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They largely stick to traditional ways of seeking out and disseminating research, a study of 3,500 scholars has found. Via antonella esposito
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The Chronicle summarises the Ithaka report on UK academics use of digital technology and social media. Basically, they are conservative on the whole with innovation only happening at the level of the individual, not the institution. Delete the scoop?
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Moocs - an examination that is worth engaging with. Why the rewriting of history, the new narrative of moocs, should be treated with care and why we need to carfully think about the real purpose of a mooc and education. 
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May 17, 7:42 AM
This is one of the most considered and constructively critical articles I have read on the four letter word that dare not be spoken!! 
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May 18, 8:01 AM
Thank you. That article is entirely correct. I think the MOOC phenomena would be diagnosed as a mass delusion, a pathology, in more rational times, hopefully to include the future. It isn't online learning! It is videotapes of Sal Khan, and TED-style evangelicism. Circus tent religious revivalism with without the religion. K12 public schools and community colleges in the USA are great! No one wants to pay taxes for them to exist though. Hardly anyone earns much money in order to provide a tax base though. If I hear about a "flipped classroom" one more time, I am going to scream. How are students supposed to teach students? The argument that education hasn't changed since the industrial revolution is silly. Our brains haven't changed since 10,000 BC! We still learn the same way, which isn't by osmosis! Thun doesn't have a great reputation regarding his electric car inventiveness at Stanford. He seems like something of an impressario. Sal Khan has now become an expert on the evils of fractional reserve banking, and offers "abolish the Federal Reserve Bank" videos. It is a shame that people like you, responsible and hard working teachers and academicians, should have your precious time wasted with this MOOC silliness. I read the article, and it is correct. MOOCs resemble what a poor quality version of University of Phoenix in 1989. And Univ. of Phoenix is nothing to get excited about! Put in those terms, I fail to see the innovation of MOOCs! I think they are popular among students because they seem like a way to avoid the necessary toil and effort of learning, without any guilt. Again, thank you, Nigel Robertson!
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David Phipps, RIR-York Can you use social media in your research? Yes! Can you build capacity among research administrators to help researchers use social media in you research? Yes, and Krista Jen... Via antonella esposito
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Links to a long slideshow but it includes some useful examples and also a number of supporting resources linked to at the end. Delete the scoop?
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MOOCs are not the Enemy:Networked, non-Imperialist MOOC models #TtW13 Bonnie StewartUniversity of Prince Edward Island Via Paulo Simões
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Would have liked more exploration of why cMoocs are worthwhile even though that is my stance. Delete the scoop?
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This is the presentation that Jon Dron and I did in Vancouver for the Canadian Moodlemoot. We looked at the redundancy between three big institutional e-learnin Via Paulo Simões
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Good compare & contrast of LMS, eportfolio and social networks
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Law reform is required to support innovation and enable Australian universities to compete with the rest of the world in online education, say leading Australian educators.In their submissions to the…... Via Kim Flintoff
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Is copyright reform needed for this particular use case - or should they just be arguing for more open publishing? Delete the scoop?
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Already an active user of social media, David Phipps has recently been thinking about its potential as an academic tool. He concludes that knowledge mobilisation is continuing to evolve and that social media could grow into a powerful tool for dissemination, connect researchers with a common interest and support communities that share academic aims. Via antonella esposito Delete the scoop?
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The material that you can access through this website is intended to help you develop your use of digital technologies in your university studies. Via antonella esposito 
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July 30, 2012 11:27 AM
This is a UK site that has vetted Open Educational Resources (OER) and qualified them as useful for higher education scholarship. This is in response to critics who have questioned the value or quality of many Open Educational Resources on the web. Also, much OER is targeted more to the K-12 community and not necessarily relevant to higher ed.
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Keeping up to date with research and managing an ever-increasing number of journal articles is skill that must be well-honed by academics. Here, Alex Hope sets out how his workflow has developed using Zotero, Dropbox, Goodreader and his iPad. Via antonella esposito Delete the scoop?
