The midden

Sloodle is a project to integrate Moodle with the 3D immersive world that is Second Life. A Moodle course would then be transformed into a 3D virtual classroom where you and your learners could meet and carry out activities such as discussions, experiments, presentations ….everything you would do in a f2f classroom. The Sloodle website [...]

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This was an excellent conference - well organised, good venue and interesting speakers (mostly!), but not very shocking. It was the 6th in a series of the Shock of the Old Conferences, organised by the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University. designed to look at the impact of ICT on teaching and learning.
The theme of [...]

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The story-centred curriculum (SCC) is one in which a student takes part in a story where she plays a role that she might actually do in real life or in her career after graduating. The SCC is one where the student learns to do something relevant to her career aspirations and in which the [...]

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Here’s an interesting list compiled by Charles Knight of the Read/Write blog. In order to be chosen for the list, the search engine must have some feature that is better than that offered by Google.
The complete list can be found here.

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Open source and open access resources have changed how universities and colleges , and prospective students use software, operating systems and online documents for educational purposes. This article from the Online Education Database discusses some of the more obvious successes.

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What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education.
This report written by Paul Anderson, Technical Director of Intelligent Content and Technical Editor of JISC TechWatch, is a detailed review of Web 2.0 technologies and the challenges these pose for Higher and Further Education in the UK.
The origins of the term “Web 2.0″ are explained [...]

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 Here is an interesting video on Web 2.0.

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This video is starting to look a bid jaded now but it still is worth a look.

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This wiki contains a load of useful ideas, tips and links on the educational use of SL. It also contains a list of educational institutions with a presence in SL, as well as some good examples of educational projects and research.
There is another SL wiki in Wikipedia which, again, gives a good overview of [...]

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Many universities are now using SL as a place to hold virtual classes, conferences and promotional events. It is proving ideal for distance learning courses, collaborative exercises, language learning and simulations.
A good place to start for ideas and examples of the educational use of SL is here.

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