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"This post will detail how to create an aggregator site wherein people can simply add their feeds to a site and have their content automatically re-published."

A new MOOC from Scott Lo in Japan. Details to come but from the title - Sock Puppetry - it seems we could be looking at the illusion that art creates with a bit of digital literacy on the side. Then again, it could just be an elaborate ruse!

This web site synthesises outputs from the JISC Learner Experiences of e-Learning programme. The programme spanned two phases over four years from 2005-2009. It comprised nine research projects in total (two in phase 1 and seven in phase two), employed mixed method approaches, and had the sustained involvement of over 200 learners and more than 3000 survey respondents. The programme focussed on the learner voice. Learners allowed us into their worlds and showed us what it is like to study in a technology-rich age. The projects produced a huge collection of rich, detailed data that sheds light on what learners expect from the use of technology in post-compulsory education and the choices they make about using technology to support their study.

Detailed report on accessibility needs for Moodle in the context of blind and vision impaired users.

"A second change proposal outlining a detailed organisational structure will be provided to staff for feedback at the end of March."<--this is what TEC staff were briefed on last week I believe.

Two Potential Futures Our forecast suggests that the learning ecosystem is going to diversify, and indeed has already started to do so. At the American Alliance of Museums' convening on the future of education Glimpses of the Future of Education By Katherine Prince, Senior Director, Strategic Foresight, KnowledgeWorks A detail of a KnowledgeWorks infographic on the future of learning. For the complete infographic go to knowledgeworks. org/strategic-foresight. 1 ® Glimpses of Future Educationin September, I had the pleasure of sharing two plausible scenarios for how the future may take shape. We could find ourselves living in: * a vibrant learning grid in which all of us who care about learning create a flexible and radically personalized learning ecosystem that meets the needs of all learners, or * a fractured landscape in which only those whose families have the time, money and resources to customize or supplement their learning journeys have access to learning that adapts to and meets their needs.

Includes details on turning your phone into a pirate box - and now available in Google Play!

Examples of scripting. "The aim of Desktop Liberation  and its related blog is to encourage you to take advantage of web capabilities without being constrained by your desktop software. You'll see a few techniques, tips and tricks for sure, as well as fully functional sample applications in various languages and frameworks, with a particular emphasis on Google Technology.   All code is of course unprotected and free to re-use. For more details see Reusing code from this site. Examples are downloadable here and throughout the site."

Interesting - people learn in MOOCS and at least as well as face to face classes. The paper is published in IRRODL so will be worth looking at in detail.

Details of a rating system for learning spaces to see how ell they support active learning.

A very long and detailed post looking at the maths of the pandemic and mitigation measures. The sooner you implement distancing the better.

The WHO map dashboard on cases. Countries can be clicked for more detail.

Book. Free, downloadable.

internet archive

"The Higher Education Academy published the book Transforming Higher Education Through Technology Enhanced Learning in December 2009. Although the book has its genesis in the e-learning Benchmarking & Pathfinder Programme led by the Higher Education Academy from 2005-2008 readers will find that the book contains a thought-provoking edited collection which offers far more than a straightforward account of outcomes of one national programme; you will find that it is both broad in scope and reflective in tone"

HP Touchpad tablet - looks nice but a another platform

"Access your Zotero library from your [Android] mobile device!"