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Study from which the previous article drew some of its data. "The study's objectives are to build a picture of the overall character and quality of the first year experience..."

"...research is a social process, and that building a network of peers is nothing new, but significantly increased by the use of social media."

This is the homepage for OpenPhysics: an on-going project to build a multimedia, interactive physics textbook for schools in New Zealand and Australia.

"The BehaviourComposer is a web-based tool designed to support teachers, learners and researchers, including those with little or no programming experience, to build, share, and discuss computer models."

"LectureTools is not lecture capture. It is a tool designed to help student engagement during your lecture. It offers a variety of ways for profs to build in interactive elements into the lecture..."

Alpha build of envy built with Google App Engine. Staff & students get equal access rights except where absolutely neccessary.

"Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society?"

Building on very small-scale work using MP3 files for summative feedback on one programme, the Sounds Good team will widen the focus to both formative and summative feedback in various disciplines at different educational levels. The experimentation will include delivering digital sound files containing feedback to students via a virtual learning environment, email and mobile devices such as widely-available MP3 players.

Tool to build games. Looks useful although will need some confidence to use.

A virtual lab to build experience with dilution, solution and lab technique.

"Provide a whole system wide view of what tertiary education might look like in New Zealand in 2016. The work will use JISC collective scenario building strategies and, in turn, draw on and inform the discussions of the TeLRG."

Unfortunately it's quite expensive "Event Eye is the first in a new generation of tools to enable event organizers to capture the backchannel and to integrate it with the main themes and presentations of the conference, to create a fluid dialogue that demonstrates an understanding of the audience and makes the links between the disparate comments. By using Event Eye, organisers will understand the mood and interests of their audience and will be able to react in real time to audience feedback and need. Event Eye has the potential to build the social capital of a conference, capture the collective intelligence and to turn an event into a movement."

Open shared local networks in a box. Useful for collaboration and when you don't need the internet getting in the way.

I had a look and think we could do. Might need Rob to do some soldering.

Here's our justification, it turns out "Darts built the device, originally called Freedrop, as an easy way to share files with his students in class. "I was looking for a device that would allow users in the same physical space to easily share files,' he says. It was a hit, but he soon found that his students had other sharing plans. 'Students started sharing non-class related materials, their favorite albums and so on.'"

"Carpe Diem is a well-researched, well-rehearsed team-based model for promoting change in learner-centred e-learning design and assessment, institutional capacity building and innovation."

The latest issue of DEANZ journal includes a framework for COP building by our own Bronwyn Cowie and Elaine Khoo

The OU does Personal Learning Environments PLEs as a supported project / unit. "This course introduces the main concepts and technologies behind Responsive Open Learning Environments (ROLE). The ROLE project provides tools and services that enable learners to build their own technology-enhanced learning environment based on their needs and preferences."

"...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."

This course introduces the main concepts and technologies behind Responsive Open Learning Environments (ROLE). The ROLE project provides tools and services that enable learners to build their own technology-enhanced learning environment based on their needs and preferences.

Services from Google that didn't last. A reminder to build in redundancy in learning design.