I keep up with developments in educational technology out of interest, as well as to maintain this blog and to be in the know. Here are a few of the blogs and news sites I read.

Christopher Sessums' Thoughts on learning, teaching and computing
Chris is a PhD candidate and Director of the Office of Distance Education, College of Education, University of Florida. He blogs his thoughts quite thoroughly, linking to the sources he cites. His posts are more like mini-essays, where he throws out ideas and waits for feedback. Reflective and insightful.

The Chronicle of Higher Education | The Wired Campus
This is a news site which features the latest updates in educational technology in the US.

Ewan McIntosh's edu.blogs.com
Ewan is a K-12 educator based in Scotland.  He highlights many uses of social media in the classroom, most of which are applicable or can be adapted to the higher education environment.

George Siemens' elearnspace
George explores "elearning, knowledge management, networks, technology, and community".

Kairosnews (currently down)
EdTech news site.

Kevin Lim's theory.isthereason
Kevin is a Singaporean doing his PhD at the School of Informatics, University of Buffalo. He is a gadget freak and social media enthusiast advocate. He explores and shares the latest in social media and how it can be used in education. Currently, Kevin teaches at SIM. His classes make use of blogs and other read/write web tools.

Stephen Downes' Online Learning Daily
Stephen's blog is a daily annotated summary of significant developments in educational technology. One of the first edtech blogs I came across.

Tony Karrer's eLearning Technology
Tony is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower. He ponders about a range of elearning topics. He has lots to say about Rapid eLearning.

Will Richardson's weblogg-ed
Will is "Learner in Chief" of Connective Learning. He's a great resource for read/write web in the classroom.

If you're wondering how I keep track of the latest content on these blogs and news sites: I use RSS feeds. I don't have time to visit each one daily, so I let the content come to me.

UPDATE Tony Karrer just listed his Top Ten eLearning Blogs.

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