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Dave Winer wrote a timely piece this morning about how Facebook is scaring him since the new API allows applications to post status items to your Facebook timeline without a users intervention. It is an extension of Facebook Instant and they call it frictionless sharing.

Excellent post by Mark Smithers capturing the difficulty I have with a corporate control attitude in HE.

Very applicable to the digital literacy project; make sure you read Jane's previous post 'social learning is not a new trend' which is linked to in the first line.

Mark Brown reminds us not to get carried away extolling the power of technology in a post based around Neil Selwyn's critiques of technological determinism.

Insightful post on the trends in the LMS market. It doesn't really address the potential for the demise of the LMS alongside the rise of the independent and open services that education is exploring, e.g. YouTube, WordPress, etc.

The divide in academia - those who blog and engage in the online world, and those who don't. Very good post. Also ties in with the connected researcher sessions we've done for Fass.

Post exploring connectivism as a theory.

Short post with 20 ways to put content online.

Summary post about the Masie Centres case study book on developing learning strategies.

Interesting post on invention and why Edison was fundamentally different from Jobs. Will annoy the fanboys!

Great guide put together from a series of blog posts. Talks about various techniques for blogging, podcasting, photo work, etc and takes a no-nonsense view of learning these tools and taking responsibility for yourself when using technology. Most things are valid outside of journalism so this is useful for all.

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.

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.

What follows is a draft of a document that I prepared that outlines a proposed architecture for Learning Management Systems. Because of it's length, I have separated it into four posts, Executive Summary, The Emerging Meme, LMS in the Enterprise Architecture, and Key Online Application Integration.

Good post on the meaning of web2.0 at a personal level.

Need to add to this and check MArk's post out.

InternetNZ post on the passing of the flawed copyright (internet) infringement bill

Doug Belshaw posts about "Attendance" and what that means at University. Some good slides to accompany on using digital media to improve L&T. "Embracing OERs, mobile learning and digital literacies looks to me like the mark of a forward-thinking learning organization."

I like the way he brings in Hattie's research--great minds think alike ;-)

Posts from Aston tagged Panopto - see especially Panopto on a stick - could solve a lot of our issues at WCELfest!

Post describing use of Grademark at Huddersfield and the larger e-submission and e-marking roll-out.  Some interesting stuff about rubrics and reusable comments that will also fit with Lightwork.