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How do you know whether the information you are searching for online has been verified and comes from reliable sources? Are you getting into the mass-media habit of taking for granted whatever you read online? Is your critical evaluation attitude miserably fading? Photo credit: Stephen Downes George Siemens , MasterNewMedia official guide to education technologies and media literacy, scouts and reports from his ongoing research key future scenarios where the increased adoption of collaborative approaches and more effective learning styles unveil a new way of managing, and living successfully during these fast changing times. Here all the details: eLearning Resources and News learning, networks, knowledge, technology, trends by George Siemens Innovate: Downes on MOOCs and CCK08 Over the last several weeks, we have seen a substantial amount of conversation on open education, open teaching, and accreditation. Rather timely then that Stephen Downes ' article in the latest issue (free registration required) of Innovate is focused on our Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course . He details how the course is set up, technologies used, participant contributions, language translations, and other delivery modalities (in Second Life , for example). Recordings of Previous Presentation... Recording conference presentations seems to be a given. Great way for people who couldn't attend an event to still benefit from the various talks given. Als ...