"On one occasion he decided he did not want to eat a particular vegetable for dinner. We said that he wouldn’t be leaving the table until he did so. I said, 'now use your game theory to forecast what the outcome of this is and let me know what you decide.' He laid out his options, our reactions and everyone’s payoffs and worked out that he would do well to eat his vegetables sooner rather than later."

"Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced edX, a transformational new partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners."

"Since September 27, 2007, I have been documenting the graffiti left in public study areas in the Joseph Regenstein Library ("the Reg"): the study nooks tucked into the stacks, the whiteboards in the all-night study space, and the study carrels in the reading rooms."

An attempted viral marketing ploy is uncovered on Facebook.

"todd... no more.. omfg we are SO busted.. fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK. everything was PERFECT until their night noc ran a reverse udp traceroute back to one of the hosts we had set up. after that, straight DOWNHILL."

Ananova v2 using Half-Life 2 and a Google News style news aggregation system?

Someone asks about podcasting uni lectures on /.

Go Cory!

An a/v serch on the BBC's site for 'abertay'.

An interview with an instructional technologist Alan Levine about the future of free/open source software, open culture and web 2.0 in education.

A cynical view on Abertay's new ethical hacking course.

Details of Abertay's new Ethical Hacking course.

Some thoughts on blogging within the higher education sector.