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Excellent article on a different approach to getting teachers engaged with elearning (and any pedagogical innovation). I think we've already bed this overall idea i.e. that we need teachers to participate in the design of their courses but this provides structure around it and also theoretical underpinning.

Very interesting article highlighting the dramatic change in teenage writing over the years. Nowadays we make no more grammatical errors than we did 100 years ago, but what we write is much longer and more complex.

Schuman's piece deriding the Mooc movement based on Thrun's 'pivot'. It's crap journalism but it's the article getting all the comments. As an academic maybe she should read Hattie before bigging up her own contribution to learning.

Article refutes five commom myths about MOOCs 1. Fail to engage students in effective pedagogical practices 2. Deny students mentoring experiences with scholars passionate about their research 3. Lack the rigor of an on-campus curriculum 4.Provide, at best, superficial and narrowly defined training rather than deep understanding 5.Are an attempt to replace faculty"

Journal publisher tries to censor article critical of journal publishers...

Post on David Milne's work to link text to Wikipedia articles to allow more informed exploration of information.

Short Herald article noting Wikipedia use at Canterbury.

This article is worth reading. An interesting thought piece (two actually) on the move away from the open web to closed systems running across the internet that control the devices we use, the delivery mechanisms and the content we consume (read Apple).

Short article describing mlearning for the "Considered" user and the "Trigger" user.

News article about Sherpa - course recommendation software

News Article about Sherpa - course recommendation software.

Short article describing mlearning for the "Considered" user and the "Trigger" user.

Article that discusses the impact of the internet on reading habits the ability to engage in deep reflection

ARticle on finance benefit of corporate elearning

Article on Web2.0 and social networking use by MFL teachers. "Most language teachers shun social networking sites and other Web 2.0 technologies. Some even see the phenomenon as a threat, according to new research. However, a growing grassroots network is taking advantage, says Yojana Sharma"

"he power of storytelling as a pedagogical tool has been recognized from time immemorial, and, in recent times, for e-learning as well (Neal, 2001)."

Interesting article on plagiarism in computer science, with a suggestion that this is the fault of teaching design and that students are just playing the game.

Article suggesting online education can't be as good as a f2f ed - which is then undermined by all the comments from online students.

Article on the use of clickers not just for answering qns but to encourage attendance, reduce distraction and stimulate discussion.

This article defines transliteracy as "the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks" and opens the debate with examples from history, orality, philosophy, literature, and ethnography.