Cloud Computing: the Economic Imperative
Erenben, C. (2009) Cloud Computing: The Economic Imperative eSchool News, March 4
A useful 'idiot's guide' to the relevance of cloud computing to educational institutions....
YouTube Creates New Section to Highlight College Content
Young, J. (2009) YouTube Creates New Section to Highlight College Content Chronicle of Higher Education, March 27
Extract: 'The new YouTube EDU page includes only...
Why is Web 2.0 Important to Higher Education?
Batson, T. (2009) Why is Web 2.0 Important to Higher Education? Campus Technology, April 15
An opinion piece that doesn't say anything more (e.g. 'the...
Online conference on virtual worlds
Community by LearningTimes is promoting the second annual "Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums Conference" (VWLEM), which will be held entirely online April 24-25,...
Report on New Media Consortium in Second Life
Linden Lab (2009) Developing New Learning And Collaboration Environments For Educators: The New Media Consortium (NMC) In Second Life San Francisco: Linden Lab
The New...
100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better
OEDB (2009) 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better Online Education Database, Feb 12
This site really does have 100 tips...
Recommended standards for mobile learning
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (2009) Recommended standards for mobile learning Brisbane: Australian Flexible Learning Framework
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s M-standards set a national baseline...
New standards to facilitate e-learning
Carter, D. (2009) New standards to facilitate learning e-School News March 31
'A consortium of educators and technology executives has developed a common set of...
Simulation and its Discontents
Turkle, S. (2009) Simulation and Its Discontents Cambridge: MIT Press (launch: May 2009)
From the publisher's blurb:
Sherry Turkle examines the now dominant medium of our...
Is simulation as good as real life
Batson, T. (2009) Is simulation as good as real life? Campus Technology, March 18
Excellent article on the value of simulations versus authentic experience.