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		<title>Selling Solar Panels to Oil Sheiks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a reflective mood on my Friday evening commute home I tweeted that: .bbpBox21648760374 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1281028705/images/themes/theme14/bg.gif) #131516;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:48px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} Being an advocate of #elearning and #edtech in universities is a bit like trying to [...]


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		<title>The Problem with MOPPs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 06:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your university have a minimum online presence policy (MOPP)? Is it successful? I have a bit of a problem with MOPPs. I don’t think they work and, in fact, I think they are counterproductive. Here are my reasons: 1. Command and control Let’s face it universities aren’t corporations and never have been despite what [...]


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		<title>The Decade Ahead in Higher EdTech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s the end of the decade and the new one has just started. I thought that, in the name of a harmless bit of fun, I would stick my neck out and make a few predictions about where we might be going with edtech in universities over the next decade.  I&#8217;ve kept it brief [...]


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		<title>Educational Technology and e-Learning Finds for the Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the bookmarks that I have saved to my delicious account using the elearning or edtech tags during the last week. Dis-Integrating the LMS (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) &#124; EDUCAUSE Some interesting thoughts on the use of an LMS in higher education including this quote: For long-time instructors there can be considerable lock-in to a teaching [...]


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		<title>Clive Shepherd Presentation on the e-learning skills gap</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/07/21/clive-shepherd-presentation-on-the-e-learning-skills-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting presentation from Clive Shepherd that discusses the skills gap that individuals and institutions face. I have been mulling on many of these issues myself over the last couple of years in particular. Increasingly academic staff are facing a bewildering array of choices in the tools that they can use for course [...]


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