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A list of e-Learning Journals « Tony Bates http://bit.ly/bfs0Ej #
Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities » Putting our diagrams to work http://bit.ly/acKbwI #
@davecormier I like 4 🙂 in reply to davecormier #
RT @malinkaiva: Using VoiceThread to Build Student Engagement: http://tinyurl.com/2clrtho #
RT @johnnigelcook: “Google Gen “do not possess the critical & analytical skills” (JISC & British Library, 2008) http://bit.ly/tzUoj #
Applied equally well to “learning” RT @patrickkayton: “The core skill of innovators is failure recovery, not error avoidance.” R. Nelson #
Net Gen Skeptic: The Digital Literacy of “Digital Natives”. Studies increasingly urge caution in Net Gen dialogue http://bit.ly/c58C1j #
So-Called “Digital Natives” Not Media Savvy. Comments cover methodological issues, but still interesting http://bit.ly/9VbSjy #
In Defense of Lecture. Raises some good points…lectures clearly not all bad. Good teachers can use them well http://bit.ly/bxIhuj #
There is a Right Way to Use Twitter – WRONG! Good set of slides separating fact from fiction re. Twitter use http://bit.ly/ccjKGv #
2010-07-29: Mobile literacies: How young South Africans use mobile phones. UCT Centre for Educational Technology http://bit.ly/b8CV8z #
“Tools are a means to an end. They are used 2 produce something more interesting than the raw material & tools used 2 manipulate it” J.Bacon #
@dkeats Going through “Art of community” now, thanks for suggestion, it might’ve taken me months to get around to it http://bit.ly/9rzarU in reply to dkeats #
@cristinacost Sounds like a plan 🙂 We have issues as a result of our f*****d up policies in the past = unique insight to education in reply to cristinacost #
@cristinacost I guess that’s 1 of the nice things about Europe…plenty of opportunity to see that sort of thing. Nice… #
@cristinacost Thanks for pointing that out to me, I didn’t think to look to youtube. Will follow up on some of the other stuff too in reply to cristinacost #
@dkeats Thanks for the recommendation, I downloaded it a few months ago but haven’t looked at it yet in reply to dkeats #
Not sure where that last tweet came from. It just appeared in my stream…anyone experienced anything like that before? #
RT @shrink_online9: RT @Peter_vdm: Uruguay blatantly cheat their way into the semifinal. Suarez treated as a hero after the game. What a… #
Reading “Cultivating communities of practice” by Wenger, et al. Useful for understanding networks and groups #
Spent most of today working on several projects using Google Docs. I’m continually impressed with the new version #
RT @SCAprogramme: @mpaskevi Like the idea of #OER as a way of life rather than an object. #
#nowlistening to Pride (In The Name Of Love) by #U2 from Rattle & Hum. http://is.gd/dMH6u #
@courosa Looking forward to following 🙂 in reply to courosa #
RT @aslam: RT @dkeats: #eskills summit has amply demonstrated both the weak skills and poor ict access in South Africa. #
Collection of pics from one of our 3rd year physio students. Posted on our dept social network, pretty trendy http://bit.ly/ag5rVf (amazing) #
@CosmoCat No problem. If you ever use it would love to know how and for what 🙂 in reply to CosmoCat #
@courosa Have you considered peer feedback / review for the assessment part? in reply to courosa #
@courosa I developed this rubric (http://bit.ly/9tFhme) if u want a starting point. It’s (too) comprehensive but can be paired down in reply to courosa #
Social media & open/networked learning. Short course by @courosa http://bit.ly/aXvQ0v #
RT @findanoerafrica: Educational and Cost Effectiveness: OER vs Traditional Textbooks.http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1537 #
@courosa Looking at assessment in the course, how will you assess the blogging and PLN development (http://bit.ly/bugfE6)? Rubric? in reply to courosa #
@CosmoCat Here’s a project outline for how I’m using it http://bit.ly/b8mMAT. Note: I haven’t updated this document in a few months in reply to CosmoCat #
@cristinacost @courosa re. Buddypress. We’re a few months into using BP + WP and it’s working very well. Course looks great @courosa in reply to cristinacost #

the lost art of solitude http://zenhabits.net/2010/04/solitude/ #
@dkeats I use #hootsuite almost exclusively because everything I tweet is from the browser, so its already open. Besides, #AIR sucks #
RT @openended: Ubuntu 10.10 to be codenamed Maverick Meerkat – http://arst.ch/hyt #
RT @barrykayton: Just uploaded nine short video interviews about Cognician: http://bit.ly/9NIv77 #cognician #
The Teaching Profession. A comment in what makes teaching “professional” http://tinyurl.com/yk7z8mr #
Grades: An Acknowledgement That Schooling Is Insufficiently Rewarding http://tinyurl.com/yar4zet #
The scientist and blogging. Short post from Downes on why you should blog http://tinyurl.com/yhrgy9w #
The Difference between Lecture & Textbook? http://tinyurl.com/y8v66qp #
Just upgraded to #afrihost uncapped ADSL, so impressed with the service from these guys, would recommend if you’re unhappy with #Telkom #
@cristinacost Is there another platform we can use to share notes? I’d like to know more about how you’re using it, & share what we’re doing #
@cristinacost loving it, going to run workshops with 2 classes next week, & assignments for the rest of the term, we can chat #
@WhatAboutRob thanks for the tip, but I’m using Chromium almost exclusively now #
@mpaskevi thanks for that, it works well, just what I need #
Blown away that Print Screen + Paint is still the suggested method for screenshots in Windows http://ow.ly/1sYko. Any other suggestions? #
Attitude Affects Learning. Students with low self concept in subjects don’t do as well as those with high concept http://tinyurl.com/yg8at25 #
Just installed #WPMU and #buddypress for dept social network. Impressive apps, can’t wait to get students registered & assignments running #