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Australian Learning and Teaching Council, formerly CARRICK. A number of recent reports available including Learning leaders in times of change: Academic leadership capabilities for Australian higher education and The RED report: the contribution of sessional teachers to higher education

Infographics and other resources related to social media and how it can be used in education developed by the NZ Teachers' Council via @mariapersson

What can you do with copyright material in educational settings? The NZ context.

9 year old Martha Payne's blog about her school dinners. Went viral and then some when the local council tried to ban her taking photos of her meals.  Social media did the rest.

Welcome to this online community for people interested in Educating the Net Generation: Implications for Learning and Teaching in Australian Universities, a project funded by the Australian Learning & Teaching Council, 2006-2009.

"The conference is part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project, a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative. REAP is a collaboration across the University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University. REAP is evaluating the impact of new assessment practices supported by technology at course, faculty and institutional level.Conference themes: Focusing on assessment FOR learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions.Assessment and the first year experienceGreat designs for assessmentInstitutional strategies (designs) for assessment"

Harvard Library cannot afford to subscribe to scholarly journals which have increased in cost to $3.75m, They recommend staff use open access journals.

"This research report draws together findings from new data and more than 10 years of research on current practice and futures-thinking in education. It was commissioned by the Ministry of Education to support its programme of work to develop a vision of what future-oriented education could look like for New Zealand learners"