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US site listing 102 colleges offering online courses.

Article about young peoples' use of the internet while studying and revising. Looks at differences as being Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants phrases coined by Marc Prensky. Cites Rose Luckin and Wilma Clarke from the London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education. Work by Brian Kelly also mentioned

[Reference also in the Web2.0 Wiki]
Well presented video by Professor Michael Wesch lookign at Web 2.0 from a point of view including how the web has changed from HTML to XML the differences, how this has helped mash-ups and changing the online community.

(From home page): "This is the first and best UK directory to locate quality podcasts from over 400 carefully selected podcast channels for educational use - ideal for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals. In our podcast directory, you can access educational content from over 3000 podcasts from different podcast channels. We are accredited by BECTA as a registered content provider for Curriculum Online in the UK. All the educational podcasts in our specialist podcast directory are sourced world-wide and include the best examples of educational podcasting using audio, enhanced and video formats."

Description of Connotea a social bookmarking site for academics combining online storage of references and bookmarks, with tagging to allow for easy retrieval as well as other useful tools.

Interesting article in the BBC Online about an aspect of social networking sites and young people leaving details they would not like employers or potential employers to view.