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The UK’s Open Source Consortium has accused the Open University of breaching its founding principles.  The Open University came about in the 1960’s as a move towards making university education available to all regardless of income or gender. Given the sort of forward thinking involved it is somewhat worrying that the OU has so far failed to support free software. If anything the OU seems to favour the proprietry …
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Neil Hirsig has developed an online course to offer students an introduction to the world of computer generated 3-D modeling and animation.
As an introductory course, it provides a basic understanding of the skills and techniques employed by 3-D designers in a wide range of applications. In this online course we will explore basic mesh modeling, applying textures and materials to 3-D objects, lighting, animation and …
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MobilizeThis 2008 is being held next week, from the 22nd-24th Oct. It is a yearly event which provides a snapshot of a cross-sectorial range of contributions to discussion involving the practical and constructive use of ICT’s in the education and related industries.

This year it is being held at Charles Darwin University
The purpose of MobilizeThis 2008 is to bring educators, e-learning technologists, managers, tech-heads and cross-sector organisation …
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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 of students going on …
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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 certification and in most cases it is unintentional on the part of the learner.

Take a …
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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 …
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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 parallel to the G8 summit of world leaders …
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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 make their children vulnerable to paedophiles. Others worry that hackers will target …
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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 will familiarize participants with the main concepts related to …
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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.