Online Discovere 8 Conference

This years conference was again a outstanding success. One hundred and fifity delegates joined the conference and took part in numerous sessions. These included Martin Dougaiamas from Moodle who discussed the future of Moodle and how it is being used in education.

Other sessions include Accessibility Review, with TechDis, and Free software for education with Derrin Brown etc etc. To access the conference log on to RSC http://moodle.rsc-wm.ac.uk/rscmoodle/login/index.php.

Also Rob Englebright sums the conference up really well on Ustream take a look at his video, the url is http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/431282

Tools for E-Learning

Theresa Welsh the RSC's Work Based Learning Advisor has a interesting article on her blog relating to the top 1oo tools for e-learning. The tools are a mix of personal productivity tools for managing your own personal learning as well as authoring tools for creating all kinds of learning and performance solutions. Many of them are Web 2.0 tools that promote a social, collaborative, sharing approach to learning. Take a look at the the top 25 and the top 100
Thanks Theresa for the useful link to this site. Theresa blog if you need information on Work based learning can be found at http://wblwestmids.blogspot.com/