Author Archives: Steve

About Steve

Hi, I am the Learning Resources Manager @ the LRT. I have spent 25 years in Computing related sciences, as a games programmer, hobbyist, student, programmer, CAL, compiler writer, Web Administrator/designer/and consultant, 14 years looking after the Web presence for the MMU, and 20 years in systems integration to one depth or another.

Running with Wookie

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Steve

When we first looked into getting involved with the Widget revolution we wanted scalable widgets that could enhance the student learning experience and be deployed on a range of different platforms. Continue reading →

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Understanding how our fees web-services are being used

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Steve

After intensive testing, fee status information was released via the myMMU portal to all first year students on November 17, 2010. Naturally, there has been considerable interest in understanding the impact of this new system in terms of take-up and in the broader context of feedback from students and front-line FLS staff dealing with financial queries.
Here is how we sorted the records to get the statistics Continue reading →

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Welcome to W2C: extending the VLE through Widgets, Web- and Cloud-services

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Steve

MMU has recently (and publicly) reviewed its learning technologies and will be making significant investment in a new integrated VLE and Repository. The W2C project plans to enhance and extend this investment by opening up new development paths and will share with the sector the experience of pursuing them on an institutional scale.

The W2C project will demonstrate in particular the potential of Widgets, institutional Web-services and Cloud-sourced services for delivering an institutional vision of convenient, integrated and extensible learning systems. Continue reading →

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