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SOLSTICE involves the use of supported online learning or blended learning designed on sound pedagogic principles and developed as a result of ongoing evaluative research

SOLSTICE involves the use of supported online learning or blended learning designed on sound pedagogic principles and developed as a result of ongoing evaluative research

"Prestridge identifies three professional learning activities vital for meaningful ICT teacher PD; collegial dialogue;investigation; and reflection. She chooses to investigate the role of collegial dialogue in developing learning communities and enabling pedagogical change. This is intended to inform a model for ICT professional development, using online discussion forums to facilitate discussion."

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

Josie Fraser's Keynote at Online Educa Berlin 2010. Keynote: Building Networked Learning Environments

Survey based on perceptions of preferred and actual learning in online environments based on social constructivist pedagogies.

Recordings of the sessions presented during the Learning Futures Festival, held 13-15 April 2011, are now available to view online. Among them are presentations by delegates from ICDE member institutions, Athabasca University, The Open University, Unisa, University of Leicester and the University of Southern Queensland.

"It was just 18 months ago that we were living in the "Year of the MOOC." Massive open online courses-MOOC for short-were supposed to revolutionize the way people learned and deliver high-quality education to the masses. But the idea faced a tough 2013. The co-founder of Udacity, an early pioneer in free online education, admitted that his company initially had a "lousy product," while studies showed that hardly any students were actually completing the courses offered by such services at all."

"Shibley talked about how the online classroom differs from the traditional face-to-face classroom, and suggested strategies for capitalizing on those differences to improve student learning."

Mindful Infotention - A combination of learned attention skills and online information tools. Created in a rich Concept Map.

FOE Mooc analysis

2nd edition The Theory and Practice of Online Learning published 2008 edited by Terry Anderson download page for the entire eBook or can download individual chapters as preferred

Short post linking to reports on Moocs and where they might lead.

Review of 2013 including extended analysis of the mooc-state.

Set of resources to mainly virtual tours - the moon, Louvre, Smithsonian etc and medicine and geography

"Here, learning designer Judith Boettcher examines online assessment strategies beyond the traditional end-of-term paper."

Interesting look at the difference between f2f and online/flipped classes and why any chorus complaining that online doesn't have the human impact is a red herring. Also uses Mazur's thresholds as an example.

FOE vs EDC moocs - a learning approach comparison.

"In the context of a growing emphasis on eLearning, most commonly facilitated by enterprise-scale Learning Management System and a range of institutionally managed and supported communication and collaboration software tools, and in an environment of increasing emphasis on intellectual property rights management and quality assurance, how do universities (and other educational institutions) respond to the use of free, open-access tools in common use by their students? What are the potential educational uses of such tools? What are the current practices of use of these tools within educational institutions? What are the issues, risks and hidden costs? What are the advantages and benefits?"