@fitzwili #mscidel Quite! I do a lot of teaching over skype, much prefer f2f sessions though. Skype does give a strong tunnel vision focus.
@giles_julian or this ipad/app elearning anatomy coursehttp://www.imaios.com/en I unabashedly cheerlead for this type of stuff! #mscidel
@giles_julian I agree VOIP provides measure of cues but there is something about physical presence exuding harmlessness #mscidel
@fitzwili How about this for hands on? http://t.co/6fKNO0Sm #mscidel
@LiOshy @fritha_vet schools hve begun to push distance learning http://t.co/uWs0jTzO wonder about hands-on experience? #mscidel
@fitzwili I agree for text based communication, esp for limited space like twitter, not so sure re VOIP though #mscidel
@karenwatchman Second Life is the most intimidating thing for me! Congrats! #mscidel
@2_hamilton #mscidel That is one thing I'm thinking about as I read Life on the Screen. Getting a headache... ;)
@karenwatchman I think it bodes really well! If you can come out the other side of this, the virtual uni campus should be easy! #mscidel
My son just had to get me out from the bottom of the sea in Second Life - doesn't bode well for next week #mscidel
@giles_julian #mscidel I am always excited about new things (prensky esque), but what are the trade off's?
@carolinedobdav Thanks for that, am about to check it out #mscidel
@CMSinclair how much trust cud we put on somethg we no see. a virtual character at times reveal the real person. i'll say both. #mscidel
Which matters more - embodiment of self, or of others? I've a problem recognising faces in embodied world; less of a worry online. #mscidel
matriculation, ticked!!! yippee #mscidel
@fritha_l subjects that need hands-on or practical experiments may be tricky. cant imagine a surgeon with purely online learning #mscidel
@speedysnail opps! will make it up over the 4 days hols #mscidel
Does subject matter being taught have a bearing on level of embodiment required in the teaching method? Maths vs French?! #mscidel
Academics are choosing the library as their first choice for getting hold of scholarly material because access is quick, it helps them make new connections to related information and the library may be the only place they can access that material.
Academics are then using their reading to inspire new thinking and improve their research results.
This picture of the library at the heart of university life has emerged as part of a new JISC Collections report which canvassed over 1000 academic and associate staff at six UK universities in 2011.
Lorraine Estelle is chief executive of JISC Collections which is responsible for negotiating journal and database deals for the higher and further education communities as a whole. She said: "This report provides further evidence about the value and impact of the resources and discovery systems which UK academic libraries make available. This makes it even more important for JISC Collections to continue to work with publishers and libraries to secure affordable and sustainable journal deals for the future."
Although the survey focuses on academics, reading articles also helps them teach, so staff and students alike are benefiting from access to these resources.
Dr Hazel Woodward, chair of the electronic information resources working group and librarian at Cranfield University said: "At this time of economic constraint, it is important for policy makers and Library directors to provide additional evidence of the value of library-provided resources. Whilst in the past these resources have been regarded as implicitly valuable, this research goes some way to making that value more explicit by focusing on specific benefits and outcomes for academics."
The research is part of a wider international Lib-Value project being coordinated by the Center for Information and Communication Studies at the University of Tennessee.
A_L_T: Research in Learning Technology's first new Issue (20.1) as an Open Access Journal - http://t.co/dbr2c0Ws #rlt #openaccess
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@Nikki_1976 #mscidel That is the question! Is VOIP /virtual presence like physical presence? I am still thinking...
@giles_julian Does access to this technology then not make the need for face-to-face somewhat redundant?#mscidel
@Nikki_1976 I think it does! Very much subject specific, although we need to think of where embodiement begins/ ends eg skype. #mscidel
@giles_julian #mscidel first music, then movies, now books. next up: government and education. bout time too.