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CSU policy on use of external edtech services.

Lincoln University becomes the 1st NZ university to declare an Open Access policy.

We are stooping lower. After an Apple presentation, a US school board moves to claim copyright on all student and staff work.

Australian Higher Education government policies and reforms newsletters

Supported by the principal bodies and agencies in UK post-compulsory education, the Committee was set up in February 2008 to conduct an independent inquiry into the strategic and policy implications for higher education of the experience and expectations of learners in the light of their increasing use of the newest technologies.

A post from Tim Hunt about plagiarism in general and OUs policies for coping with it, and looking at the problem that some folks thing a technological solution is all thats required

A post from Tim Hunt about plagiarism in general and OUs policies for coping with it, and looking at the problem that some folks thing a technological solution is all thats required

Why promoting Open policies may be the best strategy for open adoption in NZ

Guidelines at CSU for using external edtech services.

Media and social media ban at Chicago State Uni. Only PR people allowed to use!

A new Twitter guide published by the LSE Public Policy Group and the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog  seeks to answer this question, and show academics and researchers how to get the most out of the micro-blogging site. The Guide is designed to lead the novice through the basics of Twitter but also provide tips on how it can aid the teaching and research of the more experienced academic tweeter.

Innovating Pedagogy 2012. First report of an OU working group looking at exploring new forms of teaching, learning and assessment, to guide educators and policy makers

Overview We have devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). The curriculum helps educate students on topics like: YouTube's policies How to report content on YouTube How to protect their privacy online How to be responsible YouTube community members How to be responsible digital citizens We hope that students and educators gain useful skills and a holistic understanding about responsible digital citizenship, not only on YouTube, but in all online activity.

For Ref (Google) Force Chrome to fully kill a session when a user signs out or closes their browser i.e. don't run in background or save data to a users profile.Only for Apps domains and set at admin level as a policy. Needs Sync to be set too to be effective.

Good article on the principles of allowing data to be owned and distributed easily by the generator of the data and how companies could approach having a data portability policy.

"UnBoxed is a journal of reflections on purpose, practice and policy in education, published twice yearly by the High Tech High Graduate School of Education."

Database of good practice examples and policies in higher education

Cornwall College LSIS funded Research based project exploring the Issues for the uses of Facebookwith 16-19 year old Learners. Bex Ferriday.All the documents written as a result of the LSIS Facebook project are freely available from a range of internet locations. Documents are as follows:* Briefing paper (with case studies)* Suggested acceptable use policy* Plenary dissemination slides:paper and case studies available on Slideshare: