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Some advice on copyright from LSE

Handbook of elearning with all chapters available to download

"The Higher Education Academy published the book Transforming Higher Education Through Technology Enhanced Learning in December 2009. Although the book has its genesis in the e-learning Benchmarking & Pathfinder Programme led by the Higher Education Academy from 2005-2008 readers will find that the book contains a thought-provoking edited collection which offers far more than a straightforward account of outcomes of one national programme; you will find that it is both broad in scope and reflective in tone"

Using the Kaltura video extension for Moodle, teachers can upload and manage rich-media content, such as full lectures in an online course; students can then post video comments, ask questions and create a face-to-face discussion recorded directly from their webcam or other sources.

Enterprise immersive software is a collection of collaboration, communication, and productivity tools unified via a 3D or pseudo-3D visual environment. In this computer-generated environment, one or more people engage in work activities like meetings, conferences, and learning and training. The software provides a shared, interactive, multichannel experience through presence awareness, voice chat, active speaker indication, text chat, and many other features, often including avatars. The Enterprise Immersive Software Decision-Making Guide is a use case-based guide designed to aid business decision makers in the enterprise immersive software selection process. In this report, we present "if/then" scenarios and highlight good-fit vendors for common situations, with a focus on the most prevalent use cases: meetings, conferences, and learning and training. The report offers guidance on how to: 1) ask core business questions to frame the discussion, 2) choose a research-and-demo, do-it-yourself, or combination approach, 3) identify requirements based on your use case, and 4) filter your options based on important limiters.

Online presentation tool - meant to be like Prezi with extra options.

New book (and links to others) on media and digital literacy.

A new set of design features developed by the BBC drawing on informal as well as formal learning. Learner and user centred, it pays particular attention to the emotional aspects of learning.

Info on all things screencapture

Resceduling meetings options using a Labs add-in.

Great how-to on managing Acrobat files with free online tools.

Wiki supporting development of 21C and digital literacy skills.

Interesting article on increasing social presence in online courses using video. As an aside I wonder what effect the government's focus on retention will have on fully online course offerings?

"Moodle"

Details of the secret iPhone Apps agreement that developers aren't allowed to talk about.

Tools to create 'cognitive tutors' for maths and science.

An OER site of video lectures, mainly focussed on science although spreading wider. European based but with contributions from the usual suspects (MIT etc)

Some info on the early warning system at Purdue for student success. Allows early intervention to catch failing students.

Asus launching touchscreen eeePC - could be competitor for iPad

John St. Clair presentation on lecture capture.

Long post and comments on the vle vs the ple by John Fontaine, head of 'Platform Evangelism' at BB. Interesting that he appears to view the vle as a transmitter and instructor driven and I wonder if this then justifies the rest of his thinking on the role of technology.