Requirements for online exam system
Some time back we started looking for an online exam system for some of our computer science exams. Part of the process was to list a set of “acceptance criteria,” i.e. conditions that any system we...
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In a WordPress plugin I have custom post types for different types of publication: books, chapters, papers, presentations, reports. I want one single archive of all of these publications. I know that...
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Reflections on a little bit of open education (TL;DR: it works).
We are setting up a new honours degree programme which will involve use of online resources for work based blended learning. I was asked to demonstrate some the resources and approaches that might be...
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Flying cars, digital literacy and the zone of possibility
Where’s my flying car? I was promised one in countless SF films from Metropolis through to Fifth Element. Well, they exist. Thirty seconds on the search engine of your choice will find you a dozen of...
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Thoughts on Support for Technology Enhanced Learning in HE
I was asked to put forward my thoughts on how I thought the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning should be supported where I work. I work in a UK University that has campuses overseas,...
View ArticleNew publication analysing LRMI metadata on the web
I have a new publication: “Analysing and Improving Embedded Markup of Learning Resources on the Web,” which Stefan Dietze and Davide Taibi have presented at the 2017 International World Wide Web...
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CMALT – Another open portfolio
I’ve finally made a start on drafting my CMALT Portfolio (and so has Lorna,* we’re writing buddies), and in the interests of open practice I’m going to attempt to write the whole thing as an open...
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An ending, and a beginning
On 30 June 2017 I will be leaving my current employment at Heriot-Watt University. I aim to continue to support the use of technology to enhance learning as an independent consultant. I first joined...
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Quick notes: Naomi Korn on copyright and educational resources
I gate-crashed a lecture on copyright that Naomi Korn gave at Edinburgh University. I’ve had an interest in copyright for as long as I have been working with open access and open educational resources,...
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BTL Surpass for online assessment in Computer Science
Over the last couple of years I have been leading the introduction of BTL’s Surpass online assessment platform for exams in Computer Science. I posted the requirements for an online exam system we...
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Wikidata driven timeline
I have been to a couple of wikidata workshops recently, both involving Ewan McAndrew; between which I read Christine de Pizan‘s Book of the City of Ladies(*). Christine de Pizan is described as one of...
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Translating course descriptions from XCRI-CAP to schema.org
XCRI-CAP (eXchanging Course Related Information, Course Advertising Profile) is the UK standard for course marketing information in Higher Education. It is compatible with the European Standard...
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The end of Open Educational Practices in Scotland
On Monday I was at Our Dynamic Earth, by the Holyrood Parliament in Edinburgh, for a day meeting on the Promise of Open Education. This was the final event of the Open Educational Practices in Scotland...
View ArticleTIL: getting Skype for Linux working
Microsoft’s Skype for Linux is a pain for Linux (well, for Ubuntu at least). It stopped working for me, no one could hear me. Apparently it needs pulse audio to work properly, but as others have found...
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Partnership with Cetis LLP
I have worked with Cetis in one way or another for about 15 years, but am very happy to announce that at the end of last week I became a partner of Cetis LLP. For many years CETIS was a...
View ArticleEducational and occupational credentials in schema.org
Since the summer I have been working with the Credential Engine, which is based at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, on a project to facilitate the description of educational and occupational...
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Getting data from wikidata into WordPress custom taxonomy
I created a custom taxonomy to use as an index of people mentioned. I wanted it to work nicely as linked data, and so wanted each term in it to refer to the wikidata identifier for the person...
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Publications on WordPress
I have posted details of my publications on this site. More interestingly, I did so with a plugin and theme extension which builds on previous work on presenting publications in WordPress and using...
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Devolved Management of OER in Irish Higher Education?
I sometimes get asked for asked for advice by people who are thinking of setting up national infrastructure for OER based on institutional open access research repositories or similar, often with the...
View ArticleOne year of Talent Marketplace Signaling
I chair the Talent Marketplace Signaling W3C Community Group, this progress report is cross-posted from its blog It is one year since the initial call for participation in the Talent Marketplace...
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