One of my favourite TV series from several years ago is Yes, Minister, the story of hapless government minister (and later, Prime Minister) James Hacker MP. One of the tricks that SIr Humprey Appleby, his senior civil servant, would use to dissuade Hacker from pursuing a particular decision was to label is as brave, the implication being that it would get Hacker in to trouble, or lose him his seat...
Just yesterday, I got the following comment over on a new blog I've started: "Good luck with this, I don’t think I would have the nerve to do something similar online."
Gulp...
The context is this: Digital Worlds - Interactive Media and Game Design, "an experiment in the production and delivery of online educational materials…"
In short, I'm going to have a go at 'blogging a course', sort of...
The experiment started today - ish - and will hopefully carry on for at least the next 2-3 months. Feel free to tag along, and/or share the URL with anyone you think may be interested ;-)
PS the BBC have popped a few clips from Yes, Minister up on Youtube, though they arenlt available for download. There's even on about University funding... ;-)
Posted by ajh59 at March 4, 2008 07:14 PM