Source for good research on online education
In our committee meeting today, a discussion of a rather ill-conceived distance learning study led me to recommend Educause as a reliable source of good research. Here’s the link, please […]
web 2.0
Youtube now directly records from your webcam
This is a real breakthrough! Now you can open your youtube account, select Upload a video, and you will see at the top of the screen the option “Record from […]
10 Rules of Teaching in this Century
One author’s view of teaching in the 21st century – with technology of course, since this comes from the Campus Technology Journal 10 Rules of Teaching in this Century — […]
An Hour on the Internet
This is across all demographics…
Web accessibility study
Note the key points found that promote accessibility in this 2010 study of website accessibility: – Inclusion of a “skip navigation” link – Keyboard-accessible links (no hover menus) – Accessible […]
Voicethread as powerful digital storytelling
Below is an example of a photo journalism project on Chernobyl. Click any of the side icons to hear/see the dialog and comments, both in Russian and English, or just […]
Horizon report 2010
As many know, the Horizon Report comes out each year to capsulize technology trends that are significant to the academy. This year, the keywords are “data sense-making, the cloud, and […]
What is the “Internet of Things”?
Basically, if you can imagine putting a radio frequency-emitting barcode on an object, and then being able to track that object’s location anywhere in the world via GPS and display […]
Blogging to Improve Student Learning
“Most universities press their faculty to add technology to their classroom by adopting the Learning Management System—Blackboard, Moodle, etc. This is a mistake. Faculty often end up spending hours learning […]
Student Smartphone Use Doubles
This Chronicle report on a Ball State U. research study showed that students are increasingly moving to the iphone/android world. Note the study found that text messaging is overtaking email […]
