Graham Attwell summarizes what was achieved at the recent PLE conference in Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.pontydysgu.org/2010/07/ple2010-conference-what-did-we-achieve/…
The Essential Guide To Digital Photography
You may think that picking up a digital camera, turning it on, and taking the photo is all that you need to know about digital photography. Think again, as there is a whole heap more to learn that you might …
The iPad for Academics
After having used an iPad shortly since its release I can safely say that the device — or another one like it — deserves to become an important part of the academic’s arsenal of gadgets. Choosing to plop down the …
FreeVideoLectures: 740 + Free Online Video Courses From Leading Universities
This website has a great motto: “to organize the world’s educational videos and make them universally accessible and down-loadable”. They offer 740 + free online video courses from leading universities universities. All courses are categorized by Subjects and Universities.
Smart.fm: Helps To Learn Stuff Quickly & Remember Longer
Who said learning and social networking cannot come together? Smart.fm is a fun website that combines education with social networks. The web app serves as an online academic assistant that offers courses to anyone who wants to learn about any …
Into Tomorrow: Looking at the Extreme Future (Video)
This is about the extreme future 10 to 20 years out. It’s not a crystal ball but an informed look ahead at the good, bad, and ugly. A great presentation by Ian Jukes at ISTE 2010 Conference.
ImageBase: Public Domain High Resolution Images
The internet is filled with pictures on any topic and you can easily search for them. But your search results will usually display a random collection of pictures. ImageBase can be a new image source if you are looking for …
An introduction to social media – for learning and performance enhancement
Pretty nice table-of-contents style post that is in effect a handbook on social media. This is a social resource as it also provides the opportunity for you to provide your own experiences of using social tools for learning.
All of a Twitter … how are social web tools used in University classrooms (Video)
It is the very interactive nature of social web tools that academics are finding so useful in the classroom. What you can do with the Web 2.0 is that you can deliver material gradually and you can allow students to …
A Simple Guide to Google Video Chat
Google Video Chat is a nice alternative to Skype available to anyone using Gmail. Some folks aren’t aware of how easy it is to video chat using Google Video Chat. Therefore, yesterday Google released a simple video guide and PDF …
NASA and Microsoft Let You Explore Mars Like Never Before
Microsoft Research and NASA have teamed up once again and brought the “most complete, highest-resolution coverage of Mars available” to WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft’s app which lets you explore space either through a zoom-and-pan interface or guided tours.
Is There a Better Way to Find Email Attachments?
DokDok enhances your inbox to make it easy to find, work on and share the latest version of any document.
Blackboard acquires Elluminate and Wimba: the end of LMSs?
Tony Bates, from E-Learning and Distance Education Resources writes: “I’ve deliberately waited a few days before commenting on this, because my immediate reaction was unprintable. At the end of the day, I found myself asking: does this really matter?”
http://www.tonybates.ca/2010/07/11/blackboard-acquires-elluminate-and-wimba-the-end-of-lmss/…
A Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter
If you’re still wondering which way is up in the Twitterverse, this post is for you. Sue Waters offers the introductory landscape, spoken with the experience of a Twitter aficionado.
The Anatomy and Physiology of a PLE (Personal Learning Environment)
Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can – they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning. In these two articles, Prof. Steve Wheeler explains …