You may well find the linked blog post, and its follow-up at http://www.autonoblogger.com/cooltools/academic-writing-part-2/ useful both in informing your own practice as an academic writer on the course, and perhaps with supporting your students. The fact that the author is in the specialised position of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) at a Japanese university does not actually make his points specialised.
Note too the links to useful sites, particularly--if you don't have time to read Autonoblogger's post and follow up yourself--the link to Andy Gillett's very useful site on Using English for Academic Purposes.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Guidance on Academic Writing
Posted by James A at 16:09 1 comments
Monday, 25 January 2010
Sue Cowley's session, 18 November 09
The video of Sue's session is now accessible through BREO. Go to the "Study Days" tab and the link appears as item 1. You will need RealPlayer on your machine to view it, and it is approximately 100 mins. All Centre Leaders have a better quality copy on DVD.
Posted by James A at 10:34 0 comments
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Free mind-mapping software
The ComputerActive "Ultimate Guide to Free Computing" Jan 2010 (£5.99, but why don't several people buy it between them?) has a CD of full software including MindGenius Home 2, which is a perfectly competent mind-mapping package. It's also got useful guides in the mag to OpenOffice etc. as well as cloud computing tools.
You can download free time-limited trials here, but the magazine version is an unrestricted version of an earlier release.
Posted by James A at 18:54 0 comments
Monday, 30 November 2009
Results from 28 November Study Day Evaluations
I don't think these results will come as any surprise to the almost three hundred of you who were there (the figures are based on 209 responses). There was a real buzz about the day, which was only to be expected after Sue Cowley kicked it off so energetically and constructively.
So, on behalf of Peter Hadfield and the entire team across the network, many thanks for your contributions on Saturday, and please use the comment facility to discuss your reactions, or use BREO
Posted by James A at 16:44 0 comments
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Ofsted overload
The heading link is to Frank Coffield's latest dispassionate analysis of Ofsted's "Common Inspection Framework". Thanks to Peter for finding it. Enjoy!
Posted by James A at 11:57 1 comments
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Evaluation results
Basic Stats From Study Day Evaluation
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Comments welcome
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