27 September, 2007 – 9:09 am
Preservation and archiving of digital resources is a major challenge for all organisations. The University College London and the British Library have undertaken some interesting research on the cost of preserving particular kinds of digital resources in a project called LIFE. The project has formulated a way of calculating the costs of the digital lifecycle […]
17 September, 2007 – 3:13 pm
Excellent paper from Yoni Ryan at the University of Canberra about the implications for the university sector educating Generation Y amidst Ys ubiquitous use of social networking sites and tools. Thoughtful and thought provoking.
17 September, 2007 – 2:07 pm
I love to see how technology can be quickly adapted for useful purposes for students. A great example of this is at the ANU’s Academic Skills and Learning Centre where podcasts are being used to provide students with all kinds of valuable instruction - not related specifically to their courses, but to issues associated with surviving and […]
13 September, 2007 – 9:54 am
The Technology Bulletin summarises some of the interesting work education.au is undertaking in developing the Carrick Exchange for the Carrick Institute. Issue 2 provides some background to the development of the custom bookmarking module, using Drupal themes, the selection of Camtasia for the Exchange tour, information about the Metadata Investigation, the Rights Management Investigation, and […]
6 September, 2007 – 3:22 pm
When I was an academic in a previous life and you went for promotion it was important to be able to demonstrate your ability in teaching. It took the form of quoting comments from students from surveys undertaken through the teaching and learning centre, and examples of student success in the wider world.
Because of the […]
6 September, 2007 – 3:07 pm
I have been involved in a consultation about the use of metadata in a new online service for the higher education sector. It’s been an interesting and challenging process (which is not over yet).
Although the consultation component is just about complete and we are soon to present our recommendations, in parallel we have been building the […]