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I’m currently in Florence, Italy for PCST2012. I’ve been presenting here on evaluating public engagement with science. I’m also involved in developing the new PCST postgraduate re... Via antonella esposito Delete the scoop?
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Comments:The classic 1945 article describing the Memex machine - a pre-cursor to hypertext linking and the web. Delete the scoop?
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Comments:The original 23 things site"Listed below are 23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0." - Nigel RobertsonTags: web2.0, education, learning, technology, library2.0,... Delete the scoop?
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Keynote at the 2013 Teaching & Learning to the Power of Technology Conference at Saskatchewan, Canada. Abstract: The last ten years have seen dramatic changes i Via Paulo Simões Delete the scoop?
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Account of the use of an eportfolio for reflection and assessment. Includes exaple of rubric used. Delete the scoop?
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Another excellent detailing of the current HE landscape, the pressures at multiple levels and the areas where responses should be made.
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Siemens offers insight into future directions for Canada in he online sphere 
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Great overview of what is happening in education focusing on the way knowledge development is becoming network dependent. Once again MOOCs attract attention! Delete the scoop?
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I’ve been taking the Coursera course Fundamentals of Online Education for the last week. I nearly said fortnight because it seems like longer and it seems like a lot has happened yet at the same time nothing has happened. The course was supposed to last 6 weeks but today (now yesterday), without any prior warning, the plug was pulled and the course unceremoniously closed. As a number of people on Twitter said, “Wow! Just wow!”. It’s difficult to know what any of the supposed 41000 enrollees are thinking because the site is shut. No one has anywhere to discuss or comment on their feelings or thoughts about the closure. Well we have e.g. our blogs, Twitter, FaceBook, but we are disconnected from each other. No community had developed in the week that the course was open and even in FaceBook, there was little widespread engagement. ... Week 1 is where the detailed instructions for the ‘Join A Group’ spreadsheet are. Week 1 is the start of the course. Week 1 is meant to welcome us and make sure that we can all access the technology. When I look in the forums it is clear that this is a widespread issue, not something local to my set up. Getting the start right is not something which we’ve just realised is important. Gilly Salmon wrote about this nearly last century and this is stage 1. . http://www.atimod.com/e-moderating/5stage.shtml . Groups So let’s look at joining a group. The course is using a Google spreadsheet for group sign up. There are no instructions within the spreadsheet but the rows are labelled Group 1, 2, etc and they are 20 columns wide. Seems the intention is that there will be 20 people in a group. Someone will add a new row and give the group a number which is one more than the group before. When 20 people have added their names to a row then someone creates a new row. When I first looked at it there were about 30 or 40 rows, most full. The spreadsheet did say that due to high traffic it was only showing list view but I’ve seen that before so no great worries.
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My second blog post reflecting on teaching innovations of 2012 is dedicated to my use of Twitter during one undergraduate module in the year just passed. My original intention, in embedding a Twitt... Via Kim Flintoff
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Interesting description of live tweeting in lectures and how it came about. Notes that using Twitter brought input from former students, other staff and interested people around the world. Delete the scoop?
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A good account of social media access points for researchers and how to make yourself visible. From "Training workshop run at #UCDavis on November 1, 2012..." Via antonella esposito Delete the scoop?
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The developing digital context for scholarship in the University brings pressures and opportunities for change in both the established practices of scholarly communication and conventional ideas about who participates in it. Via antonella esposito Delete the scoop?
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A podcast recorded at a Digital Change GPP event earlier this year. Describing building profile and new forms of communication and dissemination with the academy and the wider community. 'Only problem encountered is other peoples perceptions of digital technology.' Via antonella esposito Delete the scoop?
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This is a great browser based tool for creating instant video conferencing rooms. Just create a room then share the URL. Looks like it works on Android phones and iPhone support is coming. Great free communication and tutoring tool. Via Nik Peachey Delete the scoop?
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