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Developing a real web presence rather than an idealised one. UMW web site and UMW blogs. Not online learning but learning online.

Learning spaces - pages on university sites.

"Welcome to the 'iPad in Education' web site - concerned with using Apple's iPad for teaching and learning."

QA testing for Moodle 2.0 site

Site that supported the transition to Google Apps by a school in the US. Some useful resources.

Comparison of licence terms of photo sharing sites

The nature of the academic lecture has changed with the introduction of wi-fi and cellular technologies. Interacting with personal screens during a lecture or other live event has become commonplace and, as a result, the economy of attention that defines these situations has changed. Is it possible to pay attention when sending a text message or surfing the web? For that matter, does distraction always detract from the learning that takes place in these environments? In this article, we ask questions concerning the texture and shape of this emerging economy of attention. We do not take a position on the efficiency of new technologies for delivering educational content or their efficacy of competing for users' time and attention. Instead, we argue that the emerging social media provide new methods for choreographing attention in line with the performative conventions of any given situation. Rather than banning laptops and phones from the lecture hall and the classroom, we aim to ask what precisely they have on offer for these settings understood as performative sites, as well as for a culture that equates individual attentional behavior with intellectual and moral aptitude.

"The nature of the academic lecture has changed with the introduction of wi-fi and cellular technologies. Interacting with personal screens during a lecture or other live event has become commonplace and, as a result, the economy of attention that defines these situations has changed. Is it possible to pay attention when sending a text message or surfing the web? For that matter, does distraction always detract from the learning that takes place in these environments? In this article, we ask questions concerning the texture and shape of this emerging economy of attention. We do not take a position on the efficiency of new technologies for delivering educational content or their efficacy of competing for users' time and attention. Instead, we argue that the emerging social media provide new methods for choreographing attention in line with the performative conventions of any given situation. Rather than banning laptops and phones from the lecture hall and the classroom, we aim to ask what precisely they have on offer for these settings understood as performative sites, as well as for a culture that equates individual attentional behavior with intellectual and moral aptitude."

New Moocs forget what Open really means and are tasked in this article on the Creative Commons site.

" Assessment, Badges, Gadget and Google Apps Script"

Post that includes lists of public domain sites for images, music, etc.

Good looking site with easy access to resources. Maps out what your actions might be on Moodle for different times/needs.

Neat site for making gifs from a SlideShare URL

Google site with stories of how to transform your business or work.

Moodle MOOC site - four week free courses on how to use Moodle, 3-4 hours per week