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Tony Bates on an innovation article published in Inside Higher Education.

New publication from the UK HEA on student - teacher partnerships for learning & teaching.

ECAR (EDUCAUSE) report September 2014, titled The Current Ecosystem of Learning Managment Systems in Higher Education: Student, Faculty and IT Perspectives

ECAR (EDUCAUSE) report September 2014, titled The Current Ecosystem of Learning Managment Systems in Higher Education: Student, Faculty and IT Perspectives

Abstract Managerialism creates burdens for academics with no evidence for its benefit. Business imperatives override educational. There is needless competition between universities. Research imperatives override education. Global inequalities in educational need are ignored, universities have not kept up with the way young people gain information and initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of higher education are 'tinkering' rather than the required total re-thinking of higher education.

Guardian article on Moocs

Full report of IPPR on the future of HE in UK.

Report by think tank on the future of HE in UK. Recommends credit from Moocs, all academics to have training in teaching & assessment, and a teacher track for academics.

a thought-provoking article that puts forward the thesis that MOOCs and Coursera are the wrong direction for higher education - that personalisation and customisation of learning are the direction we should be working to develop.

Set of links to SoMe resources for HE.

"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?

The mythology of more data = more knowledge.

"But I think there are two important things that online universities bring to the table: (1) Broadening access to higher education, and (2) Leveraging technology to explore new approaches to learning."

"Given an expectation of digital literacy among students, why should we worry about student perceptions of CMS tools? For the same reason exemplary instructors stay aware of their students' general learning style preferences-to evolve their teaching styles to meet diverse preferences and maximize learning while also attempting to develop and enhance students' abilities to learn in different ways. Likewise, knowing the CMS tools that students find most effective establishes an important baseline for understanding student needs that can be addressed not only in a CMS but also through other online systems and services. The University of Florida (UF) conducted a survey investigating that question in spring 2009, during the university's most recent CMS evaluation and adoption decision to replace the existing CMS. This research bulletin presents the survey results to help inform other institutions with their own evaluation and adoption processes. The information will also benefit instructors looking to maximize their own use of a local CMS and/or to choose tools that enable personal learning environments, as well as specific tools for learning."

Using the web for learning & teaching - @daveowhite's new understanding http://t.co/WEuEjNcc #digitalliteracy #highered (via @enactivist)

Genre's of participation - were we moving towards this with our survey descriptors?

'visitors' and 'residents' paradigm for ways of interacting on the web - unlike digital natives paradigm does not imply any age-related differences

Useful post.

Are universities going to end up being managed by non-academic bureaucrats?