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Making online courses accessible to blind students

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Parry, M. (2010) Colleges lock out blind students online Chronicle of Higher Education, December 17 'Colleges that wouldn't dare put up a new building without...

A gradual move to open-source textbooks

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Rosenhall, L. (2010) Internet, cost spur textbook revolt Sacramento Bee, December 6 For those of you who don't get the Sacramento Bee newspaper (you dont?!),...

The joy of statistics

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To cheer you up for the new year, I offer you: In this four minute BBC video on YouTube, Hans Rosling animates life expectancy and...

Integrating web 2.0 and LMSs

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Mott, J. (2010) Envisioning the post-LMS era: the Open Learning Network Educause Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1 I've just caught up with this important article...

NMC Horizon Report from down under

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New Media Consortium (2010) 2010 Horizon Report - Australia-New Zealand Edition Austin TX: New Media Consortium The NMC brings out its main projections for the...

Google e-books launched

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Google e-books launched on Monday. But before you rush off to download Ulysses, read the following article Fister, B. (2010) The illusion of Google's limitless...

Immersive virtual labs for under $150,000

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Johnson, R. (2010) UMC packs 3-D visuals into cutting-edge research lab GrandForksHerald, December 1 This is a report on the University of Minnesota-Crookston's new virtual...

Educational possibilities for digital books

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The arrival of digital books through Kindles, Sony e-Readers and the iPad raises all kinds of questions about the functions of digital books, given...

Seven interesting patterns of mobile learning

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Moghe, S. (2010) Mobile learning - seven interesting patterns The Learning Generalist, November 13 This excellent post from Bangalore's Sumeet Moghe's first class web site...

Tunisian web site on e-learning vocalized in three languages

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For the first time in Tunisia, e-Taalim, an electronic Magazine specialized in the fields of e-Learning and blended learning, announces officially the...