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Rising to the Boxee developer challenge with an Open University app
Tags/Keywords: drupaleducationpythonboxeepodcastsopen universitychallengerapid developmentxmlcommunicationsbig screeninteractive tv Today is a big day, we find out tonight how well the Open University...
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From the olnet.org site: The aim of OLnet is to tackle gathering evidence and methods about how we can research and understand ways to learn in a more open world, particularly linked to Open...
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Yes we can (make desktop applications for Ubuntu with Quickly)!
Tags/Keywords: ubuntueducationpythondevelopmentlaunchpadprogrammingquicklyrapid application developmentgtkgladeProgramming a computer is actually quite an intellectually stimulating way to spend time,...
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An interview with the creator of the Open University's new Linux course
Tags/Keywords: openuniversitylinuxopensourcevirtualboxeducationt155coursecomptiainterviewIf you are ready to make that move to Linux, but don't know where to start, the Open University's new ten week...
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Using Notify OSD to learn Swedish numbers
Tags/Keywords: educationpythonideaprogrammingexperimentnotify-osdpynotifyoptparselanguagesThe notification bubble is a well known feature of Ubuntu, gently informing us when we are online, when we get...
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An approach to consuming Linked Data with PHP
Tags/Keywords: openuniversityphpeducationouxmlrdflinkeddatasparqltonyhirstExtracting data from the web to use in our computer programs has always been a challenge. Many developers will be familiar with...
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My presentation for Vital about App Inventor for Android now available online
Tags/Keywords: educationgooglepresentationappinventoronlineelluminateschoolsvitalteachingI meant to post this a bit sooner, but anyway here is a link to a talk I did last week about Google App Inventor...
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Focus on Open Educational Resources with an Ubuntu Unity Lens
Tags: ubuntuunitypythonlensuioeroerseducationdevelopmentquicklyoercommonsOne of the most interesting features about the Ubuntu's Unity desktop is that it takes the focus away from just applications and...
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First impressions of the Raspberry Pi
Tags: raspberrypiraspberry_pipilinuxdebianembeddededucationYesterday I finally received my Raspberry Pi (model B), a small computer designed for educational use that retails at about the £25 mark. I...
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Tags: compscicomputingeducationukprogrammingskillsoerslightrantA few days ago the Guardian published an article stating that "the UK's attitude to computer education needs a reboot" lamenting the lack...
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