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Very well thought out exposition on how the 'openness' concept has been confused and damaged by the MOOC phenomena. Preview of a chapter to be published in Bonk's book MOOC and Open Education around the world.

The long awaited (and much previewed through individual chapter release) book by Tony Bates on teaching in the digital (read modern) age.

Create your own fonts and get the css code for them.

PIVOTE is a virtual learning authoring system for virtual worlds. It was developed as part of the JISC funded PREVIEW project, where it was used to develop training material for Paramedic students at St George's Hospital and Kingston University. Although based on the Medbiquitous Virtual Patient standard the feeling of all involved in the project was that the system could be used for any sort of structured learning in virtual worlds. The result was that JISC have funded the creation of PIVOTE - this open source project.

Being released here mid Feb 2011 by AVCC.  Main new features are - cross-browser support; better Mac features; viewer can 'rewind'  live slides.

List of free Youtube alternatives for educational video - although in reality a lot of them are front ends for Youtube videos on a particular topic or category

"Introduction to Web Accessibility is an online course that introduces tools and techniques for web developers to easily ensure that websites are more accessible to users who are blind or have low vision"

Abstract How we go about assessing HE students has such a significant impact on student learning that we need to rethink our whole curriculum design process to foreground assessment.

preview versions of the new Google document and spreadsheet editors and a new standalone drawings editor, all built with an even greater focus on speed and collaboration. To get a taste of what's new today, check out our video

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Calendar, email, docs OS wonder what will come next