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Why do VLEs display the most recent items at the bottom?
About 5 years ago I was holding a student user forum where I provided a selection of students with a free lunch in return for information about the VLE and the way that we used it. At the time our VLE… more →
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Why do VLEs display the most recent items at the bottom?
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davefoord wrote 1 week ago: About 5 years ago I was holding a student user forum where I provided a selection of students with a … more →
What does Whole Organisation Approach to eCPD look like?
davefoord wrote 4 weeks ago: What does Whole Organisation Approach to eCPD look like? Originally uploaded by Dave Foord Last week … more →
Sending online learners chocolate muffins
davefoord wrote 1 month ago: Chocolate Muffin Originally uploaded by vivido I am currently working on the eCPD programme and am s … more →
Quickly creating a Google Map from a Spreadsheet of data
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davefoord wrote 2 months ago: I think that Google Maps are a really useful tool, and everytime that I need to visit somewhere new, … more →
Google Docs 'In Plain English'
davefoord wrote 2 months ago: Many people will know that I am a big fan of Google Docs and use them a lot in my work (and non-work … more →
m-learning - 'the great accessibility enabler'
davefoord wrote 4 months ago: Earlier this year, I was honoured to be asked to do a keynote presentation at an m-learning event or … more →
Skype Explained Visually
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davefoord wrote 4 months ago: I have been following a blog by Joe Dale, which contains some really good little gems, one of which … more →
Etherpad
davefoord wrote 4 months ago: Etherpad is a really clever little web based tool, which allows you to create a pad – which is … more →
Confidentiality when using a blog for reflective practice
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davefoord wrote 5 months ago: Following my recent post on using a blog for reflective practice I have been asked about issues of c … more →
Tagging videos as an educational tool
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davefoord wrote 5 months ago: Over the last 12 months I have regularly demonstrated Veotag which is an excellent site where you up … more →
Using a blog for reflective practice
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davefoord wrote 6 months ago: Today I presented at an event organised by EMCETT, where I ran 3 X 1 hour sessions on ‘Using t … more →
Using technology for reflective practice in teacher training
davefoord wrote 6 months ago: Tomorrow I at an event organised by EMCETT (East Midlands Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training … more →
The power of YouTube for creative writing in schools
davefoord wrote 9 months ago: I picked up a link to this YouTube video from Twitter. This is a poem written by a 15 year old, as p … more →
Frog - a learning platform that has impressed me
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davefoord wrote 9 months ago: Today I went to visit the people at Frog who had contacted me after one of their staff had read an a … more →
Finding Creative Commons Images on Flickr
davefoord wrote 9 months ago: Flickr is a wonderful resource for people in education, as there are millions of high quality images … more →
Frank Coffield - on embedding e-learning
davefoord wrote 10 months ago: The short video below, is of Professor Frank Coffield, a well respected and out spoken professor of … more →
Voice to text for free using SpinVox
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davefoord wrote 11 months ago: There are various options for software that will convert speech to text, the best known being Dragon … more →
Podcast on Google Docs (and a few other things)
davefoord wrote 11 months ago: Last week I contributed to another panel podcast, this time with only 3 of us, and we discussed the … more →
Embedding Google Maps into learning resources
davefoord wrote 11 months ago: I love maps and always have done. Prior to having kids my main hobby was mountaineering, and I used … more →
