Is Social Media a challenge for Higher Education?  

The usage of these technologies in learning processes is not a fad, it is just a normal reflection of the evolutionary development of internet. Our students like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, ect. and spend much time in these virtual places. The informal learning based on Web 2.0 exists and functions like a "university in shadow" with possibilities of a borderless digital learning environment. Read more

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Why Give Knowledge Away for Free? The Case for Open Educational Resources  

An apparently extraordinary trend is emerging. Although learning resources are often considered as key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world, more institutions and individuals are sharing digital learning resources openly and without cost, as open educational resources Read more

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Making presentations in the TED style  
TED has earned a lot of attention over the years for many reasons, including the nature and quality of its short-form conference presentations. All presenters lucky enough to be asked to speak at TED are given 18-minute slots maximum. Read more
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The words in the mental cupboard  
Children are to be offered lessons on how to speak English formally amid fears that many are suffering from "word poverty", it has been reported. But how many words do people tend to know and use? Read more
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FIVE QUESTIONS...For George Siemens  
The changed context that we face has not been exclusively created by the Internet. I've argued that we are riding a multi-millennia wave of increased ability for individuals to create and control content and information. Current technologies are an instantiation of that longer cycle of change. Read more
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Parental or carer engagement  
These communication difficulties between parent and child have major implications. This includes hampering a child’s achievement, creating stress in the parent-child relationship and creating tension between parent and school as the packed school itinerary gets ‘lost in translation’. Read more
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EDUSUD ICT in Education in Africa  
Teachers, this portal aims to make you discover the world of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and proposes to you tools, advice, references, educational resources and other materials, which will help you integrate technologies into your training and to appreciate the impact of these tools in a teaching context. Read more
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A 21st Century Education  
The Mobile Learning Institute’s film series “A 21st Century Education” profiles individuals who embrace and defend fresh approaches to learning and who confront the urgent social challenges that are part of a 21st century experience. Read more
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