In the Uni-Key project we have promised to make our proposed digital course accessible on mobile devices so when I took the family iPad on a work trip instead of my usual netbook, I was taking note of what worked and what didn’t so that we can be better informed about good practice when we [...]
Having just completed another very successful Intensive Programme in Lithuania, I witnessed once again the challenges of working in a second language. As a native speaker and a teacher on the programme, I was acutely aware of the huge extra efforts it takes to understand the different variations of English which are common in the [...]
While making a website documenting an Intensive two week programme with 35 student participants from Poland, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, the UK, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, I and my 6 students suddenly noticed that on the website we had been building for three days there were no images of women except in group photos. Perhaps [...]
Do you own a micro-enterprise (9 employees or less)? Could you use some help? If so, I would appreciate your help in finding out what would be important when deciding whether or not to take on a foreign intern. Maybe you have never considered it, in which case I would be interested to know why [...]
The pilot problem is that you work very hard to develop and test an idea but once the pilot is over you are then faced with the problem of promoting adoption. In European projects where I do a lot of work, there is great emphasis on valorisation to use the rather inelegant name that the [...]
I’ve always wondered how politicians such as Tony Benn were able to keep such copious diaries while in office. It is when I’m busy that I don’t have time to blog and the fact that this is the first blog post of the year is testament to the deadlines that I have been trying to [...]
So picture the scene – you are a university student and have decided to go on an internship abroad. Recognising that most business is accounted for by small and medium sized companies (SMEs) you decide to apply to a SME for your internship. Almost immediately you have a problem because you don’t know what SMEs [...]
My presentation ‘Coaching for ICT Integration’ has just been released in the K12Online 2011 conference. In this session you will find out why coaching is an effective professional development tool and how the VITAE course (as adapted by the UnderstandIT project) could help you become an ICT integration coach. You will do this by using [...]
I’ll be sharing our experience of trying out CCeD in distributed mode at the Global Education Conference 14-18th November. My slot is on Friday at 11am CET which is GMT+1. Join me for this free session if you want to find out more about how we implemented ConCurrent eDesign across borders and what results we [...]
I have an idea for a Smartphone based game to help visitors to a local village learn a bit about its history through the medium of a treasure hunt. I’m wondering how practical these plans are. How will visitors know the game exists? Posters and brochures with a QR code which leads players to a [...]
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