Second Life in Education: Current State of the Art
Harrison, D. (2009) 'Real-Life Teaching in a Virtual World' Campus Technology, Feb 18
An up-date on Second Life applications in education, with a useful set...
Questions on the future of information and communications technologies in higher education
Over the next month, I will be doing several blogs around topics prompted by three books that look very different, but each of which...
Review of: Katz, R. et al. (2008) The Tower and the Cloud
Review of: Katz, R. et al. (2008) The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing Boulder CO: EDUCAUSE, available...
3 Challenges (with Benefits) to Wiki Use in Instruction
Reynard, R. (2009) '3 Challenges (with Benefits) to Wiki Use in Instruction' Campus Technology, 11 Feb
An excellent article on designing effective use of wikis...
Mobile learning in Senegal
eLearning Africa (2009) 'Nomadic Schools Soon Available to Senegalese Students' elearning Africa newsletter, Feb, Vol. 3
In an interview with Philippe Steger, creator of WapEduc,...
Laptops in lectures
Pinchin, K. (2009) 'Can I have your half-attention, please?' On Campus Macleans.ca, Feb 06
An article about students bringing lap-tops to lectures, with research indicating...
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...
Using simulations to dig deeper in science teaching
Tinker, R. (2009) How can less be more? Concord Consortium Newsletter, Winter
A description of how the Molecular Workbench simulator can be used to allow...
Digital Research Tools
This very useful wiki managed by Lisa Spiro at Rice University, USA, collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in...
Facebook + Education = ?
Wong, M. (2009) Facebook + Education = ? UBC e-strategy Newsletter, February
An interesting article on the pros and cons of Facebook in education. See...