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ARticle on the challenges that ICT brings to teacher PD and argues for a community of practice model of PD. Notes that PD shouldn't be 're-tooling' but should open pedagogical opportunities.

Article on the School of the Future in US - how it's done, the successes and problems.

Tony Bates gives his preliminary conclusions of the important things in strategic planning for integrating technology use in HE. Some good statements around what can make integration successful.

"NCAT is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the effective use of information technology to improve student learning outcomes and reduce the cost of higher education."

Martin Weller posits the current context for academia in light of the financial and funding hardships. A second post looks at the impact on educational technology.

Martin Weller continues his post on what the new academic context means for educational technology (and technologists)

"It's all about collaborative learning, where the teacher is less of a 'sage on a stage' who knows all the answers, and more of a 'guide on the side', who encourages the students themselves to ask questions and find the answers from the incredible wealth of resources now instantly available to them on the Web."

"Where governments dream up projects like the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), the resistance seeks to grant kids a "Licence to Tinker" - to demystify the technology by providing tools and ideas that enable them to understand how modern networked devices work."

Tech crunch implodes - or not? What effect will AOL have? Does anybody care. Passion though from MG Siegler

Elearning is static. Mark William Johnson keeps us entertained with more philosophical musings on life, death and elearning.

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!

Timeline showing the change in market share of key LMS's

Supported by the principal bodies and agencies in UK post-compulsory education, the Committee was set up in February 2008 to conduct an independent inquiry into the strategic and policy implications for higher education of the experience and expectations of learners in the light of their increasing use of the newest technologies.

Great post on why organisation websites are useless and what web2 tools could replace them.

A Practical Guide to Implementing Web 2.0 (aka Social Networking Tools) in Your Organization

Derek Morrison writes on some new UK reports and initiatives aand whether they have legs are are just more hot air posturing by govt ministries. Good links to some key reports.

A report on the future of learning institutions, particularly universities.

The opportunities which can be provided by the Social Web are now widely acknowledged, ... We now need to address a range of concerns including those which have been raised at various workshops organised by UKOLN and delivered through MLA Regional Agencies and Renaissance Hubs. Such concerns include a lack of understanding (of what the Social Web is about); concerns over legal issues, technical challenges (such as interoperability, reliability issues), business challenges (such as sustainability) and related resourcing issues.

Report on WA and how teaching might have to change since it can solve complex equations and show the steps involved.

"To meet the goal of "preparing people for an ever-changing world", instructional programs need to apply strategies that focus on the development of critical thinking, problem solving, research, and lifelong learning. Those goals require a sociocultural approach to instruction emphasizing learning from experience and discourse. Sociocultural instructional designers question the applicability of traditional ID models because their molecular approach focuses on controlling the learner and environment, which often leads to inert knowledge. This article develops a sociocultural ID model and compares views of learning, roles of learners and teachers, instructional strategies, and the use of tools with the traditional ID approach."