A Handy Guide on How to Download Old Coursera Courses Before They Disappear
Dan Colman, Open Culture, 2016/06/17

You wouldn't think this would be necessary, but then would wouldn't think we'd see a lot of the things we've seen in this field. "Concerned that dozens of older MOOCs will be forever lost, some have called this move a form of “cultural vandalism.” Others, like the good folks at Class Central, have created a very thorough and handy guide that will show you how to save the course materials (videos, slides, transcripts, etc.) before the June 30th deadline." Sigh.

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DOAJ. Now with added PLoS
Press Release, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), 2016/06/17

One of the really important aspects of open access publishing is making the articles easy to find, read and cite. After all, the whole point of academic publishing is that the articles actually be read (contra, say, the oft-repeated line that publications are necessary for promotion and tenure, etc.). So this is good news: the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has now ingested the full metadata from the Public Library of Science (PLoS) - a total of 182,500 articles at the moment, with aggregation of new articles taking place daily. A tip of the hat to DOAJ.

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Susan Smith Nash
Susan Smith Nash, E-Learning Queen, 2016/06/17

Overview of Moodle cloud hosting. "The only downside that I can see," writes Susan Smith Nash, "is that it is in a beta mode, and it's possible that they may discontinue it. I hope not! But, that said, Moodle is very popular and I think that it's possible that it will be the first-choice solution of many users." See also: Moodle launches Moodle for schools.

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How Ten Key Developments Are Shaping The Future Of Technology-Enabled Learning
TeachOnline.ca, 2016/06/17

Here's the list:

1. Student Expectations and Requirements Are Changing
2. Flexibility is Shaping New Ways of Delivering Programs and Courses
3. Competency-based and Outcome-based Learning Are Growing Quickly
4. Technology is Enabling New Approaches to Pedagogy
5. MOOCs are Offering Expanded Routes to the Delivery and Recognition of Learning
6. Assessment for Learning and Assessment of Learning Are Changing
7. Governments are Re-thinking Quality and Accountability
8. Equity Remains a Challenge, Despite Massification
9. e-Portfolios Are Emerging as Critical Resources for Students
10. The Role of the Faculty Member/Instructor is Changing 

The article includes an expanded discussion of each item. The main problem with this article is the same main problem for any listicle: there's no core theme or focus, no argument or overarching explanation. But the content is generally fine.

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Vivaldi
vivaldi, 2016/06/17

Vivaldi is a web browser 'made for the power user'. "One of the things that makes Vivaldi unique is that it is built on modern web technologies. We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface with the help of Node.js and a long list of NPM modules. Vivaldi is the web built with the web." It looks like it's based on Chrome, and so supports important extensions (like AdBlock Plus). I'm trying it out for a little bit. Via a nice Doug Peterson post on browsers.

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