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  • Windows 7

Installing Windows 7 off a USB drive on an HP Mini 2140

March 11, 2010 by Suren Gunatillake

So the time came to move my netbook’s operating system to Windows 7, easily Microsoft’s…

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  • Music

Eclectica 2008

March 22, 2009 by Suren Gunatillake

Here’s the track sequence of my best-of-2008 mix, “Eclectica 2008”. I thought it would be…

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  • Current Affairs & Politics

Fifty 2008 US election tweets

November 5, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

As an Australian, people wonder why I care so much about US elections. Well, they…

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  • Distance Education
  • Education
  • Educational Technology
  • Higher Education
  • Instructional Design
  • The Future of Education
  • Totuba

Monash/Jiao Tong Cross-cultural eLearning Exercise

November 4, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

Introductory comment While I do not yet have formal teaching qualifications, I have designed and…

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  • Education
  • Education Policy
  • Higher Education
  • The Future of Education

China-Australia workshop: Managing international students

October 27, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

I spent the day out at Shanghai University’s Baoshan campus, kickin’ it with members of…

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  • Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate endorsement: Marks & Spencer Fairtrade 72% cocoa

October 27, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

Name: Marks & Spencer Organic Fairtrade Dark Chocolate 72% cocoa solids Price: RMB 20 From:…

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  • Instructional Design
  • The Future of Education
  • Totuba

Fun learning is the best learning

October 8, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

All learning should be fun. Surely even accounting instruction could be twisted in a way…

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  • Internet

The Internet community really is a noble mass movement

October 1, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

We take it for granted now, but the level of contribution and collaboration on the…

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  • Totuba

Searching for training/degrees is a pain

October 1, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

How do people search for educational opportunities? I cannot find an easy way to find…

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  • Educational Technology
  • Instructional Design
  • The Future of Education
  • Totuba

Learning that works for everyone

October 1, 2008 by Suren Gunatillake

I don’t believe in cookie-cutter approaches to instructional design, though success-backed methodologies obviously have merit….

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The State of Ren

Random musings since 2001