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OER16 propaganda

Now I did this in 10 mins at work in PowerPoint - the software of choice for the corporate and time-pressed ds106 participant.

I grabbed the Charlie picture from google images, ditto the OER16 logo and pasted them in to powerpoint. Using the "colour" tool on the picture format menu, I made the white part of the logo transparent and turned it into pure black and white. I then resised it and used the "3D" rotate tool to fit it on to the main picture.

It was looking a bit odd, so I desaturated the main picture (33%) for a more retro look. The text used a "Bevelled gold" effect on a bodoni font.

I wanted to get the conference details on an actual golden ticket, so I made a rectangular text box and added the gold effect via assigning various shades of orange to a gradient.

And that was it.

Interpreting Table 9 of the KPMG costs of QA report

When I write my "wonk report reading tips" book one chapter will focus on the need to find a table where a graph hasn't been made and make graphs of it. Often it presents an interesting counter-narrative.

In this case table 9 of this report [http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/HEFCE,2014/Content/Pubs/Independentresearch/2015/CosttoprovidersofQApractices/Cost-to_providers_of_QA_practices.pdf] details how institutions feel that a hypothetical removal of the quality code (basically a removal of all aspects of external QA) would affect their administrative burden in particular areas. There's more data in the table, but I've just graphed where institutions overall felt there would be less burden.

This graph suggests the biggest perceived burden of the current model is not linked to cyclical review exercises but the (annual) return of data to HEFCE, HESA and others.

As the report was released to support a HEFCE consultation proposing a more data-led system of QA this is, to say the least, a little awkward.

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File under "would have been funny in 2012"

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Testing Flickr/Known integration

This is a guinea pig with my eyes and mouth. No reason.
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