Newsletter no. 28, July 16th, 2010
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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. http://freevideolectures.com/ 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 public domain high resolution images with full rights. http://imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php Finland makes broadband a 'legal right' Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. From 1 July, 2010 every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/10461048.stm 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. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx 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. http://www.istevision.org/viewsession.php?id=120
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 money for an iPad is like Ingrid Bergman’s regret over leaving Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart. You will do it: not today, not tomorrow, but soon — and for the rest of your life. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/07/12/golub 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 interact with your course materials in a very different way. http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/social-network/all-of-a-twitter-how-are-social-web-tools- used-in-university-classrooms/ 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 PLE’s main concepts:
The Anatomy of a PLE: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.htmlThe Physiology of a PLE: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/physiology-of-ple.html
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/ 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. http://dokdok.com 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. http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/07/an-introduction-to-social-media-for-learning-and-performance-enhancement.html
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 guide about it. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDvgjV54wIg PDF: http://www.google.com/chat/grandma/google-video-chat-guide.pdf 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 topic. http://smart.fm/ 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. http://theedublogger.com/2010/07/08/a-twitteraholics-guide-to-tweets-hashtags-and-all- things-twitter/ IT and Education in Québec
If you want to be up-to-date with what's happening in IT and Education in Québec, please visit these two websites:
ProfWeb: http://www.profweb.qc.ca/en/home/index.html La Vitrine Technologie-Éducation: http://en.ntic.org/
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Newsletter no. 28, July 16th, 2010