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Here is an updated link on the week 9 article by Alan Levine on "Amazing Stories of Openness". It shares various videos and inspiring stories. Truly amazing stuff! "Open Education Conference Vancouver August 12, 2009 While the Open Education movement focuses on institutional issues, a large ocean exists of powerful individual accomplishments simply from tapping into content that is open for sharing and re-use."

The Long Tail or long tail refers to the statistical property that a larger share of population rests within the tail of a probability distribution than observed under a "normal" or Gaussian distribution. The term Long Tail has gained popularity in recent times as describing the retailing strategy of selling a large number of unique items with relatively small quantities sold of each - usually in addition to selling fewer popular items in large quantities

There is the simple way to explain differences.

The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, Canada's oldest non-partisan public affairs forum, is mandated to provide a civil place to disagree, fostering robust, informed conversation on the issues of our time. Recognized for events that encourage rich, frank discussion, the Couchiching Institute attracts thoughtful, knowledgeable Canadians passionate about public affairs.

wow that is a high tech wheel and reminded me of a PLE .

I hope you don't mind if i abscond it for my blog.

Ted-Ex introduces TED-Ed: Lessons worth sharing - mind altering education coming your way!

Complex systemsVol. 410, No. 6825 (8 March 2001).|PDF(207K)| The science of complexity, as befits its name, lacks a simple definition.

Applying Complexity Science in Health Care

basic interpretation

Never thought of this when I was in formal schooling. What a great idea to simplify and stay ahead of note taking in class.

I love mind maps I have been making them since I was 13. People called it "doodling" and disregarded it or viewed it as art. I kept some from my youth and when I look back and reflect on them I can see WHY I drew the images and linked them the way I did, they are like a visual diary of what I was going through at the time.

A personalized learning network with consideration of differentiation?

The Internet is gaining users each day - mostly in non-English speaking regions. That's because the web's reach is spreading fast. While it took 30 years to get two billion people online, the Internet is now adding one billion new users every four years.Smartling, an enterprise translation management company, created this multilingual, interactive HTML5 infographic to show who is using the Internet today around the world.

The 21st Century Teaching Project Findings (Part 2) This post is part of an ongoing series abridged from the 21st Century Teaching Project (21CTP) - a study of expert professional development trajectories and digital age practice.