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The story has been picked up by The Dominion!

Nice workflow: Googledocs-->Wordpress-->InDesign

"The third edition, May 2011, offers a renewed and refreshed (rather than dramatically changed) vision..."?

"Blended learning is a disruptive innovation in education that can take many forms. Here, we look at what blended learning is, why it's spreading, and how it works in real and virtual classrooms."

David Wiley explains his critical position on MOOCs. I think I'm in agreement.

Michael Wesch's latest "...'video collage' about student life created by students themselves and presented using the wonders of HTML5, allowing us to 'cite' books and videos that are being presented in the remix as they are being shown."

"In this seminar, Alan Cann of the University of Leicester considers the potential of social tools for researchers, based on both his own extensive experience and those of researchers interviewed as part of a study for the publication 'Social Media: a guide for researchers.'"

"What does the future hold for higher education? How is American academia changing under the impact of continuous technological transformation?"

"In a pioneering move to give impetuous to media and information literacy (MIL) and civic participation, UNESCO has released a model Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers."<--useful for digital literacy project? .@unescoNOW launches model Media & #informationliteracy #curriculum for teachers http://bit.ly/nN5oIq #yam

Analysis of Googles recent Motorola acquisition and why Google deliberately didn't want Nortel (see also the 'crazy bids' link for the refs to Pi)

"The tools I tested are Delicious, Diigo, Pinterest, PortaPortal, Scoop.It, Sqworl, Symbaloo, WordPress pages, and the WP-Table Reloader plugin."

Simple backchannel for events - Twitter wall like

Myth 1 - Online Learning Is Impersonal Myth 2 - Too Much Going On Myth 3 - My Class Is Unique Myth 4 - Blogs Are for Navel Gazing Myth 5 - Discussion Forums Push on Strings Myth 6 - Online Group Projects Are Impossible Myth 7 - Tech Problems Will Derail Teaching Myth 8 - You Cannot Convey Passion Online Myth 9 - Virtual Classroom as a Literal Translation Myth 10 - Faculty Training Is About Technology

How do you protect your connection to information through the social internet? Civil Defence for your web.

Nuancing Prensky and introducing the 'digital stranger'. Useful although not sure how much of a cultural and economic argument is being layered on.

Study tracking Gen Y doctoral students - site for reports.

The future is the pad and it's here now. Worth reading.

Stanley Frielicks preso at TICT conference

Openness and key points that might make a manifesto. Lot's to discuss here.

"The aim of the Online Snacks initiative is to provide teachers with the opportunity to develop e-learning skills aligned to their teaching and learning needs. All sessions are FREE and are facilitated by a Digi Advisor" Developed in NZ for teachers.