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Book Review: “Blackboard Essentials for Teachers”
“Blackboard Essentials for Teachers” is new book written by William Rice for teachers and educators who use Blackboard. By following the examples in the book you will be guided through the process of...
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Book Review: “Essentials of Online Course Design”
The book “Essentials of Online Course Design” from Majorie Vai and Kristen Sosulski is one I have heard about from a few people recently, and one I felt would be worth reading, and at a reasonable £22...
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Book Review: “APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur – How to Publish a Book”
“APE is 300 pages of step-by-step, tactical advice and practical inspiration. If you want a hype-filled, get-rich-quick book, you should look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you want a comprehensive...
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Book Review: “Using Social Media in the Classroom” #edtech
I’m a Learning Technologist. Regular readers will know I have an interest in using, and understanding how we can use, Social Media and Social Networks with students and learning. It’s not just about...
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Reading: Digital Vertigo #digitalvertigo
With the eBook edition of this book set at £0.00 I couldn’t resist seeing what the fuss is about – this book has received good and bad reviews. But, more importantly, it’s made people question our...
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Book Review: “Organizations Don’t Tweet, People Do”
You may think this a strange choice for a Learning Technologist to review – “Organizations Don’t Tweet, People Do: A Manager’s Guide to the Social Web” by Euan Semple - but I’m reading this more out of...
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Book Review: MOOC Yourself (@Ignatia) #MOOCyourself
This is the first book on MOOCs I’ve been inclined to read, purely because Igne Ignatia de Waard (@Ignatia) is someone I respect through our shared interest and conversations on Twitter – “MOOC...
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Book Review: “Prezi for Education How-to”
“Instant Prezi for Education How-to” is written by Domi Sinclair (@Lilly_Stardust to you and me) and build on her experience and background as a Learning Technologist at University College London....
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Book Review: “The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual”
Late last year (2013) I started reading the latest offering from Rob Hubbard, “The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual”. A collection of chapters from leading and respected authors and educators...
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I don’t write anymore, I sketch #sketchnote
A couple of months ago I had one of those ‘ah ha’ moments I should have had 25+ years ago at school. I have never been good at taking notes. Never. At school I was always behind and struggling because...
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Book Review: “Always On”
It’s been a while since my last book review, but that doesn’t mean I’ve not been keeping up to date with my reading list – if anything the list is getting longer (and the days shorter). My latest...
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Book review: The Social Leadership Handbook @julianstodd
“What we know today will get us to tomorrow, but we’ll have to learn more again tomorrow to keep ahead … welcome to the Social Age, where change is constant and we live in constant beta.” I’ve never...
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Book review: Learning with ‘e’s
On my shelf (virtual and real) are a series of books that I know I just don’t have time to read. I’ve recently started to use Shelfari to organise my real and virtual book shelf, where I can easily...
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Book Review: Webinar Master from Donald Taylor
I downloaded Don’s Webinar Master eBook the day it came out and ready pretty much all of it straight away. It came at a time when I am becoming more and more involved in webinars, both at work at WBS,...
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Book Review: Fostering self-efficacy in HE Students
This book takes me out of my usual reading habit and away from the work I’ve been doing for the last few years, and back to or rather closer to the kind of work / contact I used to have with academics...
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Book review: Cumulus
This is one of those books that is firmly set in the science fiction genre, but striking similarities can be made to current events and current trends … with a little imagination. First, the book....
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Book review: Creativity Inc
I’m a huge fan of Pixar films like Toy Story, Wall-E, Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles, so I wanted to read this as a way to see in and understand how films I like get made. What I found instead was...
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Book Review: “Prezi for Education How-to”
“Instant Prezi for Education How-to” is written by Domi Sinclair (@Lilly_Stardust to you and me) and build on her experience and background as a Learning Technologist at University College London....
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Book Review: “The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual”
Late last year (2013) I started reading the latest offering from Rob Hubbard, “The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual”. A collection of chapters from leading and respected authors and educators...
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I don’t write anymore, I sketch #sketchnote
A couple of months ago I had one of those ‘ah ha’ moments I should have had 25+ years ago at school. I have never been good at taking notes. Never. At school I was always behind and struggling because...
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