Calendar
Working on adding a calendar module to ROSTRA that shows the days on which stories have been published. Its primarily for the Blog version but will probably be of use for other ROSTRAs.
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New blog
This is the first use of adapted ROSTRA for blogging. The interface is basically identical with the blog appearance controlled by a set of custom templates. There are no topics to the stories and you cannot apply story publishing and expiry dates.
Lorenzo conquers Lhotse
The Lhotse Team is safely back in Camp 4 after reaching the 8511m peak of the world's fourth tallest mountain this morning. It was a cold windy day, but Lorenzo, fellow climber John and their sherpas Pasang Nuru and Pemda Chirri all summited Lhotse in less than eight hours. Other climbers under expedition leader Scott…
Lorenzo at Camp 2
“The hardest nine hours of my climbing career” quotes Lorenzo who is once again at Camp 2, acclimatising for his ascent of Lhotse. He is starting to feel the strain from repetitive climbs at high alititude. Unfortunately the weather has taken a turn for the worst, with a heavy fall of new snow and stronger…
Learning Objects: JIME special issue launched for global debate
Reusable Learning Resources on the net is the topic of the latest issue of the award-winning e-Journal of Interactive Media in Education. The huge amounts of global activity currently being invested in 'Learning Objects' envision a world where learning resources and activities can be effectively found on the net and even sequenced in appropriate ways….
Lorenzo at altitude
“Better than a theme park but not as safe” quipped intrepid mountaineer Lorenzo Gariano in his most recent phone message from the shadow of Everest. He and his small party had just returned from a traverse of the Khumbu Icefall – basically a live, moving glacier whose gaping cravasses have to be negotiated with ladders…
Enigma photographs uncovered
As part of the project with the locally based Bletchley Park Trust, a year or so ago we had the chance to take some detailed photographs of a German WW2 Enigma Machine. It was their 4 Rotor Marine Enigma Machine to be exact, used to send and receive orders or messages using the complex Enigma…
Harriett is leaving
In-house graphic designer Harriett Cornish leaves KMi today for maternity leave. Directors and staff wish her, husband James and her new family, well. Related Links: Harriett's webpage
KMi Stadium put to interplanetary use
KMi's long experience of webcasting technology was put to the test on the morning of Thursday 19th December as invited press and guests were given a final view of the Beagle II Mars lander before it was closed and sent off to its launch site. Those unable to attend the event at Walton Hall campus…
Shell and U. Twente visit
Today, the lab had a joint visit from Shell EP Learning and Development (SIEP) and the University of Twente in the Netherlands. On a previous visit, the new head of SIEP Adam Lomas had suggested that we all really needed to get together! Prof. Dr. Betty Collis is the Shell Professor of Networked Learning and knows…
