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The MASLE project has the goal of creating a series of tools for the evaluation of spoken language over the internet.This evaluation will be performed by automatic speech recognition software as well as by human raters.

this looks well useful, esp the user mngt and gradebook import/export

A set of videos looking at technology adoption in learning in 21C

"Recently the Ministry MLE roadshow visited Tauranga and I had some calls from local teachers who attended asking about the hidden cost of running Moodle in a school as it was indicated that running Moodle could be more expensive than one of the commercial vendors (eg Knowledgenet or Ultranet). I decided to sit down and work out ..."

Great post on why organisation websites are useless and what web2 tools could replace them.

A Practical Guide to Implementing Web 2.0 (aka Social Networking Tools) in Your Organization

Will have to try this one out!

What is the Story of Stuff? From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Worth keeping this one in mind

Facilitating Online is a course intended for training educators as online facilitators of fully online and mixed mode courses. The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) produced a Course Leader's Guide as an Open Educational Resource to assist educators and trainers who wish to implement a course on online facilitation within their institution or across several institutions. The guide contains the course model, week-by-week learning activities, general guidance to the course leader on how to implement and customise the course and specific guidelines on each learning activity.