Monthly Archives: January 2013
Could online courses be the death of the humanities?
JISC Digital Media – Now in 3D!
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/blog/entry/jisc-digital-media-now-in-3d
This week saw the long awaited two-day conference ‘3D Scanning: Artefacts from the past, for the future’, organised by Dr Phillip Lindley and hosted by Cambridge University.
Watch Moving Short Films of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at the “Blue House”
So why the DHC?
Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content: Full Report
What is Mooc?
In the last few weeks, the word “MOOC” has become part of the higher education lexicon. The cute little acronym has been thrown around by administrators in suits-only meetings, casually dropped by blogging or vlogging faculty, and explained by student newspapers. Earlier this month, a PhD student and blogger in Canada declared: “I’ve watched agog as the word MOOC has proliferated and spiralled into the higher education buzzword of the year.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eW3gMGqcZQc#!
Do Not Try to Recreate This 16th-Century German Cat Bomb at Home
Think you’re the first person to consider the offensive capabilities of cats and birds in a hypothetical war against zombies space invaders enemies of the Holy Roman Empire? Think again!
The Croft, A New Local Online Resorce sponsered by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
“The Croft was a non-institutional shared housing scheme for unsupported mothers and their babies situated in two converted victorian villas in the leafy suburb of Alexandra Park, Nottingham. Established in 1966 by Ruth I Johns as the first initiative of the innovative ‘grassroots’ housing charity Family First, it offered a lifeline for women who might otherwise have become destitute due to the poor welfare provision of the times.
A room at The Croft – sometimes shared – gave a mother a safe place from which to plan the future for herself and her baby, and the non-judgmental practical support on offer was described by the Home Office as ‘revolutionary’ at the time.”
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