Debate on small island states and I've been tasked to find out about Haiti!
The 'sick man' of the Caribbean and all round 'basket case'!
Showing posts with label Book 1 U316. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book 1 U316. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
still
getting used to the 'new' conferencing system using Google.
Good point - it's easily accessible and can use RSS feeds. But, I miss the friendliness and ease of use of the FirstClass system.
Seems fragmented and repetitive as folk can 'meet up' thro' the Student Home page, and someone has set up a Facebook page as well.
People have yet to learn how to follow the threads, posting has become muddled with the 'Hello everyone' posts in amongst Block 1.
Hope the moderators untangle everything before it becomes too confusing.
There are the usual problems with people having different tech backgrounds. Some had never come across Netiquette!
With some folk on Windoze, others attempting to use Mac there's problems because of different browsers.
Documents that can be accessed using Internet Explorer, won't work on Chrome. At least with Firefox there's plenty of useful add ons and work rounds to choose from. Also, web links which work for some, won't work for others!
Add on to that the use of different word processing programmes and the likelihood of 'conflicts' and errors abounds.
Good point - it's easily accessible and can use RSS feeds. But, I miss the friendliness and ease of use of the FirstClass system.
Seems fragmented and repetitive as folk can 'meet up' thro' the Student Home page, and someone has set up a Facebook page as well.
People have yet to learn how to follow the threads, posting has become muddled with the 'Hello everyone' posts in amongst Block 1.
Hope the moderators untangle everything before it becomes too confusing.
There are the usual problems with people having different tech backgrounds. Some had never come across Netiquette!
With some folk on Windoze, others attempting to use Mac there's problems because of different browsers.
Documents that can be accessed using Internet Explorer, won't work on Chrome. At least with Firefox there's plenty of useful add ons and work rounds to choose from. Also, web links which work for some, won't work for others!
Add on to that the use of different word processing programmes and the likelihood of 'conflicts' and errors abounds.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
let the learning continue?
More precisely, let's revisit skills cultured by S250
Hooray! Chatting online has led to more GUIs becoming live on web pages. Allowed access to various Activities. Also helpful to be able to search for and find/use alternative methods of accessing documents.
Note to self...OU still requires Word documents 2003 style, no docx documents for them. Also, deadlines have been re-set from midnight to noon!
- web activities
- rendering engines
- IE tab for Firefox
- regret FirstClass no longer used for new conferences
- online communication via Google and Facebook, but wouldn't a Yahoo group work better?
- connecting with other students
- Trying to achieve a level playing field
Hooray! Chatting online has led to more GUIs becoming live on web pages. Allowed access to various Activities. Also helpful to be able to search for and find/use alternative methods of accessing documents.
Note to self...OU still requires Word documents 2003 style, no docx documents for them. Also, deadlines have been re-set from midnight to noon!
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