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Repositioning institutional approaches to technology in the context of Web 2.0, Personal Learning Environments and Utility Computing: A cybernetic approach

This is a guest post by Scott Wilson and Kamala Velayutham for On the Horizon series on distributed learning. Scott is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Educational Cybernetics at the University of Bolton, and author of various publications on the topic of personal learning environments. He is also Assistant Director of the JISC [...]

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How to Grow Standards

Scott Wilson has a terrific response to my recent post calling for “more standards.” To begin with, he articulates one of the underlying issues that I think was bugging Scott Leslie as well. In the abstract, it’s hard to argue against standards. In practice, however, the particular Standards that are Issued from the Official Bodies [...]

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All Hail the Mighty B-Rex

Yes, yes, we’ve all heard the news by now. BlackCT Wednesday has hit. Will it be remembered as The Day the Music Died? I don’t think so. Unfortunately, it could be remembered as The Day the Music Was So Badly Wounded That It Became Barely Listenable for a Really Long Time.
You know. Kinda like the [...]

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