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In this article we provide a compact summary of two courses with innovative curricula integrating (1) Web 2.0 as the course subject, and (2) Web 2.0 as tools to support teaching/learning. We particularly focus on pedagogical approaches, applied methodologies and evaluation outcomes, indicating achieved impacts and possible ways to transform practice in higher education"
Doug Belshaw posts about "Attendance" and what that means at University. Some good slides to accompany on using digital media to improve L&T. "Embracing OERs, mobile learning and digital literacies looks to me like the mark of a forward-thinking learning organization."
Post describing use of Grademark at Huddersfield and the larger e-submission and e-marking roll-out. Some interesting stuff about rubrics and reusable comments that will also fit with Lightwork.
Reviews of Moodle plugins from a usability perspective - Is it simple to install?Is there documentation for it?Does it do what it promises?Is it easy for the teacher/admin to use?Is it easy for the learner/student to use?
"...we should expand what we think of as digital literacy to include a broader, meta-understanding of the context and history of the digital tools and media..."
Comments on Google+ but what's more interesting is the initial 3 questions and the rationale behind them. Qns we should consider when proposing edtech and they also explain some of the #diglit stuff we're talking about.
"[Blackboard] announced plans to add a 'Share' button that will let professors make those learning materials free and open online."<--stealing the march on Moodle? #irony
"...it's encouraging to see that enterprising hardware hackers are building DIY, open source mobile devices that could potentially replace those tightly-controlled eReaders and mobile media and Internet devices that we clutch so tightly."