Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Bringing Bettr Back

So I’ve been thinking about trying to do another event focused on the ideas of education and learning focused start-ups and just generally the way the web is effecting education. Having recently read DIY-U and met some of the people referenced in it as well as revisiting some of the posts about the Hacking Education…

August 9, 2010
[JISC] Weeknote 25/33

Been a pretty quiet week. After the last couple of event filled weeks August tends to signal a bit of a slow down at JISC mainly because so many people take massive chunks of it off as leave! That isn’t to say there isn’t plenty to do still but the buzz around the place certainly…

August 6, 2010
Everything starts with an E(pub)

Once you get caught up with an idea it sometimes seems like that is all anyone is writing about on the web! This week it has seemed like every link I followed led to more really interesting discussions about eBooks, ePub and digital publishing in general. I also caved in and purchased one of the…

August 5, 2010
Riding the [JISC] Elevator

Back in the early days of my return to JISC I attended a meeting where one of my colleagues Andy pitched an idea about creating a new kind of mechanism for what seems to have become known as ‘micro-funding’ in-house. The idea was called the JISC Elevator. A move away from the very formal proposals…

August 3, 2010
[JISC] Weeknote 24/33

I’ve taken a days leave today as I am shockingly wiped out but it has been another interesting week. The big JISC event this week was JIF10 – a bi-annual conference that brings together representatives of the majority of the projects and services JISC funds. It took place at the stunning Royal Holloway Uni and…

July 30, 2010