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Account of the development of the Edinburgh Moocs. Required watching to get an understanding of the backstage rationale rather than the Coursera shop window view.

"Brute computing force alone can't solve the world's problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right algorithm, but rather the right symbiotic relationship between computation and human creativity."

Interesting tool for group communications.

Looks quite neat. * Let your audience decide Get to know your audience by letting them decide which questions, suggestions or ideas interest them most. * Everyone's voice is heard The voting box at the top of page focuses attention on submissions recently added and on the rise, making it simple and easy to participate. * Be creative Include people in your preparation for lectures, interviews and hard decisions or work together to organize feature requests and brainstorm new ideas.

Video by Google on how their search engine works. Simple but useful.

preview versions of the new Google document and spreadsheet editors and a new standalone drawings editor, all built with an even greater focus on speed and collaboration. To get a taste of what's new today, check out our video

Press release by MS on Gates statements, including reference to Gen-I

"he power of storytelling as a pedagogical tool has been recognized from time immemorial, and, in recent times, for e-learning as well (Neal, 2001)."

"Share your note taking with everyone else at the conference!"--something for WCeLfest2012? Wish I'd thought of it!

Yeah - wish we had! Let's go for it in 2012. Was a complaint that there weren't enough tweets about and I know we all got tied up with making it run. Let's make it a feature.

HP Touchpad tablet - looks nice but a another platform

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

"What are the predictors of adult students' success in online learning environments?"

Michael Wesch talking about new media and you tube as well as Neil Postman and culture change.

Summary: Twitter is undoubtedly one of the most recent and successful examples of social networking to appear on the World Wide Web. Twitter provides an API so Web developers can enable their users to access the various features that the Twitter site provides. In this article, learn the basics of using the Twitter REST API.