Tag: education
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HEA conference, roundup
On the train, back to Newcastle. Reflections on the last two days…
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HEA conference, day two, Simshare session
No surprise that I was at this session since I was part of the team delivering it, with Karen Barton and Patricia McKellar. Lots of ideas re SIMPLE and other sims, Simshare and OER slides in 30 mins… Questions were taken, eg about the sustainability of digital resources — good point, though it goes beyond…
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HEA conference, day two, Panel
Quality was the agenda for the Panel session. What sort? Quality based on diversity, of students and institutions was Aaron Porter's answer. But, he warned, if students are going to be paying more for that experience, there needs to be a better experience. They can't be expected to be given the same at a higher…
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HEA conference, day two
Attended session by Sue Watling on 'Gutenberg to Google: access denied'. Interesting points on disability and access to digital data — she compared access to physical access, lowered kerbs, etc. One basic point was that the shift to a Windows GUI was a setback to access because of the visual cues it introduced to the…