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Martin Weller posits the current context for academia in light of the financial and funding hardships. A second post looks at the impact on educational technology.

Martin Weller continues his post on what the new academic context means for educational technology (and technologists)

"A disruptive technology, online learning, is at work in higher education..."

Atlantic article on SM in HE. Some good stuff about attitudes and the failure of the academy to maintain pedagogical control. Examples tho' seem to come from courses teaching 'about' SM, not 'through' SM.

"What does the future hold for higher education? How is American academia changing under the impact of continuous technological transformation?"

Some odds and ends of figures in an infographic.

Some interesting statements on the power of AI and also on the pressures that prevent teachers engaging in new ways with technology.

A piece highlighting an argument/misunderstanding that can often circumvent and derail critical discussions of educational technology.

Open textbook from Tony Bates on integrating technology into teaching - free download in a range of formats

"Dropping expensive technology into classrooms without changing the rules, models, methods, or content of the learning experience."<--Orewa anyone?

Lots of short videos on using a wide range of online technologies in teaching.

Resource booklet for teachers to get started using iPads. Useful justifications for technology use and also a long list of suggested Apps.

University refits student halls with Wifi and iPads for all. The aim "...to teach students 'IT IQ'-the ability to understand when a piece of technology is useful and when it isn't."

What are the fees like?

"Learn. Unlearn. Relearn. In addition to the content of our course-which ranged across cognitive psychology, neuroscience, management theory, literature and the arts, and the various fields that compose science-and-technology studies-'This Is Your Brain on the Internet' was intended to model a different way of knowing the world, one that encompasses new and different forms of collaboration and attention. More than anything, it courted failure. Unlearning."

Matrix describing different levels of technology integration

Latest Becta report on emerging trends in TEL.

A post from Tim Hunt about plagiarism in general and OUs policies for coping with it, and looking at the problem that some folks thing a technological solution is all thats required

A post from Tim Hunt about plagiarism in general and OUs policies for coping with it, and looking at the problem that some folks thing a technological solution is all thats required

Pretty rubbish article that doesn't differentiate between fully online and blended teaching and none of the commenters understand this either.

A survey of academics who taught on Coursera and Udacity Moocs and their perceptions.

The Chronicle with more surface stuff on MOOCs. There's very little to learn about Mooc design except don't make instructions ambiguous (with which I totally agree!)