Ed/Tech must-reads 170924

Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation from Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein

This is probably only peripherally ‘Ed/Tech’ but the world of academic publishing touches on both aspects and this is potentially quite a big story. This law firm last week filed a (U.S.) federal antitrust lawsuit against six major commercial academic publishers. Their argument centres around not paying for peer review, not allowing submissions to multiple journals simultaneously, and not allowing scholars to share their work while it is under review. Full details in their brief website post. This will be a story to watch.

Immersive Learning Experiences with XR: A Guide for Instructional Designers - Webinar Thurs 19th Sept 2pm AEST from eWorks

eWorks has been chugging along mostly in the VET space for many years, producing high quality learning resources. It’s been a little while since XR (Extended Reality - the new term for AR/VR/etceterar) was getting some love and designing for it has always been a major barrier so I think this webinar should be of interest.

Digital literacy and computer skills resources from Emily Nordmann

It’s weird that these kinds of resources are still needed but fortunate that we have people still creating and sharing them. This covers foundational skills that students need to work effectively with tech -things like file management, installing software, keyboard shortcuts and basic troubleshooting.

If ‘academic X’ is sinking, where are research organisations going? from LSE Blog

The steady decline of Twitter has been terrible for the loss of easy connections with a large pool of like minded colleagues. This post from LSE’s Andy Tattersall explores the decision to leave and where people have gone instead. (A small test - while asking a genuine question - that I did last week indicates that I’m getting the most useful discussions on LinkedIn, which does not please me at all). He provides a handy spreadsheet of where 250 academic org accounts (UK heavy) have moved to.

TELedvisors webinar: Changes – what happens when an institution changes the LMS? - Thursday 26th September, 12 noon AEST

Quick reminder about this webinar that I’m hosting next week exploring what happens behind the scenes in big transformations projects - whatever you may think, there is a modicum of thinking going on.

Submissions close soon for the Third Space Symposium - Weds 25th September.

We have a steady trickle of submissions coming in for both the free online Slowposium (or Slowpo as the kids are calling it - probably) and the in-person Symposium but it’s not too late to be part of things. This is very much a conversational event over a scholarly one, ideally finding some tangible plans to make life in the tertiary education third space even better in the future.