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An introduction to massive, open, online courses (MOOC) by EDUCAUSE.

A white paper from Adobe about 21st Century literacy.

The internationally recognized series of  Horizon Reports is part of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, a comprehensive research venture established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years on a variety of sectors around the globe. This volume, the  2011 Horizon Report, examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. It is the eighth in the annual series of reports focused on emerging technology in the higher education environment. 

This guide provides useful, practical advice to students on how to use and acknowledge sources of information.

This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. The first report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education.

This study explored the relationship between a teacher's teaching style and the students' personal achievement.

Recent studies show that literacy practices "are changing so rapidly that educators, students, and parents are unsure about how school literacy learning experiences and out-of-school literacy practices connect." However, "a majority of more than 900 educator-respondents to the NCTE poll indicate that … out-of-school literacy practices are as critical to students' development as what occurs in the classroom."

Proceedings of a 2006 symposium in New Zealand about student engagement.

An overview of a handful of surveys to measure student engagement.

Empirical studies suggest that efforts to teach critical thinking must include "strategies for building intellectual character rather than relying exclusively on strengthening cognitive skills."

An examination of college students' dispositions toward critical thinking.

This study found that problem-based learning was significantly better than lecture at enhancing students' critical thinking.

Tips for assessing critical thinking.

In the course of the next 10 years, a new generation-Generation C-will emerge. Born after 1990, these "digital natives," just now beginning to attend university and enter the workforce, will transform the world as we know it. Their interests  will help drive massive change in how people around the world socialize, work, and live their passions-and in the information age.

The centuries-long domination of texts and words in culture, particularly Western culture, has come to an end. The new "pictorial turn" means that  images no longer exist primarily to entertain and illustrate. Rather they are becoming central to communication and meaning-making.

By combining writing with online technology, teachers can provide opportunities for students and future educators to develop their digital fluency while also strengthening their traditional literacy skills.

Study of blogging in higher ed information systems course suggests that blogging is a significant predictor for learning outcomes while traditional coursework is not, that blogging has the highest predictive power for high & low students but much less for medium performers, and that blogging has a positive learning effect.