Updated 8 June 2008
Below is an eclectic set of links that I included in the talks I gave at the 31/1/2008 NIACE "E-Learning: the future of learning" conference, and the 7/6/2008 Open University Associate Lecturer Staff Development Conference.
1. Computers in schools are like zebra mussels – a fascinating talk by Professor Yong Zhao, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Technology and US-China Centre for Research on Educational Excellence at Michigan State, which argues that computers are triggering the survival instincts of teachers http://fm.schmoller.net/2006/12/computers_in_sc.html
2. Students today – short video about “young people” and their technology habits http://fm.schmoller.net/2008/01/mark-weschs-vie.html
3. Dr Itiel Dror’s informative, evidence-based handouts summarising a cognitive psychologists views about learning http://fm.schmoller.net/2007/03/useful_terse_ar.html
4. John Seeley Brown’s "Minds on Fire - Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0" http://www.johnseelybrown.com/mindsonfire.pdf
5. OECD data on all things digital http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3343,en_2649_33703_39574076_1_1_1_1,00.html
6. Puncturing the hype about MySpace. Interesting article about actual user behaviours by Professor Mike Thelwall http://fm.schmoller.net/2007/10/large-scale-ana.html
7. BBC piece about User Generated gaming http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4997036.stm
8. The software sorted society. Project by Professor Steve Graham http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/research/researchprojects/?mode=project&id=73
9. New wave computing – informative articles from the Economist http://fm.schmoller.net/2007/01/new_wave_comput.html
10. Educause 7 things you should know about series (quick, no-jargon overviews of emerging technologies and related practices that have demonstrated or may demonstrate positive learning impacts) http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495
11. Frank Coffield’s “Running ever faster down the wrong road” which charts public policy on the learning and skills sector over the last 10 or so years http://www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/leid/lss/FCInauguralLectureDec06.doc
12. Amazon link to "The user illusion, cutting consciousness down to size" by Tor Nørretranders http://www.amazon.co.uk/User-Illusion-Cutting-Consciousness-Penguin/dp/0140230122
13. Donald Clark piece about e-learning and hand-held gaming devices http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2008/01/nintendo-ds-shows-educators-future.html
14. 3 blogs that are worth subscribing to (amongst many…..)
- Stephen Downes - http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm
- Clive on Learning - http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/
- dana boyd - http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
15. The ALT Newsletter http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/
16. Baboon metaphysics – the evolution of the social mind http://fm.schmoller.net/2008/01/baboon-metaphys.html
17. Terrific keynotes from the 2007 ALT Conference by Peter Norvig and by Dylan Wiliam in several different formats including text transcript and MP3 http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/
18. ccSearch – a means of searching for materials that are available under a Creative Commons license http://search.creativecommons.org/
19. 30/1/2008 piece in the Financial Times by "The big switch" Nicholas Carr about the coming era of "utility computing"
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