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A great list of tools to explore

The purpose of the guidelines is "to encourage decision makers in governments and institutions to invest in the systematic production, adaptation, and use of OER and to bring them in to the mainstream of higher education in order to improve the quality of curricula and teaching and to reduce costs."

Twitter is still tops this year!!

Today's activity and topic is about who you should follow on twitter

Are you getting measurable, timely, benefits from your IT investment? Are your IT resources fully and effectively deployed? Are your information resources well managed? Are you driving your IT strategy, or is it driving you? This web, known as the "Information Management Body of Knowledge", is a collection of ideas and tools intended to assist anyone who is concerned to get the best out of their investment in information technology and the information systems that make it work. It emerged from research work undertaken in a partnership between the University of the Western Cape, and Cape Peninsula University of Techology (previously the Cape Technikon), both located in Cape Town, South Africa. It has been used in the context of business, public administration and community informatics, and the IMBOK has been adopted as a standard course text in South Africa, Europe and North America.

Sme great alternatives if you want to host your communities online using all the social media tools

Great resource for pre-service teachers and institutional leaders to learn how to integrate tech into their institutions and classroom practice

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Digital citizenship means the ability to use technology safely, responsibly, critically, and pro-actively to contribute to society. This course take you and your students through the steps.

"How can Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per tweet, have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are 3,000 to 8,000 words long, and where books contain 80,000 words? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching."

The purpose of this webquest is to challenge you to develop a 3 year Policy and Vision Strategy for ICT Use in Teacher Professional Development in your country.

The Digital Literacy Portal is the "public face" of an international movement focused on promoting  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Literacy and Digital Literacy.  This website provides a rich global resource and collaborative environment for dissemination of ICT Literacy and Digital Literacy materials, interactive discussions, research information, and international dialogue.

EDtalks is a collection of video interviews, discussions and presentations featuring thought leaders, innovative educators and inspirational learners.

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