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"Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and the desire is to retain these functions where appropriate, whilst the form they take may change. Much of the reaction to technological change comes from those with a vested interest in either wholesale change or maintaining the status quo. Taking the resilience metaphor from ecology, the authors propose a framework for analysing an institution's ability to adapt to digital challenges. This framework is examined at two institutions (the UK Open University and Canada's Athabasca University) using two current digital challenges, namely Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Access publishing."

Slides from the various keynotes at the EDEN conference

Retrospective analysis of existing curriculum according to an activity taxonomy

The purpose of this study was to explore group forming strategies by examining participation behaviours during whole class discussions associated with active participation in a following small group activity. In-class behaviour correlated with online behaviour.

Schuman's piece deriding the Mooc movement based on Thrun's 'pivot'. It's crap journalism but it's the article getting all the comments. As an academic maybe she should read Hattie before bigging up her own contribution to learning.

"The DUCKLING project - funded by JISC - at the University of Leicester develops advanced delivery, presentation and assessment processes to enhance the work-based learning experience for students studying remotely."

NZ association for professionals working in Flexible open and networking education blog site

Deanz home site

Special edition of journal on Open Educational Resources

Another vision of the 'spare room': "The Media Zoo provides a supportive, experimental environment for University staff to facilitate transfer of understanding of the design of learning activities using learning technologies."

Article suggesting online education can't be as good as a f2f ed - which is then undermined by all the comments from online students.

"This evaluation report compares four software applications at opposite ends of the cost spectrum: DimDim, Elluminate VCS, TokBox, and Vyew."

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.

Report in the business value of using immersive technologies for work. 40% saw a positive economic impact. Used mainly for connecting users at a distance.

business value of using immersive technologies for work

"Carpe Diem is a well-researched, well-rehearsed team-based model for promoting change in learner-centred e-learning design and assessment, institutional capacity building and innovation."

Making digital learning normal at Dublin City Uni.

Links to lots of useful rubrics.