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A post arising from a session about privilege in education at #educon. There is an amazing amount of love and insight in the comments.

Downes with a quick run down on educational theories that start with C (mainly).

Good video for setting up delegated mail.

Let's move away from a research vs teaching dichotomy at university and instead move towards a conceptualisation of the learning university.

Are universities going to end up being managed by non-academic bureaucrats?

Stuff we probably all agree with from a UK context.

Internet resources and players transcribed to a world map.

"Key Takeaways Education built around digital portfolios not only ties together various student-generated artifacts into a coherent whole but also creates an environment in which technology use has a clearly identified purpose. Hundreds of services provide free hosting and website creation tools and are ideal platforms for digital portfolios because they can support just about any type of digital content. Turning consumers of knowledge into producers of knowledge transforms learning into an active experience."

Great description of what a MOOC isn't.

Brian Kelly describes open educational practice.

Short post linking to reports on Moocs and where they might lead.

New technology.

Check your writing style to make things easier to understand. Active tool which suggests parts of text to revise for clarity.

Great interview with George Siemens about perspective after the MOOC tsunami has crashed on the beach.