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Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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The first computer I ever had was an Osborne 1 with a 5″ screen framed by two whopping great floppy disk drives. I didn’t actually own it; I blagged it from Osborne on the promise of including an illustration of it in a Chalkface pack. By the time it was due for return, they’d gone…
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It looks like a few authors were busy over the Easter holiday, because we have another good haul of new courses this month. I am particularly pleased to see Sociology making an appearance, and I’ve now added a Sociology list to the New Assignments page. If you use any of these resources with one of…
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Several years ago, I presented my ideas about the benefits of online assessment to one of the major exam boards. I’d better not say which. They told me bluntly “we won’t switch to online exams until the risk of a scandal is lower than it is with paper-based exams.” Gentlemen, that day has come.
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Gill is a prolific author on Yacapaca, but she’s not what you might expect of an e-learning user: she’s just short of retirement age, and teaching a decidedly non-technical subject: drama. So, why does she use Yacapaca? Gill very kindly agreed to let me interview her yesterday; her answers were quite surprising.
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Feeling on top of the upcoming diplomas? No, me neither. That’s why I was so pleased when Doug wrote this excellent(ly-brief) one-page Diplomas overview.
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