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Michael Coghlan paper

chart online conversations between the people that populate communities as well as the networks that connect the Social Web

Examples of online quizzes and test questions for web tests online

Instructor Time and Effort in Online and Face-to-Face Teaching: Lessons Learned.

AeP2 - Stage 2 Final Report (December 2009) ePortfolio use by university students in Australia: Developing a sustainable community of practice The aims of the second stage of the Australian ePortfolio Project were to focus on building the Australian community of practice through an online forum and through further ePortfolio symposium activities

Hargittai, E. (2010). Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the "Net Generation". Sociological Inquiry. 80(1):92-113. "People who have grown up with digital media are often assumed to be universally savvy with information and communication technologies. Such assumptions are rarely grounded in empirical evidence, however. This article draws on unique data with information about a diverse group of young adults' Internet uses and skills to suggest that even when controlling for Internet access and experiences, people differ in their online abilities and activities."

Recordings are available of the conference presentations about integrating technology into the curriculum and K-12 classroom. Several on Moodle.

"Picture Australia is an Internet based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. When you do a search on Picture Australia, thumbnail images are retrieved from participating institutions on the fly and inserted into the search results."

Moodle site that explains some of the Web 2.0 tools and their applications in teaching and learning. Aimed at school teachers but a nice summary of some of the tools out there.

Transforming Assessment is an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Fellowship specifically looking at the use of e-assessment within online learning environments, particularly those using one or more Web 2.0 or virtual world technologies.

Sample chapter from the book "Moodle Teaching Techniques: Creative Ways to Use Moodle for Constructing Online Learning Solutions"