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Interesting article looking at the ownership of ideas. It made me think of Connectivism - ideas and knowledge exist in the network, not in the individual. If we recognised this would the problem discussed disappear?

"It is at once a statement of principle, a statement of strategy and a statement of commitment. It is meant to spark dialogue, to inspire action and to help the open education movement grow. Open education is a living idea. As the movement grows, this idea will continue to evolve. There will be other visions initiatives and declarations beyond Cape Town. This is exactly the point. The Cape Town signatories have committed to developing further strategies, especially around open technology and teaching practices."

Over time the learner has been the explorer of knowledge, its accumulator and skilled 'access-or'. In the 21st century challenges and demands are expanding and changing again. Our new society's environment is one of rapid communication, action and change, of intricate social activity and a huge potential for new knowledge. What are the models of the learner for this brave new world? How can higher education create these models and support the learners who aspire to them? This paper postulates four models of the learner of the future: * the collaborator: for whom networks of knowledge, skills and ideas are the source of learning * the free agent: utilising flexible, continuous, open-ended and life-long styles and systems of learning to the full * the wise analyser: able to gather, scrutinise and use evidence of effective activity and apply conclusions to new problems * the creative synthesiser: able to connect across themes and disciplines, cross-fertilise ideas, integrate disparate concepts and create new vision and practice. The paper describes an example of these kinds of learning and considers what they might imply for the development of learning in higher education in the coming century

Tool to allow real time online brainstorming.  Looks quite clever but I need a real situation to try it properly. "Edistorm allows you to organize your ideas in a real time interactive wall. Each sticky can have it's own color and the users decide what the arrangement means to them. This freeform method of organizing ideas will feel familiar to anyone that has thrown stickies on their walls."

"..we brainstormed ideas (using an Etherpad shared document) for a video scavenger hunt. Based on the input and suggestions of students, I created the following activity which provides several options for students working in partner teams."

Another nice ds106 idea: students contribute and vote on assignment ideas.

"Why returning to the lecture only model is a bad idea"

Some good high level statements but don't like the descriptions so much. Should probably rewrite!

An eportfolio workflow from a Scottish primary school.

RT @CC_Aotearoa: Got ideas for Open Access Week, Oct. 22-28? Join the discussion on our collaborative Google doc: http://t.co/Tb19eaHn #yam

Gary Stager on why BYOD is a bad idea. His reference point is K-12 and while not completely fitting the HE situation there are matches.

"Make #innovation in teaching & learning a strategic goal of the organization" @DrTonyBates adds to @JoshMKim's 5 ideas http://t.co/wXwYHl6C

"The Research Communications Strategy work is a JISC funded activity to investigate and coordinate many of the emerging themes, ideas and developments in the field of research communications at a strategic level."

Design thinking (or an agile approach)

Stuck with a 'Farm' address for a flickr image and no idea where it came from? This tip helps you sort that really quickly.

Template based activity for school kids but idea could be adapted for other levels.

some ideas for avoidding being caught in a 'filter bubble' such as those formed by Google and facebook...

short overview of the differences between digital literacy and digital fluency - also a link to a book on Digital Fluency. Brings in the idea of 'concious competence'. 

"I was roused from my teaching this week by the cacophony of tweets and blog posts on the merits and pitfalls of tweeting another scholar's ideas (the most cited ones authored or collected by Roopika Risam, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Adeline Koh), culminating in "The Academic Twitterazzi" on Inside Higher Ed"

JISC digital literacies ideas and resources for strategic development of digital literacies, also has a print-ready version