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New preso tool

webinar presentation of the results of a large US survey titled 'Conflicted - Faculty and Online Education" conducted by Inside Higher Education

similar to votapedia and polleverywhere with free voting via cell phones for live votes in lecture theatres, presentations

Check out this presentation: Gluing together Blackboard, Facebook, & Twitter http://t.co/JCg9xt6s #RSS #SoMe #LMS (via @slideshare)

Slide 50 Bb-->Fb/twitter flowchart is intriguing (obviously substitute Moodle for Bb)

Free book on future of the internet download under read now) Bunch of essays about impact of internet on society, how internet should be managed, privacy, intellectual property etc . Various perspectives but published by a libertarian think tank. Critical of Lessig for proposing controls on internet development. Some good reads (Dean, beware - lawyers). Also check out the video presentations - panel discussions - some fascinating stuff. This book is both a beginning and an end. Its publication marks the beginning of TechFreedom, a new non-profit think tank that will launch alongside this book in January 2011. Our mission is simple: to unleash the progress of technology that improves the human condition and expands individual capacity to choose.

"How often do we read about the importance of teachers in education? It must be every day, it seems. We are told about 'strong empirical evidence that teachers are the most important school-based determinant of student achievement' again and again."

"Given an expectation of digital literacy among students, why should we worry about student perceptions of CMS tools? For the same reason exemplary instructors stay aware of their students' general learning style preferences-to evolve their teaching styles to meet diverse preferences and maximize learning while also attempting to develop and enhance students' abilities to learn in different ways. Likewise, knowing the CMS tools that students find most effective establishes an important baseline for understanding student needs that can be addressed not only in a CMS but also through other online systems and services. The University of Florida (UF) conducted a survey investigating that question in spring 2009, during the university's most recent CMS evaluation and adoption decision to replace the existing CMS. This research bulletin presents the survey results to help inform other institutions with their own evaluation and adoption processes. The information will also benefit instructors looking to maximize their own use of a local CMS and/or to choose tools that enable personal learning environments, as well as specific tools for learning."

Reform Symposium recordings. Haven't seen any so can't comment on quality. "RSCON3 took place from Friday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31*, 2011 and was our biggest yet global online conference for everyone concerned with education. With 80 presenters and 12 keynote speakers it was an absolutely incredible event! Organised by educators for educators,"

"LectureTools is a student response system that also allows students to take notes linked with the slides and videos presented in class, answer instructor generated questions and pose questions to the instructor. All notes, questions and activities are instantly synchronized with the LectureTools web application."

Good set of slides bemoaning the way the PPT is used in university.

Some commentary on data presented about UPenn Moocs and why the approach wasn't too helpful.

Great presentation on putting social into workplace learning.

Reduce time spent on student presentations in class by getting students to record them.

Some cool features in Google Slides to use.

"The DUCKLING project - funded by JISC - at the University of Leicester develops advanced delivery, presentation and assessment processes to enhance the work-based learning experience for students studying remotely."

Papers and presentations by Matthew Allen at Curtin. Some good stuff on the place of the internet and teaching in a web research area.

Slides from Phil Race presentation at Waikato on Streamlining Assessment.

"The aim of this small project is to create a map of virtual world based scientific research and educational initiatives at UK universities. The map is being created by Birmingham-based virtual world specialists Daden Limited as part of this year's British Science Festival hosted at Aston University in Birmingham.Virtual Worlds such as Second Life, where users can socialise and connect on-line are already being extensively used by UK Universities and other educational and research organisations - but it can be hard to find out what is going on, and where. It can hopefully become a lasting resource for UK Science which can live on beyond the 2010 British Science Festival.The map is, appropriately, presented as virtual map inside of Second Life where visitors will be able to click on map markers to gain further information on each project, and to be directly transported to the science project location.Users without access to Second Life, or running projects in other virtual worlds, are not excluded from the project. All information will be available through this micro-site, which includes a browser based version of the Second Life map, and lists of projects in other worlds."