Posted in OER/FREE, videos on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dan Colman – 10 Signs of Intelligent Life at YouTube (Smart Video Collections)
OCulture’s Favorite YouTube Videos
WHAT?Where can I find great educational videos on YouTube that can stimulate my brain beyond the entertainment and fun level? Simple answer! On YouTube’s Education section!
Not sure about that one, but strangely enough you can easily find educational videos [...]
Posted in learning tools, teaching and learning, videos on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
YouTube Catcher
Free FLV Player
YouTube Video – Did You Know 2.0
Via Jane Knight
YOUTUBE CATCHER?YouTube Catcher is another tool that allows you to download YouTube videos easy and fast!
I am still wondering why YouTube does not allow users to download videos directly. It would probably take their software engineers approximately 5-10 minutes to add this [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, learning tools on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
dimdim
Open Source Community Edition
dimdim Documentation
WHAT?
“dimdim is the world´s first free web meeting service based on the open source platform. dimdim is a browser-based web 2.0 service that allows anybody to share their desktop, show slides, as well as talk, listen, chat, and broadcast via webcam. dimdim´s hosted service is available for free and can be [...]
Posted in learning tools on December 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
WiZiQ + Live Class Module for Moodle
YouTube: WiZIQ – The Free T&L Platform
Via Patricia Donaghy
WHAT?On WiZiQ educators and learners can connect live anywhere in the world from home using this FREE virtual classroom software. Inside the virtual classroom you share an interactive synchronized collaborative environment where you can communicate with each other on [...]
Posted in Learning Series, podcasts, videos on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MIT Audio/Video Courses
NYT Article – At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star
References – Stephen Downes & Tony Karrer
WHO?
Walter H. G. Lewin is currently a professor of Physics at MIT. He earned his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics in 1965 at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands…more
WHAT?
Professor Lewin has long had a cult [...]
Posted in learning tools on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
assPack
Reference – PassPack (Jane Knight)
WHAT?PassPack is an online password manager for people who travel or change computers often. Unlike other password managers, PassPack is available 24/7 via internet, nothing to download or install. You can save up to 100 entries for free!
On the sad note, paid upgrades will be available in the future. Hopefully, [...]
Posted in learning tools, teaching and learning on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sloodle – Learning Systems for Virtual Enviroments
Sloodle project in Second Life
Sloodle Wiki
Sloodle Whitepaper (pdf)
WHAT?Sloodle is an Open Source project which aims to develop and share useful, usable, desirable tools for supporting education in virtual worlds, making teaching easier. Through engagement with an active community of developers and users, the Sloodle project hopes to develop sound [...]
Posted in Papers, teaching and learning on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Article – What Makes a Good Teacher
GOOD TEACHERS?
Really Want to Be Good Teachers.
Take Risks.
Have a Positive Attitude.
Never Have Enough Time.
Think of Teaching as a Form of Parenting.
Try to Give Students Confidence.
Try to Keep Students-And Themselves-Off Balance.
Try to Motivate Students by Working Within Their Incentive System.
Do Not Trust Student Evaluations, Neither do bad teachers.
Listen to Their [...]
Posted in Papers, e-learning, teaching and learning on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Download 2007 Horizon Report (pdf. 285KB, 32 pages) & HTML version
Horizon Project (2008) Wiki
WHAT?The annual (4th Edition) Horizon Report essentially discusses six (6) key trends, challenges, emerging technologies that the underlying research suggests will have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education. The report reflects an ongoing collaboration between the [...]
