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Very interesting looking use of OERs for research students

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The manifesto for teaching online is intended to stimulate ideas about creative online teaching. It was written by teachers and researchers in the field of online education, in connection with the MSc in E-learning programme at the University of Edinburgh. It attempts to rethink some of the orthodoxies and unexamined truisms surrounding the field.

"In this chapter we discussed why fostering feelings of "being there" and "being together" are so important in creating online presence, and we provided an overview of the current research on presence. We also defined the concept of presence and explained the difference between presence and engagement, as well as the social, psychological, and emotional aspects of presence in the online environment.

Also on behalf of Helen Davies. This is a link to the abstract of a review of Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader.

I'm really just playing around so that I can find out about Diigo - it's not a service I normally use so please ignore anything I post for the next hour or so!

Please ignore - I'm just learning about Diigo

Another excellent site built around OERS - this time more aimed at undergraduates