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: [...]

More on whether technology is changing the way we think

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Lamb, G. (2010) Are iPads, smartphones, and the Mobile Web rewiring the way we think? Christian Science Monitor, July 24

In this article, a number of experts are interviewed about their opinions on whether technology is changing the way we think. Being good journalism, we have [...]

Campus Technology’s Annual Awards for 11 best technology innovations

Lloyd, M. and Raths, D. (2010) Campus Technology’s Innovators’Awards Campus Technology, August 3

Campus Technology chose from over 400 submissions to identify their 11 most innovative uses of technology, under six entry categories:

Leadership, Governance, and Policy (5% of entries); Teaching and Learning (31% of entries); Student Systems and Services; Administrative Systems; IT Infrastructure [...]

e-portfolios and 'legacy' assessment

Batson, T. (2010) The testing straightjacket Campus Technology, July 7

Fusch, D. (2010) Integrating e-portfolios in your assessment strategy Academic Impressions, July 16

Chen, H. and Light, T. (2010) Electronic Portfolios and Student Success: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Learning Washington DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities

Trent Batson provides a critique of existing testing [...]

The governance of educational technology

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Stacey, P. (2010) Archtecting EdTech Musings on the edtech frontier, June 7

Paul Stacey gave a fascinating presentation at the ETUG conference in Victoria last week, based on the blog above. Paul ‘thought it might be interesting to map out some of the major structural [...]