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Collaborative approaches to the management of elearning - A Jisc and Hefce project.

Lakehead Uni, Canada has apps and gmail for staff and students - since 2006.

"The Tertiary e-Learning Reference Group acts as an expert group that provides advice on tertiary e-learning to the Ministry of Education and Ako Aotearoa" The last publication from this groups is here: cms.steo.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/3B455FA8-586B-447B-A239-75C523841021/0/highwaysandpathways.pdf

Professional Advisory by Ontario College of Teachers on the use of social media. Don't think I agree with it all but lots of reasonable stuff.

Good examples of social media engagement. Not using social channels as a news feed but engaging with students.

Primarily an attendance register with ARS functionality, but limited to 100 Bluetooth and Java equipped cellphones.

"Connexions is a dynamic digital educational ecosystem consisting of an educational content repository and a content management system optimized for the delivery of educational content. Connexions is one of the most popular open education sites in the world. Its more than 17,000 learning objects or modules in its repository and over 1000 collections (textbooks, journal articles, etc.) are used by over 2 million people per month. Its content services the educational needs of learners of all ages, in nearly every discipline, from math and science to history and English to psychology and sociology. Connexions delivers content for free over the Internet for schools, educators, students, and parents to access 24/7/365. Materials are easily downloadable to almost any mobile device for use anywhere, anytime. Schools can also order low cost hard copy sets of the materials (textbooks)."

Wheel of competencies, assessments and supporting technologies with a more useful table describing potential activities and fleshing out the competencies and rationale.

Alternative model of university - average class size is 15 students, students take one course at a time for a month

Some of the assumptions and approaches to open science.

Heterogeneous teams achieve more and have a higher potential for innovation.