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The purpose of this document, Top Threats to Cloud Computing, is to provide needed context to assist organizations in making educated risk management decisions regarding their cloud adoption strategies. In essence, this threat research document should be seen as a companion to Security Guidance for Critical Areas in Cloud Computing. The “T...

Silvia Tolisano has published a free eBook about digital storytelling.

Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators is a 120 page guide to using digital storytelling tools in teaching and learning.

The guide offers clear directions for using tools like...

• Audacity;
• Google Maps;
• Photo Story;
• VoiceThread; and
• other digital media creation tools.

Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators also provides a...

Ex Curricula is the final report of a year-long Demos research project on children and young people’s disengagement from education.

The work was funded by the Private Equity Foundation.

The report is based on research including...

• desk-based literature review;
• conversations with charities and organisations working with children and young people on the issues covered in this paper;
• a panel of practitioners working with children and young people who discussed with us the symptoms a...

The COI (Central Office of Information) for the Government have produced an excellent, and easy-to-read, set of usability guidelines for creating usable website in the public sector.

The COI Usability Toolkit includes technical and design advice, as well as some very good pointers towards writing effective web content.

If you are involved in a Learning Provider Website Project – whether it’s external for the public, or just internal for learners and staff, it is a very worthwhile rea...

The Digital Storytelling Teacher Guide is a free twenty-eight page eBook produced by Microsoft.

The guide...

• outlines the basics of digital storytelling;
• offers ideas for digital storytelling projects for all grade levels; and
• provides examples of digital storytelling projects.

Microsoft's Digital Storytelling Teacher Guide also offers instruction for using Windows Movie Maker and Photo Story in the classroom.

Even if Windows Movie Maker or Photo Story are not used, much of this Guide...

After many false starts, the universe of digital books is poised to expand dramatically.

An expansion that should perhaps be viewed with both excitement and wariness.

Excitement because digital books could...

• revolutionize reading;
• make more books...
  • findable; and
  • more accessible...
    to more people in more ways than ever before.

Wariness because the various entities that will help make this digital book revolution possible may not always respect the rights and expectations that.....

The huge potential of mobile social networks lets us imagine the enormous benefits that everyone could get from...

• the integration of mobility;
• always-on connectivity; and
• social networking services.

Such realities could be a great advantage for...

• lifelong learning;
• community living; and
• knowledge-sharing but...

...as boundaries between public and private spaces will blur, new risk scenarios will emerge.

Companies should assure that their staff members understand and explicitly accep...

It is no longer good enough to maintain the skills of learners with learning disabilities.Post-19 Practitioners have to show that learners are progressing .

There is no doubt that this has stopped the issue of the 'perpetual learners' returning to learning providers year after year but it has also limited the learning provision for some learners.

NIACE has commented on this report in which it was found that nearly one-in-five (19 per cent) of Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funded lea...

Security and protection from lawsuits are two of the most common concerns that Learning Providers have regarding student use of cloud-based web services.

I've heard from more than one manager, practitioner etc., "We can't use Google because then we can't archive email." and "Google will steal data"; both of those statements are false.

Google has published a short whitepaper designed to address the security concerns of learning providers. The next time you are questioned about the safety...

Microsoft is making sure that IT Professionals and developers can access information that will help them embrace Microsoft’s latest release of desktop and server operating system.

The Redmond company has released two ebooks, that are available for free download, focused on...