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Become a @Google internet power searcher in six 50-minute free online classes starting July 10. Register now http://t.co/828Ydszx #yam

A good opportunity to see Google+, Hangouts, groups etc. used in an open course, plus you get a certificate :-)

eportfolio stuff from Warwick Uni

range of necessary skills and attributes to use twitter usefully. 

Part of the MSc in elearning ate Edinburgh Uni.

"This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively."

Free book on future of the internet download under read now) Bunch of essays about impact of internet on society, how internet should be managed, privacy, intellectual property etc . Various perspectives but published by a libertarian think tank. Critical of Lessig for proposing controls on internet development. Some good reads (Dean, beware - lawyers). Also check out the video presentations - panel discussions - some fascinating stuff. This book is both a beginning and an end. Its publication marks the beginning of TechFreedom, a new non-profit think tank that will launch alongside this book in January 2011. Our mission is simple: to unleash the progress of technology that improves the human condition and expands individual capacity to choose.

Description of Man In Browser (MIB) attacks on banking website access.

Hypothesis: Students judge quality of information based on position in Google search results. Intervention: Switch the order. Result: Students "used the (falsely) top-ranked pages".

"Competencies not Literacies! Measurable, deliverable, understandable. Why are people trying to burden students [& staff] with things they can't even define?"<--hmm something rang true for me here.

Information literacy is a human right, according to the Australian Library and Information Association.   Contains a link toe Australian National Library definition of Info-Lit

Course it's not piracy - that's something that happens on the high seas. And it's also not p2p either, which is used as a measure by RIANZ for copyright infringement.

corning glass update video uploaded 3 Feb 2012

Interesting idea designed to codify pedagogy and encourage discussions about teaching values. That last bit reminds me of Auckland Uni's Heart project.