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Sounds of the Bazaar 4

July 18th, 2006

Its time for the regular education blog - Sounds of the Bazaar - only just over two weeks from the last edition so we are beginning to get the schedule I am aiming at.

Here are the sleeve notes for this edition bazaar sounds icon

Graham’s rant - my regular slot

In this edition I talk about issues arising from the Leonardo da Vinci funded Workplace Learning partnership project. How do we resolve the tensions between wanting to try small scale experiments with Web 2.0 technologies towards developing the concept of the Personal Learning environment, whilst practitioners and education and training providers want solutions now - software which works and software which makes their lives easier.

The Bazaar Interview

I interview Lou McGill who leads the JISC e-Learning programme work on e-assessment. Lou talks about moving away from a simple multiple choice question approach to e-assessment to more formative approaches to learning and assessment.

I interview Lou McGill who leads the JISC work on e-assessment. Lou talks about moving away from a simple multiple choice question approach to e-assessment to more formative approaches to learning and assessment.The JISC work on e-assessment can be found here.

There is also a Special Interest Group on e-assessment, run by CETIS

Web site of the Week

This edition has a bit of a CETIS theme. web site of the week is Scott Wilson’s work blog. Scott, who works for CETIS is for me a rare hard core techie who can make himself understood to those of us of less technical backgrounds. Right on Scott!

Wilfred Rubens and edu-bloggers

The theme continues although it is a few steps removed. Wilfred Rubens works for the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Wilfred is involved in the SURF programme - which is a parters of - yes you’ve got it - CETIS. In this discussion recorded in a bar in Salzburg, Wilfred talks to me about the Dutch Edu-bloggers and the role of blogging in education and research.