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Wow, this is a pretty amazing thing. And a great article for synchronous tech! Please have a look. This revolutionary five-experiment exhibition highlights the way technology allows people to connect and engage with each other in real-time. It's the online component of a year-long physical exhibition in London's Science Museum featuring a series of interactive Chrome Experiments that bring the intricacies of the web to life. In what is a truly global exhibit museum visitors can interact with the technology at the same time as online participants.

Wow, such an interesting direction that online/distance learning is taking through MOOCS (Massive Open Online Course). There is a lot more I can say on this topic, and I will! ____________________ Among the tens of thousands of people signed up for the University of Toronto's online computer science course Learn to Program: The Fundamentals, there are a lot of unconventional students.Of late, MOOCs have dominated the conversation around online learning. They drastically change distance learning, breaking down the barriers of geography and fees, while connecting students across the globe with each other and with some of the world's top teaching talents.

Another way that Facebook seems to be limiting privacy options. While they bring up a few valid points about how much the site has grown recently and the barrage of comments from users not really familiar with the issues, it is still pretty concerning to have even less control than we already do on this site