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In the state’s academic circles, however, such courses are being reimagined, and a focus that was so prevalent two years ago is giving way to other priorities that university leaders believe will be more effective in meeting their goals.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/us/universities-rethinking-their-use-of-massive-online-courses.html…

Word clouds can also be used to help students see which words that they have frequently used in their own works. Have your students create word clouds of their work during the revision process of writing a story or essay.…

You might have noticed that your computer has never been as fast as it was when you first got it. But do you know why our devices slow down over time? Many of us have a number of misconceptions about …

This new study confirms all the studies we’ve checked for our paper: adults know digital better than kids.

http://theeconomyofmeaning.com/2014/10/21/digital-native-fallacy-teachers-still-know-better-when-it-comes-to-using-technology-new-study/

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There’s a new battery technology on the horizon, and there’s a good chance it’s going to change the way you use your devices — soon.  By replacing the graphite anode in lithium-ion batteries with titanium dioxide nanotubes, researchers at Nanyang …

A paperless classroom offers students an interactive, resource-filled platform that also strengthens practical skills. With the right technology and careful implementation, the paperless classroom can create boundless possibilities for future education.

http://www.edudemic.com/ultimate-guide-paperless-classroom

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The question of whether or not something works is a basic one to ask when investing time and money in changing practice and in using new technologies. For learning analytics, the moral dimension adds a certain imperative, although there is …

Do you shop online? Follow the news on your iPad? Use Google to search for information? Of course you do. And you may well have noticed that these activities are becoming increasingly personalised experiences: ‘you recently bought X, you might …

A great collection of resources for teaching with the iPad.This will include resources from all of the best sources, from Apple’s own stuff to TeachThought to edutopia to MindShift to DMLCentral to Jackie Gerstein and more.

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/resources-for-teaching-with-ipads/

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The role of the institution and the changing nature of online learning.  The article addresses the specific question of assessment in open learning and in informal learning.

http://halfanhour.blogspot.ae/2014/09/beyond-assessment-recognizing.html

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Augmented Reality is exactly what the name implies: an augmented version of reality created by mixing technology with the known world. It might be a distorted, augmented, or less augmented version of the actual world but in its basic form, …

A great list of Education blogs by Teach100, a web service that ranks and scores hundreds of education blogs. It uses a complex set of algorithms to rank education blogs based on a number of data including social media popularity …

The inventor of the web says data must be owned by its subject, rather than corporations, advertisers, and analysts.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/08/sir-tim-berners-lee-speaks-out-on-data-ownership

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