Education –noun
The act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession.
Courses
2 Day Course: Supervisory Skills - Pitman Training - Oct 2005
This course was a basic introduction to line management skills.
Short Course: Unix & Linux System Administration - Heriot Watt University - Dec 2000
"This is a four and a half-day course designed for experienced UNIX users which teaches the skills and concepts necessary for UNIX system administration. You will learn the basic skills necessary to efficiently administer the UNIX operating system. In addition to the theory, you will gain practical experience of setting up and administering a LINUX workstation." [ More Details ]
Tertiary
BA (Hons) Communication Studies - Queen Margaret University College - Sept '94 - June '98
The BA (Hons) Communication Studies involved the study of all aspects of human communication integrating media and cultural studies, corporate communication and information management. The course also provided a good understanding of communication and its associated applications and industries.
Classification: First Class
Secondary
Dyce Academy - Aug '85 - May '91
SCE Highers: Accounts, Economics, English, and Geography
Publications
Cano V, Macfarlane, D, Brown K . (2000). Group-work Collaboration at a distance: applications of desktop video conferencing in a teleworking simulation. Proceedings of the UNESCO International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training. Edited by Y.Akpinar. Istambul, Bogacizi University Printhouse. 101-105.
Cano V, Macfarlane D, Brown K (2000) Student Led Evaluation of Co-operative Telework and Telelearning Activities , Wanderstudent 2000 Conference, K U Leuven University, Belgium, 19-21 October
Macfarlane, D, Cano V, Brown K , (2000) A Case Study of Inter-Institutional Collaboration- A Tale of Two Cities? IN Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Network Learning 2000. Edited by M. Asensio, et al. University of Lancaster and University of Sheffield. pp. 236-240.
Macfarlane, D, Cano V, Brown K , (2000) Evaluating the use of Desktop Video Conferencing in Groupwork Interaction , Association for Learning Technology 7th Annual Conference, UMIST, Sept 11-13
Macfarlane D, Brown K , Cano V, (2001), Poster Presentation of Hospiweb Project : EDEN (European Distance Education Network), 10th Anniversary Conference 10-13, Stockholm.