New book on Web 2.0 and Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning

Lee, M. and McCoughlin, C. (2010) Web 2.0 Based e-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning Hershey PA: IGI Global, 415 pp, US$180 hardback

Description (from publisher)

Educational communities today are rapidly increasing their interest in Web 2.0 and e-learning advancements for the enhancement of teaching practices.

Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: [...]

Open educational resources in Chinese and English

Hong Kong

Recently the Open University of Hong Kong launched its free digital platform called ‘Open Learning ‘.

‘Open Learning gathers together a wealth of audio-visual educational materials and courseware unit covering a broad range of subject areas…There are TV programmes produced by the University’s Educational Technology and [...]

A short introduction to PebblePad, an e-portfolio system

PebblePad is a British e-portfolio system that ‘provides scaffolding to help users create records of learning, achievement and aspiration and has a reflective structure underpinning all of its core elements.’

I don’t usually ‘push’ particular products, but PeddlePad has an excellent five minute presentation that provides a clear description of the many elements of [...]

Do we need academic journals any more?

The Spring 2009 edition of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology has just been published (no, this is not a typo – it is one year late).

Note that it has moved to being an open access, open source journal (hooray, sincerely, and about time).

There is also a lot in it (if [...]

iPad on sale in Canada May 28

Just in case you missed the announcement, the iPad goes on sale in Canada on May 28.

Prices range from C$549 (16 GB) to C$879 (64GB + 3G).

For more information or to pre-order, click here