OpenShift by Red Hat

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Not only is open source PaaS applicable to distance learning and MOOCs, but the same model works in the physical classroom too. Traditional students don’t need to go to a computer lab or install virtual machines on their laptops if they can simply create a PaaS database in seconds and immediately get to work.

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

I think this could be of real interest to our business, IT and computing colleagues.  This looks like a fast and easy way to provide students with the experience of using and managing databases without the Uni having to have the hardware. 

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MOOCs at Edinburgh | Online Programmes | Postgraduate study

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E-learning and Digital CulturesSian Bayne, Jeremy Knox, Hamish A. Macleod, Jen Ross and Christine Sinclair

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

My colleague Paul Williams pointed out this course to me.  I think it looks really interesting and would be a lot of fun to attend.  It’s a MOOC, I have no problem with that.  If a MOOC is done well it can be as good as any other good teaching.  What I object to is that when I try to Scoop this to tell you about it what I get is an advertisement for Coursera!  If you want to read about this great looking course the url is https://www.coursera.org/course/edc

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Digital literacies and skills for 21st-century learning: Steve Wheeler visits Reading

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Digitally Ready is proud to welcome Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technology at Plymouth University, who will be visiting Reading on 30 April to speak about ‘Digital literacies and…

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

Wish we could hear Steve Wheeler talking on this too.  Read this blog and find out why managers, lecturers and all University staff need to know more about Digital Literacy.

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Education & Nonprofits in Second Life

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Learning in a virtual world? See examples of education and nonprofits in Second Life, the leader solution for virtual meetings, events, training and simulations.

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

Just thought that I ought to remind people that all sorts of organisations use Second Life.  Why not look at some of the University and Nonprofits islands.  If you want to know more about them why not contact the island managers?

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Second Life: Transforming the Way UT Arlington Engages Online Students – Faculty eCommons

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The College of Nursing at the University of Texas (UT) at Arlington is known for its innovative use of cutting edge technology, in both the classroom and clinical settings, to improve students’ experiences.  As an integral part of their technology initiatives, UT Arlington incorporates Second Life into their online Nursing courses. Although Second Life is not inherently an educational tool, UT Arlington has found the 3D virtual world to be an effective platform for mimicking real-life community and interaction.

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

For once an interview that asks appropriate questions about teaching in SL.  I’m sure lecturers will find the discussion here really helpful and interesting.  I’m certainly going to suggest this as a "goog read" for some of our lecturers who are using SL in their teaching.

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Open Access Creative Commons licences for Cambridge Journals « CJO « Cambridge Journals Blog

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Cambridge University Press has announced today that articles in its Open Access journals can be published with A Creative Commons Attribution licence (‘CC-BY’).

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

All I can say is, hurrah!!

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60 Inspiring Examples of Twitter in the Classroom

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  via Online Universities Social media offers some great opportunities for learning in the classroom, bringing together the ability to collaborate, access worldwide resources, and find new and…

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

Some good ideas here though some could get a bit difficult with student groups over 200!  🙂

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Two online gatherings you should be part of (today/tomorrow)

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Earlier this week I led an #etmooc session on Digital Literacies. The slides for that are here and the video, audio, chat and etherpad archive can be found here. I’m involved in another coupl…

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

Just a quick reminder here that there will be a Twitter chat for #ETMOOC today Wednesday 20th at 8pm GMT and a Web Literacy Standard Online Gathering tomorrow Thursday 21st at 5pm GMT (further details http://weblitstd2.eventbrite.com. )

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CLL Development Programme

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About the CLL – Development Programme

The Development Programme has a focus on support for those with curriculum and teaching development and professional support roles in a range of professional and academic contexts.

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

If, like me, you have a role that involves some sort of support for embedding and developing use of technolgy in the University you might find these three workshops helpful.

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Academic professional development in learning technology

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About the CLL – Professional Development Programme

The themes for the Programme are drawn from the latest developments in: Online Learning, Open Practice, Social Media and Mobile Learning, and are aimed at those who are new to learning technologies and those who have some experience but would like to find out more.

Karen Johnson‘s insight:

The workshops in this collection are aimed at a range of academic disciplines.  Check them out to see if your discipline is mentioned or if you support any of them.

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