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The University of Oregon is the latest to pilot a WPMU-powered blogging community. Convenient links to other similar North American examples. Something for WCeL to pilot?

"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)."

Short article espousing the benefit of Twitter.

"Students like Ms. Cook are among the first generation of undergraduates at dozens of colleges to take humanities courses - even Shakespeare - that are deeply influenced by a new array of powerful digital tools and vast online archives."

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.

"Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard, ANGEL, Desire2Learn, eCollege, Moodle, and other eLearning systems. Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one eLearning system to another. Whether you are a veteran of online testing or relatively new to it, Respondus will save you hours on each project. "

"Hotseat, a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience."

Post by Dave Snowden on the poewer of story and narrative.

The hidden side of discrimination in HE.

Powerful review of Kevin Carey's techno-determinist book 'The End Of College' - by Audrey Watters & Sara Goldrick-Rab

Article on the benefits of podcasting in Faculty Focus.

Gardner Campbell on the power of networked learning and notes that digital literacy is becoming impoverished.

Some interesting statements on the power of AI and also on the pressures that prevent teachers engaging in new ways with technology.

How deep or broad are different social networks. Thinking about community vs network. Don't entirely agree that community not possible on Twitter but get her point.

The New techs amendment to the NZ Copyright Bill 2009

"The development of the information society and the widespreaddiffusion of information technology give rise to new opportunities for learning. At the same time, they challenge established views and practices regarding how teaching and learning should be organised and carried out. Higher educational institutions have been using the Internet and other digital technologies to develop and distribute education for several years. Yet, until recently, much of the learning materials were locked up behind passwords within proprietary systems, unreachable for outsiders. The open educational resource (OER) movement aims to break down such barriers and to encourage and enable freely sharing content."