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Coursera prevents other entities using courses as part of some other course elsewhere e.g. at UoW.

Class2Go is an open source platform(LMS?) is to be integrated with the edX platform and released on Github from June 1 2013. Will be interesting to see what its like...

Participation versus acquisition - which one should we choose?

The 2004 article by George Siemens proposing Connectivism as a model of learning.

David Wiley on a philosophy of Open and the fit / role of Moocs.

Game examining online privacy. 

Cory Doctorow on moves to get congress to allow business to plant malware on your computer just in case you do something they think is wrong.

Slides with lots of figures about global Internet & technology trends.

Interesting approach! Google created video on various tech support things like changing your wallpaper or creating a strong password.

Catherine Cronin keynote on being an open educator.

Report on GTech offereing a Masters in ComSci for $7000 all by MOOC.

"Why passwords have never been weaker-and crackers have never been stronger"

Coursera - to offer on campus courses and partner with 'not top class' unis' shock.

Moocs as capitalist ventures which will parasitically destroy academia and also produce poor returns for learners. This is an economic landgrab of huge proportions.

Simple with links to some tools.

"Published February 25, 2013 Matthew P. Long & Roger C. Schonfeld In this report, we present the results of Ithaka S+R's study of the scholarly practices of academic chemists. This study, funded by Jisc, presents information meant to empower research support providers in their work with chemists. The report covers themes such as data management, research collaboration, library use, discovery, publication practices, and research funding.   The report describes the findings of our investigation into academic chemists' research habits and research support needs. The digital availability of scholarly literature has transformed chemists' research by creating an environment where they can easily search for journal articles and chemical information. However, they often feel overwhelmed by the amount of new research available, and they need better tools to remain aware of current research. Furthermore, despite their heavy use of technology for research, many academic chemists have been slow to adopt new models of sharing data and research results such as online repositories and open access publishing. Our interviews highlighted the importance of the research group as a unit of academic life, and revealed some of the challenges inherent in working in groups that span institutions and national boundaries."

"A report summarising the experience of the University of Edinburgh of  offering our first 6 massive open online courses (MOOCs) in partnership with Coursera"

"'Massive open online courses: Higher Education's digital moment?' tracks the development of MOOCs from a small selection of specialist courses to major online platforms, offering hundreds of courses with millions of users.  The report explores MOOCs' surge in popularity and discusses whether this signals the beginning of a significant transformation in higher education, similar to those seen in other sectors, such as the newspaper industry. It pulls together the recent trends in online education delivery and looks at how universities can respond to the changing online environment."