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Comment on Endianness by ElearningWorld Admin

ElearningWorld Admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:17:18 +0000

Wow – I’d never heard of this concept – and my lack of proper maths skills means it makes my head ache just reading it ! lol
Interesting though – I can see why some people loves maths 🙂

Comment on What is a Byte anyway? by Endianness - ElearningWorld.org

Endianness - ElearningWorld.org — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:55 +0000

[…] All data in a computer is stored as bytes. Bytes are made up of bits, switches that can be on or off, binary. Eight bit make up a byte, four bits make a nibble. Two nibbles in every byte. The bits represent the placement value of a written number. Decimal has 1’s, 10’s, 100’s columns and so forth. Binary has 1’s. 2’s, 4’s columns and so on. The powers of two rather than the powers of ten. See my post ‘What is a Byte anyway?’. […]

Comment on Crossover by Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:37:54 +0000

In reply to Stuart Mealor.

Thank you Stuart.

There is always the thing that can happen, where those with the power to change education don’t understand education.

The only “right” solution is the one that works for the learner and it’s a matter of discovery for the learner to understand what works for them with all the available options and discussion with those that understand the options.

I’m starting to think that everything could be perceived now as a form of vocational learning. That all jobs / roles require a collection of skills that interoperate and compliment each other. Even if one of the skills could be considered to be the primary one.

I agree with re-learning, with refection to drive improvement and identify areas of such. Nobody can afford to stagnate in our ever competitive communication technology driven world where geography is no longer an important boundary as it used to be.

Comment on Crossover by Stuart Mealor

Stuart Mealor — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:09:05 +0000

Interesting post.
I always worry when a political party, newly elected, starts changing education.
If we look around the world we can see so many different models of what post compulsory education can be, and every possible variation of academic v vocational implemented.
I’m not sure I’m smart enough to know what is best, but I’m fairly certain there is no completely “right” solution – we need different pathways for different careers, different abilities, different economies, etc.
Let’s not forget, for many western countries the education system is a product of historic patterns, and concepts of self-study, lifelong learning, online learning – these are all incredibly new.
And once you add in the reality that many of us don’t have a job for life, but multiple roles, across different decades, then an ability to learn, and re-learn, is perhaps one of the most vital skills.

Comment on Think aiout it by ElearningWorld Admin

ElearningWorld Admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:19:32 +0000

Great post !
I’m definitely sceptical about AI.
I think “the best” it can do is amazing – and in the arenas of science and healthcare for example has so much to offer.
But from what I see the power of Ai is being used for pointless image manipulation, video processing, writing awful music, and other ‘entertainment’.
As an Apple user I’m also concerned with all the effort being put into AI, and it’s deep integration with the operating system. It’s OK on my phone, but I don’t want it on the computer I use for music production for example.
I don’t know where it’s all heading, but I hope there are real benefits, and not just shiny new things we never really needed.

Comment on Rolls in fridge by Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:44:50 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

Thank you.

Totally.

Sometimes all of the pieces of the puzzle come together to form a solution you didn’t expect to see.

Comment on Rolls in fridge by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:02:13 +0000

I love it.
I’m a real Notes user – used to be Evernote, but now Apple Notes (because these days they have good functionality, and can be shared across my MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Watch – so handy.
This reminds me of something I am doing at the moment – creating a ‘lunch menu’ for my daughter’s school lunch boxes – using sticky notes on a board.
What occurred to me, after reading this post, is that using sticky notes with my daughters we are actually involved in a ‘process’ – discussing, negotiating, arguing, arranging, re-arranging, prioritising, etc.
This reminds me of my early days in teacher training. And realising that there is a great value in what we are doing by ‘constructing’ the notes collaboratively … it’s not just the final end result that is important – it’s the process, in this case a shared process, that has value also.

Comment on Learning never stops by stuartrmealorStuart

stuartrmealorStuart — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:04:18 +0000

100% agree.
Not only is learning essential for our growth as people, but it’s fun, and it has a massive impact on our mental health.
I’m a big fan of lifelong learning, and I think whatever people want to learn, from musical instruments, to a new language, to cooking, to playing Bridge – we can learn our whole life in so many ways.

Comment on Uniformity by ElearningWorld Admin

ElearningWorld Admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:36:10 +0000

I’m afraid this content goes beyond my technical knowledge 🙁
However, it’s good to know that Moodle is building in this type of functionality for developers to use – and I’m sure that closed-source LMS’s don’t allow anything like this level of access to the community – so it’s grea that Moodle does 🙂

Comment on What if by Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:23:19 +0000

In reply to stuartrmealor.

Thank you Stuart.

Ah, that reminds me of the line in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”.

The thing is that there seems to be so many opinions at the moment that the facts are getting lost in the maelstrom. Though facts are facts until new facts disproves them, or rather slightly alters our understanding of them.