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Some of the assumptions and approaches to open science.

Five articles on OERs in Oceania.

Sounds like Blackboard are shifting their game in terms of user experience. Interesting.

News article on Cornell developing 'malleable' buildings (aka future proofing).

Interesting post about collaboration in and across school departments. Some of the links might be useful.

Handy list to share.

Where NZ needs to go to shape its future. Includes mention of digital literacies and education.

Be open about what is hard, allow ideas to flow anywhere and anytime, don't be tied to titles but focus on roles. Keys to a collaborative culture.

Enter data in a spreadsheet to have 'visually rich, interactive timelines' created.

Resources from the ViewPoints project to assist with curriculum redesign.

"series of simple, user-friendly reflective tools that promote a creative and effective approach to the curriculum design process"

Alternative model of university - average class size is 15 students, students take one course at a time for a month

"As part of my open textbook on Teaching in a Digital Age, I am working my way through theories of learning and methods of teaching. I will post shortly my initial draft on theories of learning and their relevance for a digital age. In this post I want to discuss the lecture and its relevance for a digital age. Comments as always are more than welcome."

While the examples used are from school level, the principles will be generally applicable in tertiary.

Short piece from a US VC on the importance of technology.

Ephorus - the start of a blog about using a new plagiarism checking tool, Ephorus.

A plagiarism checking tool.

"Increases in the licensing cost of the plagiarism detection service Turnitin is causing concern at a number of UK universities"

Smart article from danah reminding us that privacy is a socially constructed notion.

"The project funds student partnerships in various disciplines to develop online learning resources using specialist software. This complements our partnership with Jisc on their Developing digital literacies project which aims to give students digital skills by encouraging HE curriculums to include digital elements."