GREAT annotated curation of recent blog posts about the LMS

Really interesting exploration of how video games can be used to teach... photography and journalism.

"the WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) award to colleges, universities and organizations who are implementing exceptionally creative, technology-based solutions to contemporary challenges in higher education."

"Now, I realize in saying this I am merely expressing my Old Fartdom. "Why, in my day, there were groups and not all these little networks of people with their twittering and their facial books."" I think this is a pretty important distinction. And, groups are dead... mostly.

"The violent truth behind Reddit's trolling problem"

"Digital literacy is getting a sense of your networks. It's like learning a new city, invisible but beautiful, and baffling when you don't know how a new city works. But then, as you roam around, it can start to make sense. You get more comfortable, and in time, your rhythms come together with its, and you can feel the city. You can cross the street safely and get what you need from the city. You can make friends there, and find safety, and love, and community. We all live in this common city now, and we just need to learn to see it. We live in an age of networks, and it's an amazing age."

" "We don't have time to go to meetings in the center for teaching and learning," he says. "We have research to do.""

"A protest bot is a bot so specific you can't mistake it for bullshit"

Certainly an interesting debate unfolding in the comments. Sadly, I'm on the side of 40 years of history over 15. I'm not holding my breath for the pendulum to swing back at this point...