Posts Tagged ‘tools’

Accessibility in Windows Vista

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Windows Vista may not be installed on the majority of computers in FE and HE organistations at the moment but it’s likely that Windows based computers bought outside of an organistaion will be of the Vista variety.

Microsoft has included a suite of accessibility applications and tools in its operating systems since Windows 95. Windows Vista incorporates all these tools and more in the “Ease of Access Centre” providing a valuable resource for those of us with additional support needs. RSC Scotland have put together a list of guides on their website, just click on their logo below.

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Top Technologies

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The Centre for Learning and Performance technologies has recently updated its ‘Top 100 Tools for Learning’, with del.icio.us taking the lead (http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html), and Swansea University’s Learning Lab is currently polling its technophiles too! (http://learninglab.swan.ac.uk/) . The TechLearning site has also recently published ‘Ten Technologies for Tech-savvy teachers to use in a laptop/tablet classroom’ (http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196605456&page=1). Whether a technology is ‘top’ depends on your needs and point of view – a ‘not-so-Tech-savvy’ teacher may have different priorities (eg. http://moodle.rsc-wales.ac.uk/elearninginteaching )

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e-Learning tools and resources

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

At the RSC we are in the process of reviewing some of the publications we have about the technology related tools and resources that are out there for you to use to enhance your teaching and the learner’s learning. Rather than reinventing the wheel  though I thought that in the short term, at least, it might be useful to point out 3 of the websites I have found that I think are particularly useful with regard to suggesting different ‘e-Learning’ tools and resources (lots free, some to be paid for).

Over the coming months I hope to blog briefly about any of the many tools and resources on these web pages that appear to be really useful.

Any comments or suggestions gratefully received.

PS. Click here for a pdf of our current list of tools

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