Two days ago I attended one of the LMN’s meeting about web 2.0. One of the interesting highlights of the evet was Malcolm Raggett’s presentation on the evaluation of Google applications at SOAS. They have decided to offer Google services to their students…well Email and Calendar services to start with in Sept 2008. Then Google Docs and Chat later, this is to allow them to cope better with training and support.
Malcolm also mentioned that JISC has awarded £200k for a project involving all Bloomsbury Colleges. The Appropriate and Practical Technologies for Students, Teachers, Administrators & Researchers (APT STAIRS) project will explore the application of innovative technologies to enhance collaborative teaching and learning practices. They will be working with Google to evaluate the potential of Google Docs within the UK Higher Education sector.
For more info see their site http://www.bloomsbury.ac.uk/apt