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Powerful post from Kate Bowles on othering and otherness and presence and the implications for edtech and educators.

JISC digital literacies ideas and resources for strategic development of digital literacies, also has a print-ready version

I think this is an important stating of the assumptions built into technology and the outcomes resulting from these assumptions and inherent biases. "... we need to understand how the shape of information access controls the intellectual (and, ultimately, financial) opportunities of some college students. If we emphasize the consequences of differential access, we see one facet of the digital divide; if we ask about how these consequences are produced, we are asking about digital redlining. The comfortable elision in "edtech" is dangerous; it needs to be undone by emphasizing the contexts, origins, aims, and ideologies of technologies."

How tech can result in bad outcomes through external bias and social failures. We can forget that there is more to tech than it being "just some software."

Simulations that really are short. The theory is that you focus on one thing in the sim.

Good resource stepping through a number of stages in designing a course.

Graphic detailing drivers of disruptive shifts and key skills needed to operate in the changed environment.

"The student digital experience tracker, a pilot scheme to provide first-hand insight into learners' expectations and views on technology in an education setting, showed that 72% of HE and 70% of FE and skills learners believe that when technology is used effectively by teaching staff it enhances their learning experience - giving credence to the argument that practitioners need to develop their own digital skills to deliver learning and teaching."

A high level view of the the academic process of assessment and feedback.

Survey results from the FE (VET / Poly) Sector

"Enhancing assessment and feedback with technology: a guide for FE and skills"

Sheffield Hallam resource on using Tii for academic Integrity and good writing.

Connecting the LMS, the SMS and Turnitin in a workflow.

Short video 'tips and and tricks' stuff for Google Apps - created by Google, all videos in the the 4 - 6 minutes range

See the groups that a user is a member of in GAFE.

"Telescope was created to provide an easy, free, and open-source way to set up a community. "

Open conversation software