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An easy to read article about motivating learners and getting their attention: page 3 of 5 is the practical stuff.

How can Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per tweet, have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are between 3,000-8,000 words long? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? A new Twitter guide published by the LSE Public Policy Group |and the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog |seeks to answer this question, and show academics and researchers how to get the most out of the micro-blogging site. The Guide is designed to lead the novice through the basics of Twitter but also provide tips on how it can aid the teaching and research of the more experienced academic tweeter.

This looks like our LDL concept 

Course Builder is Google's experimental first step in the world of online education.

ALT-C - HE Strategy info

Looking for examples of current work being done in the US?

I note particularly the planed "engaging ed" competition. QUT staff could be part of this...

Using gamification for language learning.

Some survey questions we could consider using

Use this form, or your modification of it, to evaluate your e-learning course. Such an evaluation could be completed by all learners on completion of the course, or by a representative selection of learners. You can download this form as an RTF file.

Read it Later / FastFinga / Twipple / myEN / Voice2Note

TED Conversations was designed and built from the ground up to foster meaningful conversation among the global community who watch, share and discuss TEDTalks.

EDUCAUSE announced today a new initiative to advance analytics at U.S. colleges and universities. EDUCAUSE will work with the higher education community to provide thought leadership and education to develop institutional capability for analytics.

From Dean Groom - http://deangroom.com/blog/

A practical resource demonstrating the benefits of a more progressive and less proprietorial approach to knowledge transfer, and makes a strong case for a new, open, technology-enabled approach: - achieving more with less - the importance of a team rather than individualist approach to KT - the benefits of an open innovation approach, for example accessing new knowledge and perspectives through crowd-sourcing (for more see http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/kt/about)

Excellent article which can be applied to all kinds of scenario and game based learning, methinks.

What do we know about how people learn? How do young people's motivations and emotions influence their learning? What does research show to be the benefits of group work, formative assessments, technology applications, or project-based learning and when are they most effective? How is learning affected by family background? These are among the questions addressed for the OECD by leading researchers from North America and Europe. This book brings together the lessons of research on both the nature of learning and different educational applications, and it summarises these as seven key concluding principles.

A fantastic resource for lecturers that introduces a range of educational technologies - supported by examples, activities, references, videos etc

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