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"That "Eureka" moment when a student thunders over an educational hurdle opening up a new realm of learning, is the holy grail for educators. The technical term is a "threshold concept", and they're being discovered in every discipline from economics to engineering, design and English grammar."

Good 2 page intro to threshold concepts in learning.

"Music and movie industries, you're well-known for being incredibly short-sighted, greedy and stupid. I'm not going to argue with that, because you really are."  A post explaining why piracy happens in simple terms.

Interesting look at the difference between f2f and online/flipped classes and why any chorus complaining that online doesn't have the human impact is a red herring. Also uses Mazur's thresholds as an example.

Digital capability for TEL Overarching principles: 1 start with pedagogy every time 2 recognise that context is key 3 create a digital capability threshold for institutions 4 use communities of practice and peer support to share good practice 5 introduce a robust and owned change management strategy 6 develop a compelling evidence-informed rationale 7 ensure encouragement for innovation and managed risk-taking.

"Despite pockets of good practice across the disciplines, wide-scale adoption of e-portfolios across further and higher education institutions has been less commonly achieved..." <--Oh really? Does that make us feel better?