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Twitter lists are incredibly useful. Making them has been incredibly painful. This is a good step forward...

"help students develop and embrace  reflective habits in their work. Reflexivity and self-reflection are two key skills for an optimal learning experience. They allow students to not only critically appraise their learning and identify areas of weakness and strength but also increase their critical awareness of the metacognitive processes involved in their learning. These 40 questions embedded in this list are ideal for enhancing students' metacognitive abilities."

"the most excellent list of "Curated Readings" on open teaching and learning "

"We will be live-streaming this event using YouTube's Live Event service. Below is a list of the sessions, and you can watch the individual sessions on their respective "watch pages". Each has its own unique page, complete with chat, so be sure to return here to click the link to each individual session."

The most obvious factor that learners Spectrum-wide see as valuable is academic quality. That almost goes without saying, but it needs to be kept at the top of the list even though it is what we assume from all our institutions.

Beyond that, though, I would say there are three things: responsiveness, credibility and context.

From a VCU perspective, it is interesting that Zoom and Google Hangouts ranked at the top of the list.

The Netflix of podcasts?

"News sites with modular, image-heavy designs receive more pageviews and have stronger user engagement than sites with more staid, newspaper-inspired designs, according to a report"

"Amazon's toys category is no longer sorted into "Boys" toys and "Girls" toys. "

The potential power of Twitter / social media

decline of tablets / e-readers; rise of phone

"When I suggest sketching as a visual thinking tool, I often I hear "I'm not an artist" or "I can't draw." While I understand the hesitation, I'm here to tell you that the artistic quality of your sketches is not the point. The real goal of sketching is functional. It's about generating ideas, solving problems, and communicating ideas more effectively with others. "

Society for News Design winners, including some data viz examples.

"Not Just On the Web but Of the Web" Excellent, accessible discussion about making web content unique to its platform, using mainstream (NPR) examples.

h/t David C.

Interesting, nuanced take on "virtual reality" and journalism.

slick tag based sorting features which open up some interesting options

I can't tell if this is what I've been looking for or if I hate it. Changing organizational structures is a bigger challenge than it seems. I may have to give this a try for a week and see where I stand.

not much that's new but a good overview of the business of Twitter