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Image searching and copyright

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Serious Gaming image, from --Joy's--Photostream on Flikr Dave Kilbey of the University of Bristol, UK, has developed a very useful, clear and free interactive tutorial...

Books on educational games (annotated)

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Originally created by Natasha Boskic Bateman, C., & Boon, R. (2006). 21st century game design. Hingham, Mass.: Charles River Media, Inc. This book is a result...

Clicker U?

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Jaschik, S. (2008) Clicker U? Inside Higher Education, Nov 3. At a session on the use of clickers at the EDUCAUSE 2008 conference, officials of...

Harnessing Social Networks in Universities

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Guess, A. (2008) Social Networks, the Next Educational Tool? Inside Higher Education, Nov. 1 A study conducted this year at Arizona State University sought to...

Current developments in learning management systems

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Guess, A. (2008) Outsourcing, Open Source and Budget Cuts Inside Higher Education, Oct 29. Andy Guess reports on a presentation about the Campus Computing Project...

Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth: Why the online encyclopedia’s epistemology should worry those...

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Garfinkel, S. (2008) 'Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth: Why the online encyclopedia's epistemology should worry those who care about traditional notions of accuracy,...

Post-Secondary Students’ Purposes for Blogging

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Leslie, P. and Murphy, E. (2008) Post-Secondary Students’ Purposes for Blogging International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol. 9, No. 3 The...

Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past?

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Kop, R. and Hill, A. (2008) Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past? International Review of Research in Open and...

Exploring Archaeology in Second Life

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Here is a good example of the use of Second Life for educational purposes. 'Gone are the days when archaeology students had to dig up...

Implementing Moodle for 120,000 Employees

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The oil and gas industry is a knowledge-intensive business. As one of the biggest players in the field, Royal Dutch Shell has traditionally set...