EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources OnlineThis weblog focuses on locating, evaluating, discussing, and providing guidelines to instructional resources for faculty and students in higher education. The emphasis is on free, shared, HE resources. Related topics and news (about commercial resources, K-12 resources, T&D resources, educational technology, digital libraries, distance learning, open source software, metadata standards, cognitive mapping, etc.) will also be discussed--along with occasional excursions into more distant...Web Tools 4 U 2 Use- April 28, 2008 This is a very BIG collection of categorized web tools. ____JH (Thanks to David Warlick's 2 Cents Worth for the reference.) ____ "This wiki was created for school library media specialists by Dr. Donna Baumbach and Dr. Judy Lee, University of Central Florida. The purpose is to provide information about some of the new web-based tools (Web 2.0) and how they can be used and are being used by school library media specialists and their students and teachers. Much of the...http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/About+This+Wiki Using E-Maps to Organize and Navigate Online Content- April 28, 2008 I report about concept mapping techniques and software every now and then in this weblog because I believe that concept or topic maps are critically important for learning in general and that computer-generated maps provide a special advantage for electronic learning over ordinary textbooks and classrooms. This pdf article by Prof. Michael Ruffini appeared in the most recent issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Ruffini does an outstanding job covering the use of e-maps for online learning for both...http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0819.pdf MIT OpenCourseWare Update, April 2008- April 24, 2008 The latest posting from MIT's OpenCourseWare about new and updated offerings shows an enticing variety of courses from Polymer Physics to Principles of Microeconomics to Forms of Western Narrative to Engineering of Nuclear Reactors. The newsletter also includes comments from teachers and students around the globe (World Impact). ___JH _______ New and Updated Courses 2.782J Design of Medical Devices and Implants 3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials 3.063 Polymer Physics 6.973...http://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:12960.1045373063/rid:aef79cf8858e30d18ff284... Open Educational Resources and Practices- April 15, 2008 This article by Sandra Schaffert and Guntram Gesert appeared in the 2008 Feb. issue 7 of elearningpapers. The full article is available in pdf format. The authors provide an important perspective on what has been happening in the field and what needs to happen. I'm especially impressed by the wide range of stakeholders that they speak to in their formulations (from OER creators to learners). ____JH _____ "Open Educational Resources (OER) can be an important element of...http://www.elearningpapers.eu/index.php?page=doc&doc_id=11198&doclng=6 Zaidlearn's Collection of Free Learning Tools- April 3, 2008 Zaid Ali Alsagoff gives a visually exciting overview of free learning tools. Zaid, as usual, does a fine job collecting and describing sites and also includes collections from others. ___JH ______ A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem Let's explore the idea that there is at least one excellent free learning tool for every learning problem (or issue)! I want a FREE: Easy-to-use and secure Internet browser Firefox e-Mail system Gmail Social bookmarking tool del.icio.us...http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html |