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News article on Udacity's Thrun and Berkeley Chancellor debating purpose of education. Bit weak with typical errors about Moocs.

More in the debate on quality of learning and elearning in unis. (Actually not much of a debate - most are in agreement that it's crap!)

Interesting wiki debate visualisation tool.

Part of the debate on removing NC & ND licenses from the upcoming v4.0 Creative Commons. This argues strongly that these versions should be removed.

Part of the debate on removing NC & ND licenses from the upcoming v4.0 Creative Commons.

Decrying the LMS. More in this months debate on whether we should have LMS's or not.

Brian Lamb surveys the recent posts in the LMS Must Go debate.

Useful post from Kate Bowles in this weeks LMS debate. Utopian views by management are part of the problem.

The twelve first-person films that make up this series explore three related themes, each in its own way at the center of current debate about what works, and what's needed, to help students succeed during school and in life.

This article defines transliteracy as "the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks" and opens the debate with examples from history, orality, philosophy, literature, and ethnography.

A new site developed by e-cast which seems to be setting itself as a forum for technology (and education?) debates.

During the past decade, rapid developments in information and communications technology have transformed key social, commercial, and political realities. Within that same time period, working at something less than Internet speed, much of the academic and policy debate arising from these new and emerging technologies has been fragmented. There have been few examples of interdisciplinary dialogue about the importance and impact of anonymity and privacy in a networked society. Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society fills that gap, and examines key questions about anonymity, privacy, and identity in an environment that increasingly automates the collection of personal information and relies upon surveillance to promote private and public sector goals.

Grainne Conole on PLE vs VLE. Not sure I agree with her on the PLE/VLE dimension. I can have a PLE and still have part of that located in a VLE.

Many mooc discussions at Online Educa - report by Donald Clark.