Kindle and the Blind
'The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind are suing Arizona State University for its use of the Amazon...
Home dissection kits and more
Molz, D. (2009) Home dissection kits and more Inside Higher Education, June 5
Another form of blended learning: online courses with home kits. The interesting...
Are Learning Management Systems obsolete? Some questions
In an earlier blog about Blackboard buying out Angel Learning Systems, I dropped the throwaway comment:
'I suspect that by the time all the legal...
Does technology use improve learning outcomes?
Reynard, R. (2009) Can We Gauge Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes? Campus Technology, March 25
A thoughtful essay in a long line that discusses the...
Web 2.0 selection criteria
Bovard, B. (2009) Web 2.0 selection criteria Tek Trek March 2
Excellent list of criteria for deciding which Web 2.0 tools to use for teaching...
Steam engines and IT: electronic note-taking (paper-based computing)
(This replaces an earlier post)
Hannon, C. (2008) Paper-based Computing EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 31. No. 4
This article looks at some of the issues arising from...
Asynchronous and synchronous e-learning
Hrastinski, S. (2008) Asynchronous and synchronous e-learning EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4 (October–December 2008)
A study of asynchronous and synchronous e-learning methods discovered that...
Better Learning With Sites and Sound
Guess, A. (2008) Better Learning with Sites and Sound Inside Higher Education, Dec 4
A report of research conducted by Phil Ice, at West Virginia...
Infrastructures in Virtual Learning
Willis, H. (2008) Infrastructures in Virtual Learning New Media Consortium 2008 conference proceedings
This is one of the most interesting papers I have read on...
Image searching and copyright
Serious Gaming image, from --Joy's--Photostream on Flikr
Dave Kilbey of the University of Bristol, UK, has developed a very useful, clear and free interactive tutorial...