conference / e-Learning Authoring Conference - http://www.tbcon.com/ - July 30 - August 1, 2007 (preconference training July 28 and 29) - Colorado College Colorado Springs - The ToolBook User's Conference is the leading conference for developers who author with ToolBook. Co-located with the e-Learning Authoring Conference, this is the best source for "how to" tips on creating e-Learning content in ToolBook, Flash, and other technologies. It is also has a special track for e-Learning managers.
UKUUG (the UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group) - http://www.ukuug.org/events/moodle/ - Tutorial: Using Moodle - From O'Reilly and UKUUG - Monday 30th June 2008, London.
Virtual Worlds Fall Conference and Expo - http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/ - Virtual Worlds Fall Conf. and Expo - Oct. 10-11, 2007 - San Jose.
Web Based Communities 2007 - http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/index.asp - Conference Homepage.
http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/Events.htm.
e-Science Networking - Call for Proposals - http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/e-ScienceNetworking.htm - EPSRC invites proposals for Networks in e-Science. These networks are intended to promote national and international networking and interactions which facilitate the wider exploitation of e-Sciences approaches to research.
Pupils lead the way with blogging - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6760189.stm - Pupils from a primary school in East Dunbartonshire are at the forefront of a new digital learning phenomenon. - BBC Technology news - Catriona Forrest - 18 June 2007.
SEEDS Page - SEEDS Home Page
Software Engineering Research Group - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/cccs/researchgroup.php?menu=off&group=serg - SERG's mission is to bridge the gap between software engineering research and its application to different disciplines.
Peter Home Page - Peter Hale Home Page
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