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eLearning: YouTube Adds Creative Commons Content

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 In another I provided some resources for deciding whether or not the content you would like to use can be used legally.   Last week, YouTube took a pretty big step in helping address copyright concerns with the introduction of Creative Commons content to its internal video editor.

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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I noted that we tend to swarm together online in what I have called digital tribes (Wheeler, 2008). Critical thinking and creative self expression can coexist comfortably, provided peers are open minded in the evaluation of content, performances, artefacts and experiences. 2008) Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures.

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Reasons to be teaching

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Children learn to learn, and this provides them with the chance to make a lifetime of independence, resilience and success. Children who are inspired and motivated are often more creative and imaginative in their work (Jeffrey, 2008). 2008) Creativity Revealed. Kingston, NY: Creative Crayon Lunenburg, M.,

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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One challenge for education providers is to decide whether they will support the desire of students to self regulate their learning activities using personal technologies. 2008) Does a community of learners foster self-regulated learning? 2008) Self-Regulated Learning in Communities. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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I will attempt to contextualise these changes at the level of both organisation and individual, to provide a picture of how universities and teachers might manage their business in the coming decade. and provide some examples of current pedagogical practice using the Social Web. The Network Society. London: Sage. Wheeler, S.,

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

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The MentorBlog project for example, employed the use of two-person blogs to connect students with their professional mentors, who may never have had the opportunity to meet face to face (Wheeler and Lambert-Heggs, 2008). Proceedings of the Third Plymouth e-Learning Conference, University of Plymouth, 4 April 2008. Continues tomorrow.

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All together now

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Today''s book recommendation is the fourth in the series: Clay Shirky (2008) Here Comes Everybody. Education still has a long way to go before we can begin to claim that harnessing the power of the collective worldwide intelligence to provide equally rich learning opportunities for our students. For previous reviews start here.