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"Increases in the licensing cost of the plagiarism detection service Turnitin is causing concern at a number of UK universities"

Ha, ha, ha! "Don't worry, online is inferior" "it's not education, and it's not even a reliable means for credentialing people" But is it learning?

"ClearBits provides hosting and distribution for open licensed media. We distribute high quality, open-licensed (Creative Commons) digital media, datasets, and artwork for Content Creators. We host creative content in its entirety, ensure fast, reliable downloads, and enable users to directly sponsor Content Creators and their work."

"Much has been written about wikis' reliability and use in the classroom. This research bulletin addresses the negative impacts on institutional welfare that can arise from participating in and supporting wikis. The open nature of the platform, which is fundamental to wiki operation and success, enables these negative consequences. A finite user base that can be determined a priori (e.g., a course roster) minimizes the security implications, hence our discussion in this bulletin primarily concerns open or public wikis that accept contributions from a broad and unknown set of Internet users."

"In the first of a new series of online 'radio' programmes - JISC on Air - we explore how digital technologies are helping universities to share reliable and consistent course information and support new students throughout the recruitment process."

Description of the reliability of tweets using the Mumbai2008 terrorist attack as an example.

"There are countless websites offering images, video and audio files for use in education, but it's not always easy to know which sites are most useful or appropriate. This advice document discusses general tools and strategies for finding digital resources and looks at many of the sites you can use as reliable sources."

The opportunities which can be provided by the Social Web are now widely acknowledged, ... We now need to address a range of concerns including those which have been raised at various workshops organised by UKOLN and delivered through MLA Regional Agencies and Renaissance Hubs. Such concerns include a lack of understanding (of what the Social Web is about); concerns over legal issues, technical challenges (such as interoperability, reliability issues), business challenges (such as sustainability) and related resourcing issues.