elearning2.0 linklog

*very* extensive, very high-quality resources including free online video programming [WMV sadly], online textbooks and support materials for teachers' CPD.. "Annenberg Media is a unit of The Annenberg Foundation. Our mission is to advance excellent teach

int prelim speculation based on his own bookmarking practice + rumination about making keeping and using lists... catches some good points about why simple services can bootstrap sophisticated functionality etc

new lightweight ad-hoc make-a-content-hinged-discussion service.."Conversate is the fastest way to get a conversation started about anything on the web. Want to talk about a website, blog post, article, or image? Drag this bookmarklet to your bookmark bar

[same people as conversate].. "The Participatory Culture Foundation is building software and websites to create an independent, creative, engaging, and meritocratic TV system for millions of people around the world.

[original Guardian article on del.icio.us].. "Every so often, along comes a free, useful website that seems too good. The latest comes from New York: a blurring of online bookmarks storage system and community weblog, all rolled into a simple website with

[long how-to I posted yesterday].."a very easy technique already exists for bringing 'live' links lists into discursive site content, using the javascript linkroll feature from del.icio.us itself. This post explains how to do that

This update offers many improvements, including 'Improves responsiveness during Spotlight searches in the Finder' [at last! sez I] + many others

Kiwi is a WordPress theme, but it’s a bit more than your average theme. Embedded inside are a few nifty tools that give the user the freedom to change the layout structure and components without delving into the code, and — hopefully — make navigati

this'll ring bells with any serious del. user - charming and interesting insight into pushing the boundaries, trying to support rudimentary conversation.

In the early part of next year, you can look forward to a public beta with extensive programme details and broadcast histories. There are "On This Day" schedules that go back to 1933. It's got full contributor histories, and Really Good Search. I can't be

..I was ecstatic. You see, what the tool does is provide an interface to annotate and segment audio on the web. Yes, podcasts can be easily segmented and annotated. A couple other items of note about this product. It is great interface design as it is int

worth tracking - they may have v interesting layering of 'social'.. "automatically uploaded entire course schedules for most colleges and universities in the U.S. Students can quickly add the courses they are taking. As the company gets some history behin

Currently, many academic digital collections remain "hidden" or difficult to access on the Internet. Through the use of LionShare, users will be able to find and access these information reservoirs in a more timely and direct manner -- employing one rathe

The VIUS project has prototyped and evaluated two services: a conventional image database and a more experimental peer-to-peer file sharing system for a digital media files. A team at Penn State University has conducted an extensive assessment project to

Teachers helping teachers. Helping one another use Web technology to teach better. OpenCourse.org hosts virtual communities developing, evaluating and using open, non-proprietary learning objects in their discipline.

Compare reviews of CMS products, online college, Advanced Placement®, and high school courses. View the results of research projects • Learning object repository software • Student services products • e-Learning Policies sponsored by WCET - the Wes

..explores some of the recent buzz around the concept of 'Web 2.0' and asks what it means for libraries and related organisations. We are seeing the emergence of Web-based services that pull data from a wide range of back-end systems to deliver value to u

Schools need a system which is simple to use for the teachers as well as the students; one that is secure; which does not require dedicated tech support. And all this without using data servers because the powers-that-be frown on schools setting up server

SchoolTool and SchoolBell are usually easy to install on Linux, Windows or Macintosh computers, but if you've got a high speed internet connection and a CD burner, the easist method may be one of these bootable LiveCD's.