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Read Write Web gives a list of the top 10 web apps for students.

For those who have teaching writing and composition, or for that matter anyone who requires analytic writing in their classes, you might want to check out The Topoi brought to you by USC Writing Program and Mark Marino (of Writer Response Theory).
One of the things I have wondered is how long it will take professors [...]

HASTAC’s digital media and learning competition is now open. This year the competition is focused on participatory learning, with grants of up to $250,000. Of particular interest though is the young innovator awards (with grants of up to $30,000) focused on getting young scholars age 18-25 to propose what comes next.

For those who have not already seen this, my suggestion that you take my class for free was picked up on by The Chronicle of Higher Ed. (In the comments there are also several other online classes listed.)
More importantly though, it looks like there is significant interest in this class, and it looks more [...]

And the word for obvious conclusion of the week goes to John William Pope Center for Higher Education which concludes that sharing syllabi online is a good idea. Really? You’re kidding sharing knowledge actually helps?
Seriously is there a reason to not do this? Are you really going to suggest that education is fostered by being [...]

Updated
Yesterday I decided to post the working syllabus for my grad class for the upcoming semester in an attempt to elicit feedback before I make some final choices. I then posted that I had done this twitter. Not surprisingly I received some useful feedback. What I hadn’t anticipated was interest in taking this class from [...]

For those who requested it, here is the information and links to the talk I recently gave to the Texas Community College Teacher’s Association.
Approaching Digital Literacy: Creating a Networked Culture on Campus (Texas Community College Teachers Association 2008). (You can download the high quality Quicktime Movie or the lower quality mp4.) Below are the references [...]