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Published in Spectrum > Mobile Learning, Libraries, And Technologies, March 12, 2009. "MLE-Moodle is an out-of-the-box mobile Learning (mLearning) system, designed for mobile phones." With MCNC in particular, we've discussed how it might be helpful to be able to engage students/faculty/administrators in Polilogue via mobile phone in addition to computer.

Part of Carnegie Mellon University, the Open Learning Initiative is, like GSCC, the recipient of a Gates Foundation technology-related grant. The grant is "for the collaborative development, use, evaluation, and continuous improvement of web-based open Learning environments for high-demand "gatekeeper" courses" (from Gates Foundation press release).

This is a Universal Design for Learning project built by CAST, a nonprofit R&D organization that uses Universal Design for Learning as a tool to improve Learning opportunities for all individuals, including those with disabilities (originally Center for Applied Special Technology). See the Featured Tools on the home page for some interesting "highly supported" digital tools.

By Jennifer Gonzalez, Students column, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2011. Studies conducted by MDRC have found that, "while students [in learning communities] do make academic gains, such as progressing more quickly through developmental courses, the gains don't persist beyond the semester students are involved in the learning community." Authors acknowledge that these are early findings and that later findings may prove different results.

Wisc-Online, developed by faculty form the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) is a "digital library of Web-based learning resources called 'learning objects'." Categories include Business, General Education, Health, Professional Development, Service and Technical, with sub-categories under each.

AH recommended this library of learning objects, also drawing attention to the "game builder area," in which you can create an account and save favorites which can later be compiled to resource lists.

From Bowling Green State University, resources provided by their Center for Teaching and Learning. They use Shelfari to collect and describe their Library Holdings; the Center Archives has an excellent compilation of favorite websites; and the Teaching and Learning Guides are also helpful.

"ALM is an international research forum bringing together researchers and practitioners in adult mathematics/numeracy teaching and learning in order to promote the learning of mathematics by adults." The site includes the proceedings from each annual meeting, as well as a newsletter for download.

Information about the upcoming conference on networked learning in higher education and lifelong learning

ANGEL Learning Management System - merged with Blackboard

As noted in the fine print at the top of the page, "this wiki has been created by Marlene Manto to support a presentation on 23rd August, 2010." The wiki looks at 6 commonly-asked questions about e-learning and the Australian Flexible learning Framework.

By Harold Pasher, Mark McDaniel, Doug Rohrer, and Robert Bjork. Published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, vol 9 (3), Dec 2008, pp. 105-119. The authors looked at scientific evidence related to learning-style assessments in education. They concluded that evidence did not bear out the use of such assessments, but also point out that many versions of learning styles have not been tested at all (and thus there is no evidence).

LASSI is an inventory of learning and study strategies, and measures students' strengths and weaknesses in terms of strategic learning. Developed by Claire E. Weinstein, Ann C. Schulte, and David R. Palmer at the University of Texas, Austin.

This is a free questionnaire of approximately 20 questions that enables users to quickly assess their learning style.

By Susan Imel, published in ERIC Digest No. 200, 1998. This paper traces the concept of "transformative learning" from its development by Mezirow in 1978 through Robert Boyd and other contemporary thinkers.

Unsigned article describing cooperative learning. Includes references and links. From the Education Technology Training Center at Kennesaw State University. A "teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject."

By Kevin Carey in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue #15, Winter 2010. In this editorial, Carey (policy director of think tank Education Sector) argues that colleges are not fulfilling their mission to students: costs are rising and students are not learning (or even graduating). He argues for transparency and studies of the effectiveness of teaching and learning, and warns of the education-related lobbies that keep the rest of us in the dark about higher education.

This is the blog of Gráinne Conole, professor of e-learning in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University. Conole writes about a variety of e-learning projects that she is working on, as well as reporting on conferences that she attends.

Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC). This page highlights the Digital Media & Learning Competition. Winners are making a difference in 21st century Learning.

Posted by dskmag on the blog Design for Learning, May 28 2011. This blog is written by Dean Groom, who has an interest in "embedding new pedagogical classroom practice to create authentic, realistic and relevant Learning for today's Learners." This post describes ways to make LMS (and online courses) more engaging, following a gaming/Xbox model.

By L. Kupczynski, P. Ice, R. Wiesenmayer, and F. McCluskey in Journal of Interactive Online Learning, vol 9 (1), Spring 2010, pp. 23-43. Based in the Community of Inquiry Framework, this paper looks at the interactions between teaching, social and cognitive presence in the online Learning experience.