OpenStudy is a social learning network where students ask questions, give help, and connect with other students studying the same things. Our mission is to make the world one large study group, regardless of school, location, or background. http://blog.openstudy.com/

Helix, a new tool that seeks to reinvent what learning-management software can do. It's a "learning environment" that uses personalized narratives to engage students and explain why learning is important. It's driven by a data-hungry brain, which helps the platform evolve as students use it. As part-technology company and part-educational institution, they can do things-like letting students adjust their semester schedules based on their learning goals.

Background Learning today happens everywhere But it's often difficult to get recognition for skills and achievements gained outside of school. Mozilla's Open Badges project is working to solve that problem, making it easy for any organization or learning community to issue, earn and display badges across the web. +++

Alt-Ed is devoted to documenting significant initiatives relating to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), digital badges, and similar alternative educational initiatives.

EUROPP' s central mission is to increase the public understanding of social science in the contexts of European governance and policy making, both at the European Union level and at the level of countries across Europe and within its neighbourhood.

The editor of a new multidisciplinary blog run by London School of Economics academics has argued that the medium is "fundamental" for modern-day academics and their research output.

Disrupting College: How Disruptive Innovation Can Deliver Quality and Affordability to Postsecondary Education

E-mail updates inc blogs. The Guardian Higher Education Network brings together the latest insight, comment, advice and best practice for professionals working in and with higher education. http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network +++

Blog: The University of Venus is a collaborative venture bringing together the voices of GenX women in higher education from around the globe.

Global Colloquium of the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research & Knowledge. De-westernising Research Methodologies: Alternative Approaches to Research for Higher Education Curricula in Developing Countries. +++

The Eye provides a way to discover, explore and share new ideas. It maps hundreds of the top educational websites, blogs, forums and practitioner case studies.

The journal of educational alternatives University of Stirling, UK. No content yet. Maybe interesting later on? OR to contact?

University's experiments with new approaches to global learning +++

The Alternative Education Resource Organization is the primary source of information for those looking for, starting, or researching education alternatives...more schools not universities

Funding to support and develop the College's links with Indian universities, as part of a strategic intergovernmental initiative to foster closer scientific collaboration between UK and Indian scientists and industrial engineers. +++

Shiv Nadar university. Interdisaplinary/ collabration with industry for grads and post-grads.

COMMON SENSE IS COMMON PRACTICE - Making our children more competent and less helpless... Riverside is the amalgamation of an approach to learning that is embedded in common sense and a vibrant research centre for school education.

Learning for older people: Click on Rewa, India on right of page.