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Media and social media ban at Chicago State Uni. Only PR people allowed to use!

We envision communications infrastructure that is owned and operated cooperatively, by the whole of humanity, rather than by corporations and states.We are using the power of peer-to-peer technologies to create a global network which is immune to censorship and resistant to breakdown.We promote freedoms, support innovations and advocate technologies that enhance and enable digital self-determination.

Some statements / guidance from NC State Uni on the accessibility of Google Apps.  The 2 Athen docs linked to at the bottom of the page are useful.

"After piloting a digital textbook rental program in fall 2010, the California State University system learned a few lessons about how the e-books worked for students."

Short post about a preso on the state of the LMS with links to preso slides and archive. Great timeline graphic on the development of various LMSs including the gobbling BB behemoth.

College students love their smartphones. They use them in a myriad of ways and there's the data to prove it. A new infographic visualizes the current state of smartphone usage by college students and it's a sight to see. The infographic below from Online Degrees shows the 12 most popular ways students are using smartphones as well as the types of news they're reading, and more.

"A report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office on June 6th confirms a trend of the educational publishing industry: textbook costs to students at higher education institutions are rising 6% per year on average, and have risen 82% over the last decade. The study, ordered by Congress, looks at the efforts of publishers and colleges to increase the availability of textbook price information and "unbundled" buying options as required under provisions in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA"

Recommendations for a small US university on how to respond to the Mooc phenomenon.

I think this is an important stating of the assumptions built into technology and the outcomes resulting from these assumptions and inherent biases. "... we need to understand how the shape of information access controls the intellectual (and, ultimately, financial) opportunities of some college students. If we emphasize the consequences of differential access, we see one facet of the digital divide; if we ask about how these consequences are produced, we are asking about digital redlining. The comfortable elision in "edtech" is dangerous; it needs to be undone by emphasizing the contexts, origins, aims, and ideologies of technologies."

"Eighth-graders who thought a passage about a pineapple and a hare on New York state tests this week made no sense, take heart: The author thinks it's absurd too."

"The ins and outs of online video There is a lot of discussion at present about video content at present including from the Minister, regulator, broadcasters, new competitors, ISPs, and commentators (not to mention TUANZ itself: ed). This post tries to make sense of all that. It looks at the state of broadcasting in New Zealand and reviews the prospects for greater competition. Part 1 sets out how things look at present, and explains some of the basic issues. Part 2 looks at where the market might be headed, and whether the government needs to get more directly involved."

The United States government said today that even if the indictment of the Megaupload corporation is dismissed, it can continue its indefinite freeze on the corporation's assets while it awaits the extradition of founder Kim Dotcom and his associates. The US Govt is playing in the MPAA puppet film.

Review of 2013 including extended analysis of the mooc-state.

"The University of Florida has faced sweeping budget cuts from the State Legislature totaling 25 percent over three years. That is a main reason the university is moving aggressively to offer more online instruction. "We see this as the future of higher education," said Joe Glover, the university provost."

Scenarios for developing federated access management in NZ.

Some suggestions for designing mobile websites along with relevant highered examples.

Post on what to consider when mobilising your website - and it states that Sites are better than Apps, no matter how cool they are!

"Instructional Design Tips for Online Learning was developed by Joan Van Duzer of Humboldt State University to be used in conjunction with the Rubric for Online Instruction developed by CSU, Chico, c 2002."

Fancy interactive graphic on the interwebs

Interesting infographic

Some economic backstory to the state of Blackboard today and why there might be a significant collapse over the next 2-3 years.