Posts Tagged ‘UK’

Learning in a virtual environment 04/11/2009

There are many ways to learn, and/or to be taught.  In the digital age that is upon us, it is inevitable that learning environments would become digital as well.

Virtual learning environments (VLE) are very effective, and means that the individual can interact from any location with an internet connection.  The flexibility and mobility of this type of learning is invaluable.

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Can accurate digital comparisons ever be made? 11/09/2009

Everyone is different, DNA and fingerprints is the scientific evidence of this, emotions and reactions is hormonal proof. Nature versus nurture adds to the debate, is someone born a certain way or does where they live and how they are raised the real reason for their actions?

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Comparisons are difficult to make in any area of life, whether it be people, communities and in this case, countries. BIS and DCMS released the Digital Britain Full Report on 16th June 2009, now the Digital Britain forum enables the central government team responsible for delivering the report to challenge press stories, and peers queries about the details of the report and the way it will be implemented. A particularly interesting post appeared on Tuesday this week……

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Research – friend or foe? 06/08/2009

As the person within the team whose responsibility it is to carry out desk based research, I thought it is about time to share with you what I find, and find useful, regarding the digital agenda.

I am not an expert or even a researcher by trade – but I enjoy looking, have quite a lot of luck at finding useful material and my colleagues have cottoned on to this fact (and it is in my job description!).

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Nowhere to hide on social networks? 16/12/2008

An Australian court has agreed with a lawyer’s argument that the only way to serve repossession papers to a young couple was via their Facebook profile. It is the first time that the social network has been used in such a way, but after all traditional methods such as face to face visits, court summons and letters  were exhausted, the lawyer resorted to more innovative means.

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