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good summary about a workshop / presentation Nick Rate did incl. slides and further links

"We define managed learning environments (MLE) as "the software and digital content that support learning". Whether you just sit on the edge and watch or join the discussion the group 'belongs' to all of us, whether you associate closest with a school, an ICT vendor or the Ministry [of Education in NZ]."

"These tools include authoring tools as well as as delivery/tracking platforms like course and learning management systems."

new online learning platform by MIT and Harvard

"The purpose of the synthesis is to consolidate the international and New Zealand evidence around the emerging knowledge base about how to promote teacher learning in ways that impact on outcomes for the diversity of students in our classrooms."

keynote presentation by Alec Couros

"The Xerte Project provides a full suite of open source tools for elearning developers and content authors producing interactive learning materials."

"TKI is a bilingual portal and web community which provides quality-assured educational material for New Zealand teachers, school managers, and the wider education community."

"Interested in linking your school SMS to the LMS, with data moving automatically between them? Staff from schools, vendors and the Ministry can posting issues, problems, observations, thoughts, insights, possilbe solutions and successes so we all learn quicker and with less pain."

blog post about a shared Moodle installation by several schools and the advantages as well as disadvantages

"A one-stop knowledge resource, Emerging Technologies in Distance Education showcases the international work of research scholars and innovative distance education practitioners, who use emerging interactive technologies for teaching and learning at a distance. This widely anticipated book harnesses the dispersed knowledge of international experts who highlight pedagogical, organizational, cultural, social, and economic factors that influence the adoption and integration of emerging technologies in distance education. Emerging Technologies in Distance Education provides expert advice on how educators can launch effective and engaging distance education initiatives, in response to technological advancements, changing mindsets, and economic and organizational pressures. The volume goes beyond the hype surrounding Web 2.0 technologies and highlights the important issues that researchers and educators need to consider to enhance educational practice."

"Techlink is a site dedicated to Technology teachers, students and all those with an interest in technology education in New Zealand. Techlink showcases examples of contemporary teaching and learning in Technology and provides curriculum support and encouragement for teachers in their ongoing planning and implementation of classroom programmes."

"The e-Framework for Education and Research is an initiative by the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Australia's Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). The primary goal of the e-Framework is to facilitate technical interoperability of core infrastructure as well as effective use of available funding."

via http://twitter.com/watueueh/statuses/22645316395

"TestMaker is a web-based software for presentation, administration and evaluation of psychometric tests."

info about the MOE's stand on LMS; also includes relevant information on SAML-based authentication for NZ schools