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"Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and the desire is to retain these functions where appropriate, whilst the form they take may change. Much of the reaction to technological change comes from those with a vested interest in either wholesale change or maintaining the status quo. Taking the resilience metaphor from ecology, the authors propose a framework for analysing an institution's ability to adapt to digital challenges. This framework is examined at two institutions (the UK Open University and Canada's Athabasca University) using two current digital challenges, namely Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Access publishing."

Jane Jacobs wrote about urban planning and her descriptions of how a city operates influenced some of the development of 'The Landing' (Elgg) at Athabasca Uni, particularly around the structures that were created to support community development.

Presentation introducing faculty to Athabasca University's social networking system (based on elgg?). I particularly like slide 10 showing a fourth integrative pedagogy.

Landing is an Elgg install (currently v1.7.7). Brighton University also have (had?) an elgg install, open for staff and students to create whatever communities they wanted. Noticed that New Zealand Ministry of Education is also an Elgg user (according to Elgg site)

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.

Terry Anderson with a recap of 3 generations of learning theory, nets, sets, groups, and a final section on Athabasca Landing built using Elgg to allow social learning and connection.

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