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Second Life Essentials: How to Use Virtual Worlds in Higher Education

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HigherEdHero is offering (for $199) a 60-minute webinar that 'will provide you with education and training to utilize Second Life for student and faculty...

Second Life: Engaging Virtual Campuses

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Harrison, D. (2009) Second Life: Engaging Virtual Campuses Campus Technology, March 4 A look at what is actually happening in Second Life with regard to...

WCET Spring 2009 Webcast Series

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WCET Spring 2009 Webcast Series: Bringing professional development to your doorstep! Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications has a long history of excellent research and consultancy...

Web 2.0 selection criteria

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Bovard, B. (2009) Web 2.0 selection criteria Tek Trek March 2 Excellent list of criteria for deciding which Web 2.0 tools to use for teaching...

How organisations are using e-learning to support national training initiatives

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Callan, V. (2009) How organisations are using e-learning to support national training initiatives Canberra: Australian Flexible Learning Network This project, funded by  the Australian Flexible...

CEMCA: ODL for development in Asia

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Commonwealth of Learning (2009) CEMCA: ODL for development in Asia Connections Vol. 14, No. 1 An article about the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia,...

The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete

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Anderson, C. (2007) 'The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete' Wired Magazine, 16:07 An article that argues that given large...

Clickers: Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments

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Bruff, D. (2009) Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers blurb: 'This book is filled with illustrative examples of...

Writing the Book on Clickers

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Jaschik, S. (2009) Writing the Book on Clickers, Inside Higher Education, Feb 24 An interview of the author of Bruff, D. (2009) Teaching with Classroom...

E-books: Chinese Premier’s e-book gift to University Library

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Cambridge University (2009) Chinese Premier’s e-book gift to University Library, Press release, Feb 23 Cambridge University Library is now home to one of the world’s...