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"Conflicts arise, however, because accessibility accommodations can sometimes complicate efforts to quickly disseminate flexible learning options to a broad student population. In some cases, institutions are responding to such conflicts in extreme ways. For example, one institution simply took down large volumes of online content that had been provided in the spirit of UDL but that did not meet accessibility standards; in other instances, colleges and universities that feel overwhelmed by a conflict have done nothing at all to address it."

A to Z conflicts thru recorded history. Browse fast, as the site will be coming down to revamp its interactivity. Becoming a non-Flash site in 2013. I wonder if it will show the Apple vs Adobe war over Flash and how Adobe lost.

"We didn't get rid of a military regime to replace it with a fascist theocracy," Ahmed explains in the video. He goes on to give a sophisticated and succinct summation of Egypt's conflict. Viewers might assume Ahmed must be parroting his parents, but listen to him speak and it's obvious that at 12 years old, this child understands political power, public manipulation and social injustice.

"the author of the report states that, "there is a lot of conflicting data relating to Google+'s relevance as a social media platform. Our data suggests it probably shouldn't be a top priority for digital marketers." Do you agree with that, or do you think Google+ really should be a priority?"

The intersection of copyright and the scale and delivery of MOOCs highlights the enduring tensions between academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and copyright law in higher education. To gain insight into the copyright concerns of MOOC stakeholders, EDUCAUSE talked with CIOs, university general counsel, provosts, copyright experts, and other higher education associations. The consensus opinion was that intellectual property questions for MOOC content merit wide discussion because they affect multiple stakeholders and potentially carry significant consequences. Each MOOC provider, for example, establishes a proprietary claim on material included in its courses, licenses to the user the terms of access and use of that material, and establishes its ownership claim of user-generated content. This conflicts with the common institutional policy approach that grants rights to faculty who develop a course. Fair-use exceptions to traditional copyright protection face challenges as well, given a MOOC's potential for global reach. Nonetheless, fair use and MOOCs are not mutually exclusive ideas. MOOCs remain an experiment. Initiating discussions with a wide range of campus stakeholders will ensure clarity of purpose and a common understanding of copyright issues in a MOOC environment.

"For all these reasons, I've concluded that it would be sound pedagogy for me to give my students notice about some of the challenging material we'll be covering in class - material relating to racial and sexual oppression, for instance, and to ethnic and religious conflict - as well as some information about their rights and responsibilities in responding to it. Starting with the summer semester, as a result, I'll be discussing these issues during the first class meeting and including a notice about them in the syllabus."

"Hootsuite or Buffer? Buffer or Hootsuite? The question floats around social media circles and comes up time and time again. For me, it's like asking a gamer which is better, an Xbox 360 or a PlayStation 3? Each has its own traits and features, some people will align more with one or the other."