Archive for July, 2009

A useful overview of the OER debate in the form of a Power Point Presentation from Allison Littlejohn, Helen Beetham, Lou McGill and Karen Smith at the Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University. http://www.caledonianacademy.net/spaces/oer/index.php?n=Main.Presentations


London College of Fashion, Room 311, 20 John Princes Street, London Tuesday 22nd September 2009 The process of digitisation is fraught with difficulties and obstacles, including: funding, licensing, commercial considerations, quality, decisions regarding what to digitise and about metadata, presentation of digital assets, preservation, and usability. Librarians, Academic Staff Developers, Researchers, Academic staff, Collection Holders, […]


We are on the cusp of a global revolution in teaching and learning. Educators worldwide are developing a vast pool of educational resources on the Internet, open and free for all to use. These educators are creating a world where each and every person on earth can access and contribute to the sum of all […]