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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Education
Common Cartridge – a standard for learning management software
It has been announced that a group consisting of publishers and course software makers have created a standard format for online classes called Common Cartridge, which promises to allow electronic resources to be used interchangeably within different learning management software. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Training, Web Design
Tagged learning management software, McGraw-Hill, online classes, open source course software makers, Pearson, software makers, software programs
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Literacy Project
A partnership between Google, LitCam, and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning, The Literacy Project gathers together a bundle of resources that can be used by teachers or anyone else working with literacy and education.
Posted in Education, Google
Tagged Google, LitCam, UNESCO\'s Institute for Lifelong Learning
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Beyond Freakonomics
Interested in a one-hour Princeton lecture by Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics? Here you go! (you may want to save the .asx file to your desktop, then play it from there). from ResourceShelf
Posted in Education, Lecture
Tagged Author, author of Freakonomics, Steven Levitt
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Zotero – Public Release Day set
Zotero, the software project I am waiting for, won’t keep us waiting much longer: the Public Release Date has been set for Thursday, October 5th. One slight hitch: it requires Firefox 2.0 (I have been staying on 1.5.0.7 for the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged One Big Library
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Animal Sounds and Video
Cornell’s Macaulay Library has put together a fantastic search tool for locating audio and video of animals. Kids will find this especially neat, and the Advanced Search Page is a great learning tool for naming and locating animals througout the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Online Databases, Search, Video
Tagged Cornell, fantastic search tool, learning tool, Macaulay Library, Video Cornell's Macaulay Library;
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Innovate
The current issue (November/December 2006) of Innovate – Journal of Online Education is focused on Open Source and Open Access in higher education. There are several articles of interest in to those looking to add or expand offerings in online … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Open Access, Open Source, Software
Tagged Journal of Online Education;, online education
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Open Of Course
There is a relatively new site for online learning called Open Of Course, which offers a variety of tutorials and such for no cost (except your time and effort). Included among their offerings are tutorials on administering and using Linux … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Training, Tutorials, Web Design
Tagged Linux, online learning, php, Ubuntu, Web Design
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Zotero review
Daniel Chudnov, aka One Big Library has a review of the private beta version of Zotero, and man, does he like it! I am very eager to see what this piece of software can do! Watch for the public beta … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged aka
One Big Library, aka
One Big Library, Daniel Chudnov
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GlobalEdge
Described as “Your Source for Business Knowledge”, GlobalEdge has profiles of 197 countries which include currency converters, articles and essays on a variety of topics, and an Academy section designed to let instructors to use this site as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Search, Travel
Tagged Central Intelligence Agency
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Hispanic Heritage – free resources from Gale
Gale has posted some free resources relating to Hispanic Heritage, including biographies, timelines, and holidays. See their other free resources, as well. from ResourceShelf
Open Access Textbooks
Two more sites found in the realm of Open Access Textbooks, and one has bought the other: Freeload Press has bought Textbook Revolution in order to further their cause to bring a wider range of open access textbooks to students … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Open Access
Tagged Freeload Press, Textbook Revolution
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Citizendium Project
The Citizendium Project sounds like it is attempting to merge the strengths of Wikipedia and Britannica by creating a more stable and authoritative version of Wikipedia. They are calling it a “Progressive Fork” of Wikipedia, meaning that they are attempting … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Online Databases, Open Access, Search
Tagged Fork
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Trends in E-Learning for Library Staff
Based on research done in 2005, this summary of online learning (pdf) for both formal education and training is presented by WebJunction. It details how libraries make decisions about e-learning, and what the future holds. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Education, Libraries, Software, Training
Tagged e-learning, online learning
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