As users become more experienced with using computers, mastering the keyboard will both increase navigation speed and help reduce wrist fatigue.

This blog entry looks at some lesser known OS X shortcuts to help users become a "keyboard ninja".

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I've written about Educause a number of times before, a website that offers its monthly 7 Things You Should Know About… series of PDFs, which break down emerging technologies into an easy-to-understand format, describing not only what the new technology does, but why it matters in education.

Their most recent 7 Things is about Google Wave, which only rolled out its first invitations a month before the 7 Things article was published. Other topics that have been covered include...

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Vital is the £5.6 million scheme to help practitioners bring technology even more effectively into the learning environment; it is underway ahead of the programme’s much-anticipated official launch in January 2010.

Vital (Transforming Lessons, Inspiring Learning) is to be the overarching title for the collaboration between the Open University (OU) and e-skills UK. First announced in July, Vital’s goal is to foster and develop top-class continuing professional development (CPD) for pra...