Skype: Phone calls over the Intenet

http://www.skype.com/products/

Can be used for phoning over the Internet - http://www.skype.com/products/explained.html explains how.

Perhaps it could be used by groups of students to take part in discussions. For example, Fast Forward students have to take part in a group discussion, which is difficult to achieve if some live at a distance. The Skype software might allow several students to take part in conferencing cheaply and simply.

Changing the Icon text on a WebCT module

I was looking at if we could control the icon text on a WebCT course, using style sheets instead of Font tags. It's not the most important thing in the world, but can make updating styles easier.

It seems that a style sheet can only be called from the organiser pages by going through the WebDAV address. So instead of, in the icon title, typing:

<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b><br>Introduction</b></font>

...Type...

<link href="http://webct.edgehill.ac.uk/dav/ProVIDE/css_provide_home.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><P>Introduction</P>

...With the 'css_provide_home.css' file in the 'My Files' directory on WebCT.


The possible down-side was that in Internet Explorer (which most students will be using), 'View' > 'Text Size' doesn't work on the icon text now, because that is set to work on 'Font' tags. It does work in Mozilla Web browser 'View' > 'Text Zoom'. But as long as the text is large enough to start with , that shouldn't be a problem.

Also we need to test how WebDAV is affected when we go off campus.

SONY PD150 and PD170 WORKBOOK: CONTENTS PAGE - WWW.URBANFOX.TV

SONY PD150 and PD170 WORKBOOK: CONTENTS PAGE - WWW.URBANFOX.TV

Some help for the Sony PD150 video camera.

elearnspace. everything elearning: Blogs

elearnspace. everything elearning: Blogs

Build a Feed You Can Cut 'n Paste

Build a Feed You Can Cut 'n Paste

I will use this to add a live news feed to the Faculty WebCT sites.

Educational Blogging

Blogging

Interesting thoughts on the educational uses of Blogging.

Educational Blogging : By Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher with the E-Learning Research Group, National Research Council Canada.

The street finds its own use for things: By Henry.