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EDU's Researcher Wins Prize for Research on International Students

Book CoverCongratulations to Dr Anna Robinson-Pant for winning the

How a red pen will help Zimbabwe orphans

It might seem like a simple red pen. But for a group of students at the University of East Anglia it symbolises the chance to change something in the world for the better...

Click below for the full story from the EDP

How to use the Zoom H2 for recording interviews, podcasts and lectures

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Tue, 24/06/2008 - 15:10.

This video explains in detail how to make the most of the Zoom H2 available at the school for recording interviews or lectures for podcast or research purposes.

Prize for young researchers announced

From the ESRC website:

Two research post vacancies announced in education and Web 3.0

An exciting opportunity for research on the cutting edge of both research method, educational philosophy and the emerging world of the semantic web was announced by the ESRC-funded Ensemble project. Here is the announcement:

EDU research on boredom and schooling written up in TES

Work 'Boredom and schooling' by two of EDU's researchers Teresa Belton and Esther Priyadhrashini was written up in a recent Times Education Supplement with a mention on Times Online.

Adam Longcroft on Future Radio talking about local place names

Adam Longcroft was interviewed for the second time on Future Radio 96.9FM about his local place names and their role in helping us understand history.

Adam Longcroft interviewed on Future Radio about vernacular architechture

Adam Longcroft was interviewed on Future Radio 96.9FM about his research in vernacular architecture.

Research Student Space: Video Guide

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Sun, 16/03/2008 - 20:22.

Research Students at EDU have a new real-live workspace available to them now. Dominik Lukeš takes you on a brief tour of the old and the new space at the School of Education. You will also hear from Rob Walker, Director of CARE, and Waheed Hammad, a research students, what they think abou the new space.

Literacy and Development Group Annual Report Now Available

LDG has just published their annual report for 2006-2007. It is available below and for download on the LDG Website.

EDUCast Video: Rob Walker on Action Research

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Mon, 10/03/2008 - 18:32.

This is an interview with Professor Rob Walker about Action Research recorded for the 'Teacher Inquiry: An International Perspective' DVD produced by The University of British Columbia. Reproduced by permission

Google Tip 3: Search for exact phrases

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Fri, 07/03/2008 - 00:11.

In this screencast you'll find out how to use the "quotation marks"to search for exact phrases.

Google Tips

EDUCast How-To: Inserting Links, Files, Images, YouTube Clips into Text

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Fri, 07/03/2008 - 00:02.

In this screencast you can find out how to insert links, files, images and YouTube clips using the rich text editor.

Site Walkthroughs

EDUCast How-To: Formatting Text Using Rich-Text Editor

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Thu, 06/03/2008 - 08:08.

This screencast shows you how to:

  • Make text bold, italicised or struck-through
  • Make bulletted or numbered lists
  • Use indentation to quotet text
  • Use indentation to make sub-lists
  • Use keyboard shortcuts
  • Use styles to format section headings
  • Paste text form Word or other webpages using the Paste-from-Word button
  • Get a quick preview of how to create links and insert images
Site Walkthroughs

EDUCast How-To: Creating a Blog Post

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Thu, 06/03/2008 - 08:00.

This screencast shows you how to:

  • Start a blog post
  • Quote text
  • Tag your blog
  • Start or contribute to a blog project
  • Add your post to a group
  • Make your post private, ie. visible only to members of a certain group
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EDUCast How-To: Login, logout, request new password and keep logged in

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Tue, 04/03/2008 - 12:34.

This screencast shows you how to

  • log in,
  • log out,
  • request new password and
  • keep logged in.

Use the tags on the screencast to move to different sections.

Site Walkthroughs

EDUCast: Interview with Yann Lebeau

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Tue, 26/02/2008 - 08:33.

Dominik Lukeš interviews CARE researcher Yann Lebeau about his journey into CARE, his recent and current projects and his plans for the future including subjects he's interested in supervising or cooperating on with other scholars.


6:11 minutes (1.77 MB)

Prof Rob Walker discusses museums of the future on Future Radio

Dominik Lukeš interviewed Professor Rob Walker on Future Radio 96.9FM about his project The view of the child and young person in designing museum and gallery spaces for learning, through exploration, discovery and research. They also talk about interesting museums in Norfolk and around the UK, as well, as the upcoming redesign of the Norwich Bridewell Museum with local children.


EDUCast Lecture: Morwenna Griffiths: Autobiographical Research

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Sat, 23/02/2008 - 14:24.

Morwenna GriffithAudio of a lecture "Evidence-informed policies and auto/biographical research" by Professor Morwenna Griffiths (University of Edinburgh).


42:52 minutes (9.94 MB)

EDUCast: Web Walkthrough - A Look Around the Site

Submitted by Dominik Lukes on Thu, 21/02/2008 - 08:50.

This is a video walkthrough of this site. It will show you all the different sections and what can be found there. Other walkthroughs will reveal more about the site's functionality to help everyone more fully participate in the community.

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