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Loss of data can cause irreparable damage to a student cohort. Online services can prove to be very valuable components to teaching and learning, but we do need to take a few sensible precautions to ensure security of content and ongoing access.

What makes a game enjoyable and engaging might not be quite the same thing as what makes learning enjoyable and engaging. Because games do not necessarily represent reality well, how we incorporate games into learning experiences can be all-important.

Undone is a free online productivity tool which lets you manage your ‘to do’ lists and the bigger projects that they belong to. It includes widgets to publish your lists to your website.

The Flexible Learning Planning Guide supports small-scale flexible learning projects, such as piloting online or distance learning for a course, an action-research project, or a small provider just getting started with online, distance or flexible learning.

Education technology specialists need to be critical as well as enthusiastic, and avoid the delusions about technology that we see elsewhere in society.

It’s important to temper our enthusiasm for new technology with a deep understanding of its full effect on learning. Music tools on a personal computer can provide more effective and convenient tools for things such as composition and recording. But they can’t replace the tactile experience of playing a real instrument.

The implications for users need to be carefully considered when planning an integration project. In particular, a limited form of integration may be less useful than none at all.

I used a wiki to implement a simple adventure game as a way to include problem-based learning into my professional development activities.

Web 2.0 is often described as the ‘read-write web’. I use the term ‘read-write learning’ to characterise a form of constructivist learning which is not necessarily social but incorporates learning activities where learners generate knowledge in their own words.