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By Anya Kamenetz in the Education column of GOOD magazine (Online), August 29 2011. The idea behind the Edupunk concept is a DIY approach to education in order to make education truly student-driven, and to make good use of the great variety of resources available on the Internet. To that end, Kamenetz, author of The Edupunk's Guide (a free ebook) offers these ideas regarding online research.

Much as the Edupunk movement fails to value the importance of a good teacher to guide and support the student's learning experience, this post fails to take librarians and libraries into account. That said, there are some great sites and sources on this list, though no mention of how students should evaluate the accuracy, currency, or authority of these sites. What do you think?

By Heather Kanuka, chapter 4 of Theory and Practice of Online Learning, ed. Terry Anderson, published by Athabasca University, 2E, 2008. The author suggests that, before evaluating whether new e-learning technologies work, it is important to reflect upon philosophies of technology and education.

Originally bookmarked by Brenda. By Terry Anderson. Chapter 2 of The theory and practice of online learning, ed Terry Anderson, published by Athabasca University, 2E, 2008. In this chapter, Anderson looks at learning theories generally, in order to look at and develop more useful theories of online learning.

By Richard A. Schwier and published June 2011. This page offers free download of the .epub. Schwier is at the University of Saskatchewan and studies virtual learning communities. For more, see the scheier tag.

By H.G. Wells, posted on HorrorMasters.com website. First published in book form in 1911 with other stories, Country of the Blind was originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1904.

R.S. assigned this for his class, week 9, semester 2.