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Good post on the meaning of web2.0 at a personal level.

Fold out and projected ebooks suggested in this future looking article on the book. Remember you heard it first walking to coffee with me!

This week the OCW Consortium is holding its annual meeting, celebrating 10 years of opencourseware. Are universities about credentials or research? Are they a repository of knowledge? It's important, O'Reilly argued, if you want to be innovative "to think about what job you do for your customers (for your students) and not just think about how you do that job today but why you do it."

The OU is developing the ability for students to use their own online environment to aggregate and view resources from their courses. Students won't be tied to an LMS (but can still use) and instead can use iGoogle etc as a hub.

David Wiley explains his critical position on MOOCs. I think I'm in agreement.

Google and the AND or the OR or the Plus + Search changes but also instructive on the attitude and way that Google makes decisions about change.  It might be really important to you but being part of 10% of a user base that likes versus 90% who don't like or are indifferent means you've lost.

Some background on systems to manages the research process, including IRIS (Symplectic).

What are the key areas that affect OER and faculty adoption?

Hey all, this could be of interest. A huge bunch of eBooks shared in an MSDN post this week so is legit. A lot of them are product specific rather than technology focused but still a good looking resource

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