Monthly Archives: October 2011

Paul’s involvement in IT Training courses

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

I’m currently involved in giving training through IT Services training courses as mentioned in a previous post from Shirley. This training is: for both students and staff at the University mostly on the Office products, i.e. Word, Excel PowerPoint and … Continue reading →

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Introducing myself – Paul Janota

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

I work at the University of Reading in the department of Information Technology (IT) Services as an IT trainer. I believe my main role on the project will come in at a later stage when we start running workshops and … Continue reading →

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Getting a feel …

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

We have been engaging in some observation and informal semi-structured interviews, which we have been documenting as part of our work towards a strategy for ascertaining a baseline view of digital skills and competencies at the university. The informal interviews … Continue reading →

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Looking at NUS charter for tech compared to Digitally Ready view

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

In my last post, I reproduced the charter the NUS has produced on Technology in Higher Education.  This post will look in a bit more detail at the ways the Digitally Ready project seeks to address the points made in … Continue reading →

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NUS Charter on Technology in HE

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

The NUS reported that it published a Charter on Technology in Higher Education on 3rd August 2011.  This is a timely contribution, especially from the perspective of the Digitally Ready project. I’ll transcribe the 10 key points from their charter … Continue reading →

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The first blog from the new crop of MSc Plant Diversity students appeared today in Whiteknights biodiversity.  It’s a short blog on a gall seen on a creeping thistle.  What is interesting to me is that I haven’t yet trained … Continue reading →

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Alastair Culham | Leave a comment

Whiteknights Biodiversity, a young blog for an old green space

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Alastair Culham

Whiteknights campus includes some outstanding green spaces that attract students to make Reading their university of choice.  Scattered on shelves, in filing cabinets on computer disks, and sitting in brains,  are pieces of research by staff and students recording the … Continue reading →

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ITS training courses

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

There are a whole host of training courses offered by ITS available for all members of the University see their web page for details. As well as training courses they offer individual help: Drop-In-And-Learn (Di&L) sessions are held throughout the year … Continue reading →

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Different Operating Systems

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Last week I heard a student talking about the difficulties she had experienced in using Powerpoint on a Mac when she was used to using it on a Windows PC. Later that day I talked to a non-technical colleague about … Continue reading →

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Digital Literacies and the AAAR model for personalising learning

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

There are many aspects to the Digitally Ready project.  We have a diverse set of people who the project seeks to help, across a range of different Faculties, Schools and Departments.  In terms of their roles, some are staff, with … Continue reading →

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