<img src=“http://blog.swansea.ac.uk/blog/eechris/2009/01/30/reflections-on-some-e-learning-feedback-part-1/" alt=“Sample chart](http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=350x150&chd=t:60,40&cht=p&chl=Strongly Agree|Strongly Disagree) In one of my [current projects " title=”” />I am publishing the results (in blog form) of the first assessment of my use of e-learning that I have ever formally tried. The majority of the questions use the Likert scale (where respondees are asked to rank their response to a statement along the scale of Strongly-agree to Strongly disagree) and I want to present the results with pie charts like this one.

[](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__bnNGgqRugY/SYHIHm_Z8dI/AAAAAAAAJFo/qjEpFiZ8TeE/s1600-h/IMG_0003.JPG) Welcome to the blogging exercise ICCT class of 2009. Please leave the link to your new blog in the comments. [](http://picasa.google.com/blogger/)

This (partial) history of the Internet (from Arpanet to Internet) has been created as a show case for a German student’s diploma project to develop a visual language for electronic communication called PICOL. I picked it up from Lee Lefever at CommonCraft. The video itself is hosted at VIMEO. I may us it in my upcoming module on Comunications for the Internet. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2696386&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

Today, just as I sat down to eat my lunch of a bowl of soup and a sandwich, the fire alarm went off in Fulton house. It wasn’t a drill, but it wasn’t a fire either! Apparently, a fire detector has been sited too near to a steam outlet in one of the kitchens. Nonetheless, we all had to stand around outside in the cold until the alarm had been cancelled by the fire brigade.

In a past life I used to teach Java as a first programming language to Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Information and Communication Technology students so I was interested when news of [this article](http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/studentdevs/index.html) (published in [java.sun.com](http://java.sun.com/developer) [/developer](http://java.sun.com/developer)) was received via Geertjan Wielanda of the [Netbeans Educational Resources](http://edu.netbeans.org/) site. Two pieces of advice that I’d pass on are: 1. Knowledge of a subject doesn’t end when the exam finishes: a soup tastes better if the pot is left simmering for a long time after the meat is added!

At midnight the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) released the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). All the newspapers will be busy analysing the results (although only the Guardian and the Times Higher seem to have gone to press with any great detail today) and will be publishing new League Tables and University Vice chancellors will be busy putting the best spin on the results. The key issue will be how the research ratings will affect funding and most University’s have been desperately playing the transfer market over the last five years (to the detriment of teaching perhaps) in order to get the best possible score.

Jumping on the bandwagon, I though I would share this picture taken last year of the Eich Mühle, on the Regen in Regesnstauf in a very Christmassy Bavaria. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a safe and prosperous New Year!

Today it was foggy. Possibly the first fog of the winter. I was too late out of bed to capture the best of it, but this shot over the lake in Brynmill Park, added today to my Autumn and Weather collections on Flickr, was the most authentic “Foggy” picture that I managed to get. [](http://picasa.google.com/blogger/)

Day 100: A Linear Perspective Originally uploaded by Chris P Jobling On day 100 of my 365 photos project and it’s getting harder all the time! Short days and long nights make it especially tricky to find interesting subjects! Still I quite liked this view of the Swansea University campus that I spotted on the way in to work this morning. I cropped it quite severely to emphasize the lines and shapes.

The annual Guy Fawkes celebrations went off with the usual big bang with a fantastic display from St Helen’s Rugby/Cricket ground. We watched from across the road, on the promenade above the beach. And plenty of people had their fire, mini fireworks display, wine and baked potatoes on the sands. I had my camera and many more pictures have been published on Picasa and Flickr. Remember, remember the Fifth of November,

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=61927 < p>I’ve been taking a photograph a day to post on Flickr for 66 days now, and to celebrate I thought I’d post the slide show. Rugby, Rain and the views on the way to and from Work are the recurring theme so far. I wonder what’s to come! There are a number of these 365 photo a day groups on Flickr, but if you want to join the group I’m in, head over to Project 365.

Today’s 365 Photos Project choice came down to this abstract view of the new student accomodation and an autumnal view of fallen leaves taken in Singleton park. The leaves won out today, but I liked this too and thought it was also worth sharing. [](http://picasa.google.com/blogger/)