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Learning analytics and more listed on Educause site.

library list of EDUCAUSE 2 page summaries '7 things you should know about...'

Version 2(updated) of the seven things you should know about MOOCs from Educause

Disruptive Innovation - an example from US HE of changing hthe way people access universities and undertake degrees.

Article on the philosophy of LMS and PLE and the development (in progress) of an OLN open Learning Network at a US uni coupling central services with student owned spaces / tools online. Worth reading

Access to all the Educause '7 things' papers.

"Private feedback has its place in education. We contend, however, that the vast majority of feedback can and should be public."

Myth 1 - Online Learning Is Impersonal Myth 2 - Too Much Going On Myth 3 - My Class Is Unique Myth 4 - Blogs Are for Navel Gazing Myth 5 - Discussion Forums Push on Strings Myth 6 - Online Group Projects Are Impossible Myth 7 - Tech Problems Will Derail Teaching Myth 8 - You Cannot Convey Passion Online Myth 9 - Virtual Classroom as a Literal Translation Myth 10 - Faculty Training Is About Technology

"Answering 10 questions will help guide faculty in adopting digital technology for the classroom"

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

ECAR (EDUCAUSE) report September 2014, titled The Current Ecosystem of Learning Managment Systems in Higher Education: Student, Faculty and IT Perspectives

ECAR (EDUCAUSE) report September 2014, titled The Current Ecosystem of Learning Managment Systems in Higher Education: Student, Faculty and IT Perspectives

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"The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues."

"Key Takeaways Education built around digital portfolios not only ties together various student-generated artifacts into a coherent whole but also creates an environment in which technology use has a clearly identified purpose. Hundreds of services provide free hosting and website creation tools and are ideal platforms for digital portfolios because they can support just about any type of digital content. Turning consumers of knowledge into producers of knowledge transforms learning into an active experience."

How creating MOOCs has flowed back into changes in the on-campus classrooms

"The new UW [University of Washington] model imagines the entire campus as a learning environment."

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"Among the things the two instructors hoped to address with an initial pilot were poor attendance of in-class films and lack of attention to the films among those who did attend."