Auteur : Pauline McNamara

Listen in: Edutech/NTE is podcasting

Listen in: Edutech/NTE is podcasting

Did you hear? The Centre NTE and edutech are podcasting. We’ll be hosting discussions about learning, teaching, technology, anything and everything in between. Check out our podcast blog at /blog-archives/podcast/ Let us know what...

Are you developing web applications? Read this…

Are you developing web applications? Read this…

Not this post, but this book: « Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application », by 37Signals. https://gettingreal.37signals.com/ 37Signals are the developers behind some hugely successful web apps: Basecamp, Backpack,...

Edutech and Centre NTE Podcast Number One!

Edutech and Centre NTE Podcast Number One!

The Centre NTE and Edutech are jumping into the world of podcasting with this first introductory episode. Pauline McNamara and David Touvet discuss what you might expect from the coming episodes. Topics will range...

Which screen resolution to design for?

Which screen resolution to design for?

In Jacob Nielsen’s latest Alertbox on Screen Resolution and Page Layout, he advises us to optimize for screens that are 1024 x 768 pixels, and to use a liquid layout that increases to the...

On what the education system does to creativity

On what the education system does to creativity

Part of the TED Talks series, Sir Ken Robinson gives an excellent talk on how we (mis)treat creativity by « educating » students. Informative, funny, smart. 15 minutes. Give it a listen. via Creating Passionate Users...

FAQ for Flash Video

FAQ for Flash Video

This interactive FAQ helps you figure out how best to encode your videos for Flash: http://flashvideofaq.com/

On second thought…

On second thought…

A previous post mentioned a tool called Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool. As is so often the case, a closer look reveals the product to be less impressive than the promise. First of all,...

Michael Kerres on the success of Moodle

Michael Kerres on the success of Moodle

Michael Kerres talks about the factors that contribute to Moodle’s success as a learning platform. The sound file is available as an MP3 download near the bottom of the page, called dll-pod2.mp3 (in German)....