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- The Buzz:
- Weighing In:
- Products and Apps
- Online Resources:
The Buzz
Web Bazaar: The Problem of Abundance
Walking in the old part of Istanbul, the narrow street awash in shops, each with its appealing bins of gorgeous goods, I kept expecting to find a super market of some sort. But no supermarket ever appeared, just more miles of tiny shops. Welcome to Web 2.0.
Weighing In
It IS about Technology: Integrating Higher Ed into Knowledge Culture
For more than twenty years, we educational technologists have talked about «integrating information technology into higher education.» The implication was that education would stay the same and information technology would benignly slip in and cause no ruckus at all. This rhetoric no longer applies, if it ever did, and does a disservice to us as we work through the intricacies of this age.
Products and Apps
Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies
Sun Microsystems recently said it will soon open source the core components of Sun Java System Web Proxy and Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license. The Web and Proxy source code will be released later this year.
Katana Brings Education Content to Sakai Open Source LMS
Sakai, a popular open source learning management system, is adding content from McGraw-Hill Higher Education to its repertoire of educational tools. Through a technology called Katana, developed by McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions and The ETUDES Consortium, Sakai users will be able to tap directly into McGraw-Hill’s electronic learning resources, including online courses, digital media, and curricula.
Texas State Tech To Deliver Digital Media Program via Second Life
This fall Texas State Technical College (TSTC) will be offering a Digital Media certificate focused on virtual world technology using Second Life as the primary delivery method. An associate degree Digital Media will be offered in spring 2009.
U Minnesota Researchers Create ‘Safe Road Maps’ Mashup
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a Google Maps mashup, called SafeRoadMaps, which pinpoints the location of every fatal accident that has happened in the United States using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Online Resources
- Webcast: Lecture Capture Improves Distance Learning Program at GWU
In this free, 60-minute session, you will hear how Echo360 helped GWU create a simple, easy way to capture lectures and offer them to students online. Get details on the implementation process and hear the success the program has experienced, allowing it to extend its reach beyond the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Sponsored by Echo360 - Virtualization–The Greener, Faster, More Economical IT for Higher Ed
Imagine system processing times reduced by as much as 80%. Keiser University did, decreasing a 20 minute grade-posting process to about four minutes. How did they achieve this time-saving miracle? Going virtual. Virtualization is expected to be the next big thing in information technology-optimizing hardware resources, providing cost-savings, and reducing energy consumption. It’s revolutionizing campus system infrastructures across the world-and CDW-G is there to lend a hand! Learn more about the power of virtualization now.
Sponsored by CDW-G - More resources
Web 2.0 is your single best up-to-the-minute resource for news, tactics, strategies, and case studies for teaching and learning in the new web world. You’ll find the latest information on social software (wikis, blogs, and chat), virtual learning environments, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) such as Second Life, web-enabled collaboration tools, social collaboration sites, gaming, immersive education technologies, and more. Published bi-monthly, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in HTML and text formats.
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