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Founded in 1990, Interactive Learning Environments publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of the design and use of interactive learning environments in the broadest sense, encompassing environments that support individual learners through to environments that support collaboration amongst groups of learners or co-workers.

The Association for Learning Technology Journal (ALT-J) is an international peer-reviewed journal which aims to promote good practice in The use of learning technologies in education and industry and facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers. As well as Theoretical debate and policy analyses, surveys, evaluative and impact studies are all welcome. ALT-J publishes an annual Special Issue devoted to a contemporary phenomenon in Learning Technology.

Tracking the new media/digital journalism training at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism - and the changing media landscape

Twitter generates almost one in ten Social Media global hits to websites according to web analytics firm, StatCounter. The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that Facebook is The primary source of traffic to global websites with almost half (48%) of Social Media hits followed by StumbleUpon with almost a quarter (25%).

Clay Shirky's work focuses on the rising usefulness of decentralized technologies such as peer-to-peer, wireless networks, social software and open-source development. New technologies are enabling new kinds of cooperative structures to flourish as a way of getting things done in business, science, the arts and elsewhere, as an alternative to centralized and institutional structures, which he sees as self-limiting.

Harnessing the potential of twitter for the benefit of his students - top 10 tips

Peter Salmon, Director of BBC North, on tips for those wanting a job in the Beeb

Public relations is all about reputation. It's the result of what you do, what you say, and what others say about you. It is used to gain trust and understanding between an organisation and its various publics - whether that's employees, customers, investors, the local community - or all of those stakeholder groups.

Insights and conversations on the next wave of technology

Rey Junco, a college professor and researcher who studies how social media use affects college students. I'm particularly interested in using quantitative methods to assess the effects of social media on student development, engagement, and success. Social Media in Higher Education is a place where I'll blog about the research I'm conducting and provide commentary on using technology in educationally-relevant ways.

Tips on how to get the best recommendations

A hashtag for the head: v-c tweets to keep in touch

We need better ways to save the media we're all creating, for our kids and for the historians of tomorrow

Video of the discussion between Jeremy Davenport, Paul Lowe, Etienne Wenger and Brian McCaul chaired by the JISC BCE Programme Manager Simon Whittemore.

Abstract Blogs, mailing lists and networking sites are much in the news, but how effective are they for business users? David thew is Joint MD of an executive search and recruitment consultancy with an active need to identify and contact people on a targeted basis. In this article he profiles LinkedIn, the business networking membership site that has become a key channel for him and his staff. David looks at key features and benefits and also discusses areas where he feels there is room for improvement

The Social Media Bubble

The moderated business community for marketers, bloggers, PR, and media professionals

Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

How News Consumption is Shifting to the Personalized Social News Stream