Archive for February, 2008

Focus Group # 2 – Saltash (Cornwall College) Lean Manufacturing

February 27th, 2008

Yesterday we held our second focus group at Saltash. The group were friendly and helpful we appreciate their assistance particularly having had a long day of teaching and staying on at the end of their day to take part.
Some interesting issues were raised by members of the group. Access to the web when in [...]

Focus Group #1 – Camborne Health Studies Students

February 26th, 2008

Yesterday we held our first focus group in Camborne, Cornwall. The group of Health Studies students were a friendly bunch and by the end of the session lots of great ideas, feedback and questions were being voiced. This session, the first of six, gave us a great insight into what the students were frustrated by [...]

UsPaCe – Rearranging the wheels to make a better vehicle

February 22nd, 2008

After my break in Canada I’ve returned refreshed to the project. We’ve had a very busy week getting lots of things finished ready for our first two focus groups next week. In addition to learning about their current knowledge and experience using web 2.0 technologies, we are hoping to show the students a basic overview [...]

ElggJam 08 and Elgg 1.0

February 12th, 2008

Two exciting pieces of news from the Elgg community came out this week.
1.There’s going to be another ElggJam – this time in London in June. We’ll probably be there as we’ve spent a lot of time tweaking and tailoring Elgg to our needs. What’s really interesting is that one of the main uses of Elgg [...]