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EDEN in the Land of the Midnight Sun

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It''s always difficult to sleep in the land of the midnight sun, where in mid summer the night skies are so bright and the sun never seems to fully set. Photo by Marcus Ramberg on Fotopedia Land of the midnight sun by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Guild Demo Fest: Sun MicroSystems

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Thursday, December 06, 2007 eLearning Guild Demo Fest: Sun MicroSystems The eLearning Guild hosted a webinar this afternoon featuring the winners of The eLearning DemoFest which took place at the DevLearn Conference & Expo on November 7, 2007. technologies and gaming to create a unique onboarding experience.

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Technology makes a difference

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Interactive tools engage learners I have often heard the argument that there is no evidence that technology improves learning. This is a vacuous claim that is either a) based on ignorance of the available research literature, or b) possibly the result of a deep seated fear, mistrust or dislike of technology in general.

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Chance encounters

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It was wonderful weather, the sun was shining down, and even the infamous Wellington winds were nothing more than a gentle breeze. He told me he studied chemistry education with an emphasis in learning technology. I was at a loose end on Sunday, so I wandered down to the centre of the town and spotted a tour advert. Unported License.

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Dirty tricks

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Image from Wikimedia Commons It's the silly season. When everyone else is sunning themselves on the Costa, the poor admissions tutors (I know. He was using a whizzy new technology called Alexa to recruit his gang. Universities in the UK are scrabbling frantically to recruit as many students as they can. So I stamped on it.'

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The sun sets on Becta

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So the British Educational Communication and Technology Agency (Becta) is no more, euthanised by the new UK coalition Government's first round of cuts. That commentary is sourced from Rory Cellan-Jones's BBC Technology blog. This work by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Classroom without walls

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Today, with the sun shining down on the UK's warmest March in recorded history, my students and I sat in a classroom without walls - literally. We went outside and held our final teaching session of the term in the warm sun. Classrooms without walls by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0