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Easy really.
No set up fee, no hosting fees, accessible to all, user friendly, no prior knowledge of HTML needed plus with the inputs of a few e mails you can create a multi author media source...perfect for a small local history course. The blog we set up for the Sheffield Battalion course ticked so many boxes. We could use the blog as a virtual notebook. Learners are able to post photographs, text and other multi media sources that reflect their interests and their areas of expertise. It is an online journal recording our achievements and experiences on the course and a means of providing an online resource for future learners. Via the links we can direct learners to further research and all the up to date news items. For those interested in the teaching benefits of using blogs they may wish read the following article by Julie Hughes
Julie Hughes on the effect of blogging
The blog: http://sheffieldpals.blogspot.com/ http://sheffieldpals.blogspot.com/ is a mere five weeks old and a further blog; http://charliepeace.blogspot.com/ http://charliepeace.blogspot.com/ is just under construction for a course to be offered at a future date. It will be interesting to monitor the progress of the blogs as time passes. If you access the blog, we would welcome you leaving a post in one of the comments boxes.
It is our contribution to 'The Invisible College'.
| The Campaign Alliance for Lifelong Learning - an alliance founded by five organisations representing students, staff and local communities, has recently come together to highlight the fact that rising fees are posing a threat to a wide range of highly-valued adult education courses.
The Learning and Skills Council partnered with neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis of the MindLab, to prove that learning is one of the most powerful tools to maintaining a healthy and active brain.
Research reveals that although the human brain has been proven to start to deteriorate at an age as young of 20, there is no time limit on our ability to master new knowledge and require new skills. The findings highlight the importance of learning to both maintain and enhance our brains as we grow older.
web link http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/learningcurve.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/learningcurve.shtml
As a founding member of CALL, the WEA has launched a survey, accessible from the Alliance's website at www.callcampaign.org.uk, to collect case studies showing the positive impact of adult education.
Please encourage responses from WEA learners and contacts in your community who have interesting and inspiring stories to tell and from people who are affected by fee increases.
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