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"The report highlights a number of recurring issues surrounding the potential benefit of information and communications technology (ICT) to learning and teaching in post-compulsory education."

The much anticipated MS Word MediaWiki filter: "Allows you to save your Microsoft Office Word 2007 and 2010 documents straight into MediaWiki."

"3 ways that technology and learning technologists can assist faculty who would like to experiment as Professor Davidson [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/05/03/grading] has done with finding more authentic and effective ways to use grading to promote learning."

"Curatr is a new platform for delivering learning experiences over the web. Curatr advocates learning through exploration, taking a path through content that suits your individual needs, getting rid of the dreaded 'next' button once and for all." Due for release summer 2010.

"This page serves as the online 'home base' for the CFT workshop titled 'Engaging Students in Large Lecture Courses' held on Wednesday, February 17, 2010."

"The report is based on questionnaires and interviews conducted by BCcampus with a cross section of institutional stakeholders (instructors, teaching and learning centres and IT administrators) at 9 BC post-secondary institutions (25 were contacted) in the Fall of 2010. The paper highlights some of the concerns and benefits post-sec institutions in BC are grappling with when considering using cloud-based applications and services (specifically those hosted in the US), and illustrates some examples of how BC post-sec's have addressed these issues within their institutions."

"After piloting a digital textbook rental program in fall 2010, the California State University system learned a few lessons about how the e-books worked for students."

Lane Clar keynote at the 2010 ULearn conference

Whirlwind tour through Social Media in pictures. Killer quote is that in late 2010 & 2011, the world went mobile.

Nuancing Prensky and introducing the 'digital stranger'. Useful although not sure how much of a cultural and economic argument is being layered on.

Post about using Google Reader. Basic but some handy tips.

Links to some Google Apps resources

Graphing connection in social networks.

Creating calendar entries from dates in a spreadsheet. Also links to options for reverse direction or using forms, contacts etc.

Following #mootau15 & @vmarchant's session on #retention using @Jeanette_242's #completion #research http://t.co/qWBEUM3WsA looks useful.

Following #mootau15 & @vmarchant's session on #retention using @Jeanette_242's #completion #research http://t.co/qWBEUM3WsA looks useful.

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