Wcel_Team

"The simple, open LMS from Instructure: Clean, intuitive interface; Comprehensive feature set; Modern technology."<--something to watch?

"The study has been framed under the following guiding question: What skills, supports and processes are required by learners in the new ICT distance learning environments to ensure successful learner outcomes?"

Changes in reading habits mediated by mobile devices.

Librarians that are arguing and lobbying for clever ebook lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending library as warehouse as opposed to fighting for the future, which is librarian as producer, concierge, connector, teacher and impresario.

Create your own short URLs

Reclaim your digital identity - an attempt by a developer to go open source, open control.

Creative use of the Panopto notes feature to provide teacher feedback on a student's Panopto presentation. Also a useful format for Panopto (and other technoogy) tips.

"Video is having a huge impact on education for both younger and older students, and that impact can be felt academically, socially, and financially. This panel from Streaming Media East explores them all."

Postcards from 1910 France predicting life in 2000. Some great education ones!

Comment suggesting other device agnostic cloud services may be more flexible than iCloud

"Learning in Networks of Knowledge is a new paradigm for higher education, based on the changing nature and form of knowledge work in contemporary digital networked conditions. The LINK site explores and supports this knowledge - network - learning approach. LINK contains dozens of ideas about teaching and learning via the Internet, as well as tools (freely available web-based applications) that you can use."

"First year economics students at Waikato University now have a better understanding of their subject, thanks to new media. Lecturer Michael Cameron gave students the option of making a video and uploading it to YouTube rather than doing a written assignment. The subject was 'Why should you study economics?'"

Useful article on the rights you keep and the ones you give away with online photo sites, including Flickr, Twitpic, Photobucket, YFrog, etc.

For all you Moodle fans out there!

Very interesting and political article on the things that are really biting HE - big global things that will affect us all.

Jim provides a transcript of an interview about DS106 and DS106radio. Huge background to it all.

"When I heard a teacher tell me that they were creating recorded lectures for courses as homework assignments and spending classroom time on discussions and more active learning, I knew right then the value of the lecture capture tools."

Rapid change means we need to work differently. HE Teachers should understand some learning theory!

Article on data caps around the world concludes "Let's hope we never have to move to NZ" ...

The latest issue of DEANZ journal includes a framework for COP building by our own Bronwyn Cowie and Elaine Khoo