How to Cite Tweets in an Academic Paper
Jummy Daly, EdTech, February 20, 2014

I actually think the format suggested here is wrong. Here's a sample of the MLA version:

Daly, Jimmy (jimmy_daly). "72% of college students own a smartphone: http://t.co/yyZbgVBK00 #highered". 31 Jan 2014, 17:01 UTC. Tweet

I think it should say "Twitter.com" and not "Tweet". Twitter.com is the source. More...

Major challenges Chinese MOOCers have on English platforms
Xu Minji, Journey of a Chinese MOOCer, February 20, 2014
Interesting article about the problems faced by the Chinese audience participating in international (ie., English-language) MOOCs. Issues range from internet speeds to the Great Firewall to differing approaches to learening. Also, Chinese MOOC users tend to be much younger, making university-level vocabulary a challenge (related: I always thought the University of Alberta's Dino 101 course should have been less like a university course and more like the NASA website). More...

Google's New Glass Credo: Don't Be Creepy
Unattributed, Google Glass Blog, February 20, 2014
Obviously wearing a videocamera on your head everywhere you go will raise some ethical issues (when the cameras are tiny and built into real glasses or tie clips, etc., the ethical issues will be even greater). More...

Using neural nets to recognize handwritten digits
Michael Nielsen, goodreads, February 20, 2014
I've mentioned deep learning a number of times in the past. It's time to pay attention to this. Michael Nielsen has made available the first chapter of his recent book on deep learning (he adds: "The book’s landing page gives a broader view on the book. And I’ve written a more in-depth discussion of the philosophy behind the book"). More...

No hope and no hype: fear, loathing and learned helplessness at LT2014
suzanneo, LINE Consulting, February 20, 2014
The learning and development guru community was on full display during January’s Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference at Olympia, according to LINE Consulting's 'suzanneo' (please put your name on your blog post, suzanneo!). They were led off by Brian Solis and Marc Presnky, both of whom had the same message, and often, the same slides. The same, ahem, wrong message. More...

Physical Activity Training is Going Digital
Chris Kennedy, Culture of Yes, February 20, 2014

This is really intetresting. It's just a snippet of a story, but it describes how a physical education might use a heartbeat monitor in a phys ed classroom (ie., a gym). More...

My vision for an open textbook
Tony Bates, online learning and distance edcuation resources, February 20, 2014

Tony Bates is always interesting and therefore so is his vision for an open textbook ("a personal vision for what I want to do, he writes. More...

Competency-Based Degrees: Coming Soon to a Campus Near You
Joel Shapiro, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 19, 2014
The Chronicle's take on competency-based learning is, not surprisingly, negative. "Traditional educators often find competency programs alarming—and understandably so," writes Joel Shapiro. More...