Archive for the ‘VLEs’ Category

North West Education Technology Show 2006 at Reebok Stadium (Part III)

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Seminar 3 – Planning for Online Personal Learning By Robin Ball (BECTA) SUMMARY: A strategic overview of how BECTA believes virtual learning environments should be introduced into schools. Particular focus on cultural changes within schools. E-STRATEGY: 23,000 schools in England – one size won’t fit all Initial provision – Online access to learning by 2007-8 LEARNING ...

North West Education Technology Show 2006 at Reebok Stadium (Part I)

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Some notes from the first seminar I attended at the NWETS on Wednesday 15th November 2006  Seminar 1 - Harnessing Technology – A Strategy for Personalised Learning By Norman Crawford (BECTA) SUMMARY: A brief discussion of how personalised learning can be achieved through the correct use of technology, particularly by the use of virtual learning environments. PROBLEMS: • Only 1 ...

Class Server 4 - The saga continues

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Today saw a smidgen more progress with our Class Server 4 installation. I managed to get all the classes into the database and all the teacher-class relationships too, as well as entering a few straggler teachers that didn't have accounts on the network (until today that is). Not perfect, but ...

Class Server gotcha #1

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Just a quick gotacha to be aware of: when installing Class Server 3 or 4 into Sharepoint, you'll need your Sharepoint to be installed into the web root "http://server/" rather than at "http://server/sharepoint/" or similar.That is all. 

Class Server 4 and the Temple of Doom

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

What can I say about Class Server? It is possibly the least well supported Microsoft product I've ever come across. Not only do Microsoft put zero effort into the Class Server site, but the community support for it is almost non-existant. Try to find a screen shot of Class ...