Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in the UK has taken a particularly different approach to its courseware for the School of Creative Industries - rather than running a traditional informational website about its staff and courses, and a separate Learning Management system with courseware, it runs a wiki that both staff and students can edit containing both course information and learning materials.

All content is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

You can have a look at the wiki, called Confluence, at http://confluence.rave.ac.uk/confluence/dashboard.action

Interesting project that’s part of the Digital Ethnography program at Kansas University.

Article on using Web 2.0 tools to generate a genuinely collaborative form of science that goes beyond the closed research - peer review cycle.

Science 2.0 — Is Open Access Science the Future?

Microsoft Research: “This report is for anyone interested in the ramifications of our digital future and in ways society must adjust to the technological changes to come.”

Link: Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020 - Microsoft Research

UK Home Office: “Provides advice for industry, parents and children about how to stay safe online.”

Link: Good practice guidance for the providers of social networking and other user interactive services

Greta Kelly: “This paper seeks to propose a collaborative process for evaluating, piloting and selecting, new and emerging educational technologies.” (Emerald/library subscription to access the paper)

Link: A collaborative process for evaluating new educational technologies - Emerald [Insights]

“At ACU, we’ve had a long history with educational technology, and it’s still an essential part of our campus culture. Our Adams Center for Teaching and Learning provides centralized support and enrichment activities to help faculty and students benefit from new learning technologies; in 2006-07, 99% of faculty voluntarily attended at least one Adams Center event… As we’ve built this infrastructure and as we think about what’s next, a few principles have guided us…”

Link: Convergence and the 21st-Century University Classroom - Abilene Christian University

Josh Catone: “Observing April Fools Day has become a time-honored tradition for many web companies. Much like changing your logo to celebrate holidays, pulling a fast one on your users on April 1st is something that many web services and applications have really taken to heart. But keeping creative year-after-year is tough, and some companies have learned how to consistently deliver…”

Link: Top 10 Places to Get Fooled on April 1st - ReadWriteWeb

Joel Falconer: “Sometimes creativity flows from the heavens…”

Link: 30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity - Lifehack.org

Janet Clarey: “We have a Ning Network, a Blog, a Hitchhikr listing, a Facebook Group, a Twitter stream, a Flickr group, a Slideshare group, and a YouTube group. Our Wiki is not yet live. We are rich with opportunities to try social media. What the heck are all this things?”

Link: Social Media: How much is too much? - Brandon Hall Research