PLEase yourself or PLEase me

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Three different people  discussed PLEs with me yesterday, but only one sent me a link to a cycle and thus wins a fabulous prize. I note that in this cycle there are two different rotations, one clockwise the other anti. … Continue reading →

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to cycle or not to cycle

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Melissa Highton

It has come to my attention that if you search the Oxford University website for the word ‘cycle’, presumably with a plan to get fit on a bike, my blog comes up as the first return. This’ll be due, not … Continue reading →

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5 steps to green IT

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Melissa Highton

Step 1: Quantify how much electricity your desktop computers consume. This should take only a few minutes at first, you just need to estimate how many desktop computers and monitors get plugged into your building’s electricity supply, and roughly the … Continue reading →

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i-skills and staff development

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Melissa Highton

This research  (2006) done by University of Leeds and Loughborough takes as its starting point the i-skills cycle published by the JISC (2005) based on the Big Blue model (2002). The JISC introduced the concept of staff i-skills in an … Continue reading →

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