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Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen

  • 1000 e-learning authors on Yacapaca

    Yesterday we hit another milestone: 1000 authors on Yacapaca. By this measure, we must surely now be the largest educational publisher in the UK and possibly the Western world, which is quite cool to contemplate. I’ve just been going through the stats and found some interesting data: 415 authors have created at least 10 items…

  • AfL: pie in the sky?

    I was really upset when I missed the seminar Assessment and Learning due to a calendar clash, but thankfully presenter Andrew Watts has now published his slides so I can at least get some idea of where he was going. And that’s very challenging. The message coming through is that true AfL is not really…

  • Advanced desktop?

    I hate this. My desk is messy enough already; the computer is where I come to escape. It’s terribly clever, though, I’ll give them that. More general point: have you ever wondered at the mixed metaphor of putting a “window” on a “desktop”? I can’t help thinking that the GUI took a wrong turning when…

  • Keyboarding

    There is an interesting debate on keyboarding skills (aka touch typing) over on Classroom 2.0. Some American schools are teaching it from age 5, and I strongly approve. Keyboarding is the Fourth ‘R’ in the 21st Century.

  • Assessment authoring masterclass

    Would you like to attend a masterclass in Yacapaca authoring? This term, I’m planning to get together no more than 20 Yacapaca authors, for a whole day, here in Cambridge. We will get into some of the deep details and hidden features of the system. Here is the programme so far. Because it is only…