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North Lincs Learning Platform Release Notes

September 5th, 2011

My Learning Space continues to be imporved over time.  The latest version went live at the end of August with the following changes:

Included in this deployment are:

  • Stability fixes to ensure system is robust for use at start of September term

Enhancements

  • Report abuse and report bug forms separated.
  • Ability to resend playlists.
  • Additional functionality of being able to add web links to the event stream, file descriptions in the shared folder and file descriptions in my stuff.
  • Improved validation for html widget on group dashboard.
  • Ability for Junior to be turned on/off for individual schools.
  • Report Abuse functionality added to Junior.
  • Further optimisation of the junior interface to improve performance.
  • Ability to view file descriptions in Junior’s Our Work.

We will be publishing a full roadmap of all developments for the next 6 months soon.

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Aviary is now available via North Lincs Learning Platform

April 7th, 2011

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21st Century teacher?

March 12th, 2010

This booklet helps teachers address the challenge of using technology in daily school life. It provides case studies and practical hints and tips including a checklist and web links.

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November 20th, 2009

The co-founder of Wikipedia has launched a Web site designed to offer free access to thousands of education-related videos for students ages 3-18.
Larry Sanger, who helped create Wikipedia and has since left the organization, says the new site, www.watchknow.org, will allow students and teachers to sort through a library of online videos by content, and pick out what they need. Topics range from math and science to history. The site is meant to house and organize videos that are free and available online, yet which most people don’t know how to find.
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Transformation: Learning Beyond

April 16th, 2009

Presentations from the above event are now available in the Leadership and Management Class.

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Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting: Toolkit for primary schools

March 30th, 2009

The primary school toolkit has been developed to provide guidelines and a framework to help primary schools exploit ICT to improve parental engagement with their schools and with learners.

You can download an electronic version here or order the paper / cd version here

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TED Talks Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves?

January 26th, 2009

Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own — and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

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Ofsted: Virtual learning environments: an evaluation of their development…

January 19th, 2009

Ofsted: Virtual learning environments: an evaluation of their development in a sample of educational settingsVirtual learning environments (VLEs) use computers to allow remote access to learning materials. As the routine use of computers becomes all pervasive, there is an expectation that VLEs will form a significant part of the next generation’s experience of learning. This survey evaluates how VLEs are developing within a selection of providers.

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What is a Learning Platform?

September 25th, 2008

Short animation demonstrating the main features of a typical learning platform.
The Flash animation is by Aaron Bowler and the whole sorry project was written by Chris Thomson at Sheffield East City Learning Centre.

The basis for the script of this video is the standard specification for Learning Platforms from BECTA’s website.

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