Remote Access:- One thing that has been interesting to watch in the first few days of our classroom work with ning is the emergence of a few online leaders. Just as I first learned when I began blogging with my classroom 4 full years ago, the leaders are not necessarily those who you would expect. As I have given the kids two specific categories to work within (Significant Contribution and Expanding the Conversation) some of them have been so focused on the first category that they have been missing out on the second. For example, a few students who are true research rock stars have started streaming content into the ning in large quantities. These students are those who have great research skills and can synthesize what they find, putting information together into a usable form quickly. This allows them to contribute large amounts of content in a short period of time. But these people are not necessarily those who are contributing...

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Online Learning Update:- At Kansas State University, an institutional strategy to promote academic integrity involves an honor code that is backed up by the K-State Honor and Integrity System, a student judiciary system, and the “Development and Integrity” course for students who have been found in contravention of the code. This article addresses the honor system, related university policies, and the recent development of the online version of the Development and Integrity course. This article includes an introduction, a survey of the literature, relevant pedagogical theories, a brief background, an overview of the course design and development, and lessons learned.

Online Learning Update:- This paper addresses how one university has partnered with a corporation to work on the verification of online student identity and describes ongoing efforts to best verify online student identity. Through this collaboration, the university seeks to enhance the credibility of its online evaluation process by employing data forensic techniques commonly used by today’s financial services industry. Detail is presented on how user authentication strategies are being applied to verify remote learner identity during formal online performance appraisals. Additional details on how the existing strategies will be enhanced toward multi-faceted user authentication are discussed.

Online Learning Update:- This paper describes an investigation into beliefs about academic integrity of faculty members who teach both online and on-campus within the University of Texas System, and their opinions regarding differences between the two environments. The research shows that the majority of faculty members surveyed did not believe that there is a difference in cheating between online and on-campus courses. Additionally, this paper shares the results of a project to determine strategies for creating communities of integrity in online courses. Twelve strategies for faculty members to create an environment of academic integrity were identified within three categories: design, communication, and collaboration.

eLearning Technology:- I've been really enjoying the discussion around Does Deliberative Practice Lead to Quick Proficiency?  One of the interesting points raised via the discussion:

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WebToolsforLearners:- One of my favorite aspects of the web is the ability to link to other sites. My favorite part of being able to link to other sites is the capacity to store, organize, and re-find those sites using tagging, and social bookmarking. (If you aren't familiar with these terms and actions, I've linked backup information at the bottom of this post.)

elearnspace:- Does anyone still use Second Life? The answer, according to a recent report (which is a bit of a pain to get, but free), is a strong yes. Not only is Second Life thriving, its citizens spend more hours each week in world than those in other multi-player online games. The hype around SL has [...]

Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day:- Schoology states that it "has built the first social network for education with an integrated course management system. Teachers, administrators, students and parents are now connected within their own schools and across other school districts".

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