Philosophy of Religion Resources

http://www3.baylor.edu/~Scott_Moore/Phi_Rel_info.html is a page with some useful Philosophy of Religion resources for writing essays, etc...

D.

Free Philosophy lecture Podcasts from the University of Sydney

http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml -has great mp3 downloads on Locke, Kant, Plato and others.

It is part of The Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. If you like what you find - let me know, and I will pass on our thanks - some great stuff on this site...

Dave

God Creation Game?

Just found a Do-it-yourself-Deity game at http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/whatisgod.htm - part of the Philosophers Magazine - which has some serious and some more lighthearted resources for philosophy students....

Let me know how you get on (use the comments button below - or my normal e-mail - Dave)

I can see FCH from space!

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.905975~-2.079539&style=h&lvl=19 has great satellite images of FCH - even if they are a little old (look at all the car parking we used to have, and no CEAL building..)

Thought it was cool - so thought you might also think so...
Dave.

Episode 2 - E-Learn2006

Friday the 13th (Oct '06) - Day 1 of the E-Learn conference in Hawaii...

This day was dominated by two long (3 and a half-hour each) workshops. In the morning I attended a session by Anthony Klejna of Daemen College. This gave a lot of detail of the development of technologies for e-learning (video codecs and the like). His blog, and links to his talk's contents are available on his web-site... let me know if any of this is useful.

[Hard to concentrate when this (see image) is the view out of the conference room door...]

After lunch - we headed for the enthusiastic, fancy-dress infused world of Professor Curtis Bonk. His blog covers this event - and links to lots of e-learning resources...

His talk is summarised thus:

'Podcasts and Wikis and Blogs, Oh My!: Online Learning is Not in Kansas Anymore...

[Picture was taken at this actual session... Professor Bonk is on the far-left]


The continued emergence of new online technologies (e.g., podcasts and wikis and blogs, oh my!) has pushed us into strange lands not previously visited. One need not be a scarecrow or a cowardly lion, however. After participants click their heels three times, this fun packed session will travel to Oz for a look at how online learning can be made intellectually and pedagogically rich. It will provide ways to address the learning preferences or styles of diverse learners, including millennial and Generation X and Y learners as well as that of the munchkins. Bonk will try to show participants the yellow brick road to follow in negotiating emerging technologies and pedagogies. Then, if the Wicked Witches of the East and West do not show up, they will turn these ideas into visions of where we should go next-back to Kansas perhaps. Finally, in this session, participants will think about building their ultimate online learning environment (i.e., their own emerald city). '

I found the singing and the costumes rather unlike our usual, more reserved, approach - but then again - here I am typing into a blog - so it must be having an effect...

Radio 4 - Moral Maze on Religion

In case you missed the edition of the Moral Maze debate programme about Religious issues - go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/religion/moralmaze.shtml for details - and to listen again, or contribute to their discussion board on the topic.

Please feel free to post comments here on the programme - and your view of it...
Cheers, Dave

Open for Learning...

Just a quick report - on Saturday 21st October we invited guests in for our annual Open for Learning event. FCH had something in the region of 850 visitors - who ate apples (it ws National Apple Day) and attended workshops..

Here staff can be seen hard at work engaging the public...

Well – I promised a fuller report on E-Learn2006, and here is at least the first portion of it.

E-Learn 2006 – Report – First Part

The goal seemed worthwhile – to travel to Hawaii – and learn about E-Learning projects that might benefit students at the University of Gloucestershire, as well as giving a paper about how we might use technology to allow wider communities access to University expertise.

After dragging myself up in the middle of the night and travelling to Heathrow to be poked with sticks, told to dispense with all gels and liquids and generally security-ised, I was able to able to relax on the plane to San Francisco – where a five hour wait awaited me…

Like a very sad, nerdy, type I spent most of these hours feeding single dollar bills into an internet terminal in the departure lounge – answering e-mails from students worrying over critical reviews for RPE101 and RPE160.


[This picture is all I saw of San Francisco - the view from the departue lounge...]


Finally a flight to paradise awaited me – I was tired and ready to dream of sandy shores and the mighty pacific. All I got was the mighty roar of a cacophony of crying babies – and a couple in front of me engaging in a ritual cycle of bickering (mainly over legroom, and who had brought the largest collection of pointless items in the carry-on luggage) and noisy, rather unpleasant making-up.

Nevertheless, finally we arrrived - after around 20 hours on the go - and it was evening.

I checked into the hotel and crashed - rather excited that in the morning I had the pleasure of various workshops - including Professor Curtis Bonk's session on Wiki, Podcasts and Blogs - which assured us that On-Line Learning was not in Kansas Anymore - no wonder I had trouble sleeping...

[To the right - Professor Bonk]

Episode 2 to follow...

Hawaii Conference

In case you were not sure of what the trip - mentioned below - was: I was at ELearn2006 to research e-learning - and present a paper..

As you can imagine, it was work, work work (and earthquake) all the way - however I did manage to sneak out to take the picture here though...

The earthquake was a 6.7 - and gave me quite a shock as I drank coffee on my balcony - and the whole hotel began to wobble - a lot! But - even with a day-long power cut, the conference went on - and I gave my paper (in the dark - with no powerpoint!)

Dave

Welcome

Hi - just a quick first post. Check back shortly for an update on my Hawaii trip - and links to some intriguing web-sites...