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Keynote presentation delivered to Instituto Cervantes, Providence, Rhode Island.Social network technologies are reforming the way we communicate with each other inside and outside our learning environments. In this presentation, Stephen Downes offers an inside look at these technologies, how they work, what they can do, and where they will likely lead the future of learning online. Downes will first outline some well-known technologies such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, describing how they are used and outlining how they manage online communication in general. [Slides] [Audio]

Google and the AND or the OR or the Plus + Search changes but also instructive on the attitude and way that Google makes decisions about change.  It might be really important to you but being part of 10% of a user base that likes versus 90% who don't like or are indifferent means you've lost.

Simple uses of Google Apps. Could be adapted to other situations.

Open source solution for sharing content. connecting and collaborating. Integrates with other systems.

"The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook is the primary output of the Blended Synchronous Learning Project. It includes the summative findings of the Blended Synchronous Learning case studies, a Blended Synchronous Learning Design Framework, and a range of other resources and information to support blended synchronous learning design research and practice."

ELearning support pages at U Alaska. Some useful stuff here. Have linked to Teaching Tips but also check out the other pages.

How do we share our concepts of AI with people from other cultures?

Article about some work by Turnitin on sources used by plagiarised submissions.  It says 'plagiarised' but in the text says 'matched sources'. The Tii report is available on a link to check out details more fully.

collaborative essay about MOOCs co-authored by multiple participants. Notes difference between and xMOOC and a cMOOC. 

Good example of an Infrograpic

"In preparing for a Moodle workshop--where the Moodle Glossary is prominently featured--I ran across some wonderful ideas for using Moodle Glossary as a part of one's virtual classroom."

New book (and links to others) on media and digital literacy.

100 tools - some for quite specific needs, others more general. Some will be useful more generally e.g it has Diigo.

Comparison between elgg, google, and other free tools to build social environments.

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

Effective Practice in a Digital Age is designed for those in further and higher education whose focus is on designing and supporting learning: academic staff, lecturers, tutors and learning support staff, facilitators, learning technologists and staff developers, and others with an interest in enhancing the quality of learning and teaching, and a curiosity about how technology can assist them.

Some online image editing tools. Falcon allows markup, so adding arrow, text, etc to an image. Other tools allow proper editing.