Nottingham Trent University have introduced a Cyberpsychology masters degree, the first of its kind in the UK. The course is open to postgraduates and will look at online gaming and gambling, social networking as well as online dating.
Dr Monica Whitty, who’s running the course said that:
“As well as being academically challenging, with the possibility [...]

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In recent years, there has been a growing surge of appreciation which supports the notion that learning in non-formal and informal settings is seen as crucial for the realisation of lifelong learning.
Informal learning generally results from daily activities related to work, family life or leisure. It is not structured and usually does not lead to [...]

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According to a UK website The Inquirer Microsoft lawyers have stopped Becta, the UK’s technology quango for schools, from publishing the details of the three-year megadeal it agreed with Microsoft in April. It would appear that Becta refused to satisfy a Freedom of Information request made by the Inquirer for details of the latest [...]

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The J8 Summit is the youth parallel event to the G8 Summit, which since 2005 gives children and young people the opportunity to articulate and present their opinions and views, concerns and recommendations on important issues and problems affecting them and those which require future action from G8 leaders.
Junior 8 Summit 2008 is being held [...]

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I was browsing the web and found an interesting article about an intranet database dubbed OneSchool, which will profile Queensland’s 480,000 public school students enrolled from Prep to Year 12. It will contain photographs, personal details, career aspirations, off-campus activities and student performance records.
Some parents are outraged and concerned about the possibility that it will [...]

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Chris has recently signed up for an online course, lasting 10 weeks. This course is targeted at teachers and teacher-students who do not have prior knowledge or skills related to free and open education resources, however anyone with a genuine interest in learning more is welcome.
The course readings and the assignments in this course [...]

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I was just about to jump into bed and thought I’d read the network news aka planet talo and saw Leighs post “More progressive action from New Zealand’s South Island“.

Just go read his post and leave a comment.

Otago Daily Times article: “School opts for free software“.

Sweet dreams.
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I saw this diagram by Kim Tucker while browsing Wikieducator. Click on it for a closer look. You can also have a look at the full resolution version on Wikieducator.
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Another cool resource is the OER Handbook.
What I like about this diagram is that it shows a process that I use in my own learning and [...]

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Watch the Tux Paint video on Youtube. Or download high resolution(810×630) Tux Paint video in Ogg, Avi and Flash format.
Tux paint is Free software. Visit the Tux Paint home page and download your free copy today.
Bill Kendrick has lots of awesome software. Check out New Breed Software - Games and stuff for Linux, Windows, Mac, [...]

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WikiEducators next online Learning4Content workshop starts this Monday, 26 May
2008. Please help WikiEducator spread the word about this free
training opportunity and encourage folk to enrol and be supported in learning MediaWiki skills
Prospective participants can register online for the next workshop:
http://wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Registration
Please help WE achieve OUR targets to train 2500 educators (teachers,
lecturers and trainers) by the [...]

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