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Tony Hirst embeds the real-time twitter backchannel discussion into the JISC10 conference keynotes (or if you prefer your video without subtitles http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2010/04/jisc10/keynotes.aspx). Something for WCeLfest2011?

"This is an initiative from the University of Otago, the University of Auckland, Wellington Institute of Technology, the University of Canterbury, and supported by Telecom NZ.  It is an open access national virtual world grid based on open source software.  It operates on NZ-based servers hosted at Otago, Auckland and Canterbury Universities, and leverages other national investments in IT infrastructure through deployment on the high-speed KAREN (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network). The grid has been set up with an academic focus and will be used for research and education, as well as for proof-of-concept application deployments and testing.  The objectives of the NZVWG initative are to: Undertake both experimental and routine use of virtual worlds in teaching and research;Develop engaging, interactive in-world content customised for NZ use; andDevelop new context-specific plugins enabling interaction between the virtual and real (non-virtual) worlds. "

Some real nonsense from the Age. No refs to anything and lots of out of context stats. "We talked to 12 academics .." and from that, education is going to hell in a handcart. This article is a bare C at 1st year level - if that.

Google Correlate finds search patterns which correspond with real-world trends.

Lane Clar keynote at the 2010 ULearn conference

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team launching a collaborative story (starting on Thursday 8 September) written in real time with readers following the story as it moves from blog to blog.

"... wearable computers allow people to do things like google information straight into their eyeballs while chatting on the street corner - or project a map overlay on the street in front of them, labeling every store. Or turn the local vacant lot into a wonderland filled with Pokemon characters ready to do battle. This is an augmented reality scenario. Now our technology can actually do this, using smart phones as a crude mobile interface. In these demo videos below, we're getting a first glimpse of what happens when the internet comes out of the box and into the real world"

Unfortunately it's quite expensive "Event Eye is the first in a new generation of tools to enable event organizers to capture the backchannel and to integrate it with the main themes and presentations of the conference, to create a fluid dialogue that demonstrates an understanding of the audience and makes the links between the disparate comments. By using Event Eye, organisers will understand the mood and interests of their audience and will be able to react in real time to audience feedback and need. Event Eye has the potential to build the social capital of a conference, capture the collective intelligence and to turn an event into a movement."

Students creating high tech augmented reality music video with crowdsourced material - and made for a real band.

"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."

"Blended learning is a disruptive innovation in education that can take many forms. Here, we look at what blended learning is, why it's spreading, and how it works in real and virtual classrooms."

Maths engine that can connect to Moodle - runs in any real browser. We should check it out.

THE ACADEMICPUB APPLICATION GIVES EDUCATORS THE ABILITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN CUSTOM BOOKS - IN PRINT AND E-BOOK FORMAT. Our application provides real-time copyright clearance and an ever-expanding content library along with the ability to add your own materials and articles from the web. And - peer recommendations from colleagues in your discipline can present new possibilities to enrich your courses.

Account of the news reports on Charlotte Berry @talktoteens who was vilified for being a real person on twitter. (Straight from the Street of Shame school of disgraceful journalism)

Attempt to solve the opposite problem - the anti-problem - to help you see how best to proceed with your real problem.