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Getting started with Twitter

Site designed by Turnitin with resources about plagiarism, citation, etc.

Online checking tool for students developed by Turnitin makers.

Scott Wilso at Uni of Bolton has created some Google Wave widget for Moodle. "I've created a Moodle course that uses some widgets, all of which make use of the Wave Gadget API. Some of these are Google examples (converted to W3C format) and some are ones we've created."

Embed VoiceThread conversations in a Moodle page - code now available as a Moodle filter.

A lot of Moodle courses that are open resources. You will need to create an account to access some.

Research report on using a micro-blogging platform for course enhancement, as an LMS and as an ePortfolio by Holotescu, C. & Grosseck, G. (2008)

Summary: Twitter is undoubtedly one of the most recent and successful examples of social networking to appear on the World Wide Web. Twitter provides an API so Web developers can enable their users to access the various features that the Twitter site provides. In this article, learn the basics of using the Twitter REST API.

The DevelopMe site is designed to help students make the most of being at Uni.

A list of 80+ videos on technology and media literacy. Many classics here.

Some interesting things to make sure you aren't 'conned' into paying more! 50 scientifically proven ways constitute 50 chapters of the book, longest of which take 7 pages. The authors take the position that persuasion is a science, not art, hence with the right approach anybody can become the master in the skill of persuasion. So, what are the 50 ways?

Image of learning landscape

The Inter/National Coaliton for Electronic Portfolio Research convenes research/practitioners to study the impact of eportfolios on student learning and educational outcomes. Each year ten institutions selected through an application process constitute a three-year cohort. Each campus works on an individual project that asks "What learning is taking place as a function of electronic portfolios?" and "How do we know?" This is the supporting website.

Creative Commons Info Pack from CC Australia - aimed at educators

Output from a eCDF project with some NZ OERs. Not many although a couple on eLearning PD.

Google site with resources to support deployment of Apps

Survey showing students prefer courses where there is lecture capture. Might argue with the methodology - I would have said yes even if I had never been in a lecture before!

The MOMO (Mobile Moodle) project is an Add-On to the popular Moodle Learning Management System. It brings the ability to implement mobile learning scenarios with Moodle as a backend. Mobile users install the MOMO client, a JAVA based application, on their mobile phones (or any other JAVA and Internet capable device). Through this client they can access courses wherever they are, which allows completely new scenarios. Administrators install the necessary MOMO extension on their Moodle server which makes the compatible contents available for mobile usage. They can configure and maintain the system through the integrated administration interface all within Moodle. Teachers can design courses with either several mobile elements or complete mobile learning scenarios using the tools and methodologies they know from within Moodle.

In 2008, the M3 project set out to explore the potential of the VLE, Moodle, a Microblogging tool, (Twitter) and the MUVE, Second Life, with three different groups of users within the educational community and compare integrated use of these tools and environments. A key aim was to investigate effective ways of embedding synchronous online tools, which are already establishing themselves as effective for social networking, and exploring the use of others that offer a 3-dimensional opportunity for learning. A Twitter plug-in for Moodle was to be one key deliverable of the project.