Aqua-tnet

Short guide to "Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities" By Amy Mollett, Danielle Moran, and Patrick Dunleavy, (2011), LSE Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science., London, UK.

Thanks for passing this on, John. A really nice guide from LSE.

An initiative to encourage and help develop open and distance education in the Asia Pacific region. Contains reports, resources and links.

Useful resource for writing learning outcomes

Web 2.0 survey and polling tools

Quick background on learning theories useful in designing courses

A Delicious Links Stack for using Twitter in Education

Educational animated videos that are packaged with quiz and further resource links. Most revolutionary is that they (and any YouTube video) can be customised by tutors for inclusion in the online or blended learning courses

there now is an edtech app store! Well, it's more like an app directory but you get the point. It's called edshelf and is an easy-to-use directory all the great web 2.0 tools out there just waiting for educators to try them out. You can share your experience with the tools, add your own, store a 'shelf' of your favorite tools, and more.

The International Journal of Information and Education Technology

Loads of IT-related reports etc of use to the group.

A bog site providing a guide to free online courses and other learning resources

Thanks to Lionel Dabbadie for this link - it illustrates very well the potential for the Internet to profoundly affect the standard models of education - something I refered to at the aqua-tnet conference in Vilamoura last week.

In consonance with the mission of Commonwealth of Learning, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia promotes the meaningful, relevant, and appropriate use of information and communication technologies to serve the educational and training needs of Commonwealth member states in Asia.

"'Creative Classrooms' (CCR) are conceptualised as innovative learning environments that fully embed the potential of ICT to innovate learning and teaching practices. This report proposes a multi-dimensional concept for CCR intended to depict the systemic approach that is needed for the sustainable implementation of innovative and open learning environments using ICT across Europe. The aim is to provide educational policy makers, stakeholders and practitioners with thorough understanding of ICT-enabled innovation for learning, focusing on key elements that need to be addressed in order to innovate and modernise Education and Training (E&T) in Europe."

Community built educational courses using the Wikipedia model

Large collection of Open Educational Resources for schools and colleges

A key academic resource for discourse on contemporary education pedagogy and trends in technology enhanced learning

Free video lessons on a wide variety of topics (based around US K12 curriculum)

Collaboration between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide free online course materials

Free online courses from the UK Open University