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3D Learning and Virtual Worlds: Training Applications

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ACS Learning Services 3D Learning and Virtual Worlds: An ACS Expertise in Action White Paper Dallas TX: ACS, available through TrainingIndustry.com A 17 page report...

Online game on academic integrity and plagiarism

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For some fun go to University of British Columbia's Library's Academic Integrity Resource Centre site and click on the 'stage' icon on the right...

T-Learning (digital TV) in Brazil: the BEACON project

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From the EuroPace Newsletter BEACON is creating a Brazilian‐European consortium for organisations interested in t‐Learning. BEACON (Brazilian‐European Consortium for DTT Services) is a specific targeted research...

Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World

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Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience (2009) Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World Bristol, UK: JISC/HEFCE, 52 pp. 'Supported by the principal...

Text messaging for collaborative learning in South Africa

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Makoe, M. (2009) MXit: How to Encourage and Facilitate Communication Among Students eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12 This interview with a professor from the University...

Rural Botswana Goes Online

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Nthaga, L. (2009) Rural Botswana Goes Online eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12 Botswana has mobilised a project for the establishment of information centres equipped with...

More on laptops in lectures

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Schellenberg, T. (2009) Getting the Half Attention of Students UBC e-Strategy Newsletter, May An article that follows on from the Macleans OnCampus article, with additional...

Workshop: Making Comics into Interactive Media

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Would a serious researcher look to comic books and videogames as sources of inspiration for how to transform education? Of course they would! Join the...

Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools

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Stansbury, M. (2009) Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools eSchool News, April 28 Extract: 'Virginia reportedly has become the first state to implement a pilot...

News on Virtual Worlds: NMC March Symposium and MacArthur Foundation Awards

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Natasha Boskic writes: I attended the NMC Symposium on New Media & Learning at the end of March (2009) which was completely done in Second...