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"Universities are run for the benefit of the adult establishment, both politically and financially, not students."--hard-hitting analysis of the US College system by PIMCO hedge fund manager Bill Gross.

"Connexions is a dynamic digital educational ecosystem consisting of an educational content repository and a content management system optimized for the delivery of educational content. Connexions is one of the most popular open education sites in the world. Its more than 17,000 learning objects or modules in its repository and over 1000 collections (textbooks, journal articles, etc.) are used by over 2 million people per month. Its content services the educational needs of learners of all ages, in nearly every discipline, from math and science to history and English to psychology and sociology. Connexions delivers content for free over the Internet for schools, educators, students, and parents to access 24/7/365. Materials are easily downloadable to almost any mobile device for use anywhere, anytime. schools can also order low cost hard copy sets of the materials (textbooks)."

Template based activity for school kids but idea could be adapted for other levels.

Puff piece by Anya Kamenetz on Coursera's move into the school sector. Would have expected something more in depth to critique this.

Open source help for schools. Includes a software directory which has some great stuff in it.

Review of book on implementing OLPC in the class. Interesting paragraph on boundary issues - by giving kids a laptop, school was impinging on home life and parental decisions on whether their kids should have  alaptop at home.

Some Google tips and presentations about schools using Apps.

The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE

Some Danish high schools have experimented with allowing students access to the internet during exams.  This is a news article but it suggests thayt the trial showed many positive effects.

"UnBoxed is a journal of reflections on purpose, practice and policy in education, published twice yearly by the High Tech High Graduate School of Education."

"Are you smarter than a third-grader? Because the online education system used by the Fairfax County public schools apparently is not."

An update on what some UoW staff are doing: "I [Janey Nolan] worked with Dr Paul Keown and Professor Lex Chalmers setting up on line communities especially for rural teachers in country schools."

Something for WCELfest? Especially if we have schools stream.

While the examples used are from school level, the principles will be generally applicable in tertiary.

"The University of Queensland has committed to the development of a major online open learning environment.  UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said heads of school, deans and other senior academic leaders had embraced a University vision to move toward the development of a major online open learning environment.  "The initiative is an integral component of the new UQ blueprint for technology-enhanced learning, recently released to staff," Professor Terry said. "

Short puff piece on using hangouts in education

We are stooping lower. After an Apple presentation, a US school board moves to claim copyright on all student and staff work.

Some technology resource support from a school. Covers Google Apps, Accented characters, iPods, Graphing, Media and more.

An eportfolio workflow from a Scottish primary school.

A site supporting the use of eportfolios at a school where they are using Google Sites and Apps.