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Yawningly obvious, but a nice list nonetheless.

Thom & Vickel won best paper at ALTC2011! I think it was the QR code.

"Learn. Unlearn. Relearn. In addition to the content of our course-which ranged across cognitive psychology, neuroscience, management theory, literature and the arts, and the various fields that compose science-and-technology studies-'This Is Your Brain on the Internet' was intended to model a different way of knowing the world, one that encompasses new and different forms of collaboration and attention. More than anything, it courted failure. Unlearning."

"The public and college presidents differ over the educational value of online courses. Only 29% of the public says online courses offer an equal value compared with courses taken in a classroom. Half (51%) of the college presidents surveyed say online courses provide the same value."

eXe like? Crashed when I first installed it!

TwapperKeeper could be a community project for NZ. This shows an outcome in the ability to analyse event tweets. ALT-C2011.

"OpenMeetings is a free browser-based software that allows you to instantly set up a conference in the Web. You can use your microphone or webcam, share documents on a white board, share your screen or record meetings."

"But here are the best new educational features, in my opinion: Google Hangouts now offer screen-sharing, a sketchpad, and integration with Google Docs. That means that as you collaborate with others, you can view each other's desktops, you can view and edit documents together, you can scribble and share notes."

Short piece (with links to others) on podcasting style / technique

A new web-based learning environment instrument is described in this paper. The Web-based Learning Environment Instrument (WEBLEI) contains four main scales. Three scales (emancipatory, co-participatory, and qualia) are built upon the work of Tobin (1998). The other scale focuses on information structure and the design of on-line material.

Brand new journal with some elearning stuff. Open access too.

Lams, Scootle and QTI mPlayer

An examination of 31st century skills and how they have changed for HE

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.

Derek Morrison writes on some new UK reports and initiatives aand whether they have legs are are just more hot air posturing by govt ministries. Good links to some key reports.