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Learning to compose a good question is a skill students should possess. Those at the Right Question Institute proposed process for students to learn to formulate their own questions.  This can be a good start to having students learn to compose questions. The post lists the QFT six key steps.

In a heutagogical approach to teaching and learning, learners are highly autonomous and self-determined and emphasis is placed on development of learner capacity and capability with the goal of producing learners who are well-prepared for the complexities of today's workplace. The approach has been proposed as a theory for applying to emerging technologies in distance education and for guiding distance education practice and the ways in which distance educators develop and deliver instruction using newer technologies such as social media.

The two congressional representatives have unveiled a draft bill of rights for the Internet. Reps Darryl Issa and Ron Wyden unveiled their proposal at Personal Democracy Forum, and invite the Internet to edit and refine the list on Keep the Web Open.

A librarian in every school, books in every home - a modest proposal by Bob Peterson

Creativity in designing schools. "When people talk about how hard it is to change our public schools, they're usually referring to curriculum reform or employment contracts. But there's another area where change is difficult: design. When a proposed school building doesn't look exactly like what folks think a school should look like, officials freeze. "

a new online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others.

Various explanations and solutions have been proposed over the last ten years in relation to the ongoing problem of student lack of engagement with the middle years' curriculum in Australia. Identified contributors to this problem include an irrelevant or trivial curricular focus and ineffectual teaching and learning strategies.

Doubt has been cast on the federal government's proposed internet censorship regime after a blacklist of banned websites was leaked online. Note: this article incorrectly suggests that Wikileaks has been removed. The Wikileaks site says the org's servers were overwhelmed by popular demand.

This paper discusses four key concerns about this current situation and proposes and justifies a solution whereby ICT would be a learning area in its own right, either within the framework of the Technologies or as a new learning area. Structurally this learning area would document the student learning expectations and standards for ICT as a GC as well as a discipline.

I would like to propose that one cause of curriculum overcrowding is a phenomenon I refer to as "Idea Creep".

Proposed new law in Canada will remove 'fair rights' usage for much online material.

Tomas Lasic's thoughts on the SICTAS Symposium - an excellent read!