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Practical tips to maintain teaching, learning and business operations during circumstances where staff or learners are unable to physically spend time on campus.

Where is all the assessment in a programme? A set of tools to visually display programme assessment.

Article about some work by Turnitin on sources used by plagiarised submissions.  It says 'plagiarised' but in the text says 'matched sources'. The Tii report is available on a link to check out details more fully.

Review of Kindle DX where students in a pilot program slated the Kindle for learning.

Research on the sources that Wikipedia contributors use.

Similar to Wordle. Works fast but can't see where to remove common words.

Tony Bates talks about problems that unis have and where technology can help / change.

News article on the United Airlines broken guitar saga where the only recourse left to the musician was to pen a song about the debacle and post it on YouTube. United started talking after this!

The video on the United Airlines broken guitar saga where the only recourse left to the musician was to pen a song about the debacle and post it on YouTube. United started talking after this!

Survey showing students prefer courses where there is lecture capture. Might argue with the methodology - I would have said yes even if I had never been in a lecture before!

via Downes: Brian Lamb's presentation is smooth, polished and informed. Culture, he says, is something that historically we have participated in by creating and not merely consuming. And we are returning to those days, where we can create content for ourselves that we used to pay for and merely consume. Indeed, for any content company, placing a barrier - such as price - between the content and readers is a fatal mistake. Culture is something that is ours - it's not simply the creation of the best, it's an act that is a part of being there (like the million people who have photographed Barack Obama). And when each person records his or her own presence, we can create something larger than life, something real. Knowing that you are making a significant contribution to public discourse is motivation to create and contribute. There's this and a lot more in this presentation.

Academic paper on school students info lit skills.

Unfortunately this is stuff we need to keep aware of. Do we push RSS as a channel or not? Still can for a while certainly - news etc, will need to see where it goes.

"...the average user has no way of pulling that data out of Twitter or Facebook."

"Globalisation is partially about extending opportunity and breaking boundaries. There is a growing expectation that higher education creates graduates that are 'global citizens'. Individuals set their own routes into a wealth of subjects, with as many limitations and restrictions set aside as possible."