The Internet Archive Keeps Book-Scanning Free

The Internet Archive Keeps Book-Scanning Free

Much as I love antiquarian books, here is a job I would not want to have long-term. It may have been the term "monastic" that got to me. :-)

Vickie

Emerging Technology - Mobile and Wireless - The Most Dangerous New Technologies

Pardon me while I go hide under my desk....

Emerging Technology - Mobile and Wireless - The Most Dangerous New Technologies

SXSW: The Psychology of Google Search - AppScout

SXSW: The Psychology of Google Search - AppScout

John Wiley, Google's User Experience Designer, points to why our students may be reluctant to use library databases:

"...a big part of a user's feeling toward a product stems from self esteem: When a UI is frustrating and users can't figure out how to use it correctly, they feel bad about themselves."

(UI- User Interface)

It doesn't get much simpler than that....

Vickie

Wired Campus: Happy 'Rewire Your Life Day' - Chronicle.com

Wired Campus: Happy 'Rewire Your Life Day' - Chronicle.com

Today is "Rewire Your Life Day" - celebrate it by staying off email. Slightly ironic -- I learned about this email avoidance day in a email!

Google: No More Excuses for Not Doing Mobile Work

Google: No More Excuses for Not Doing Mobile Work

Google Gears API might be too technical for most of us to develop applications, but it's worth keeping an eye on.

This blog posting from eWeek.com talks about creating code to use mobile device applications offline. This would allow cell phone and laptop users to continue doing some work, even without an Internet connection.

Forget E-Mail: New Messaging Service Has Students and Professors Atwitter - Chronicle.com

Forget E-Mail: New Messaging Service Has Students and Professors Atwitter - Chronicle.com

Are you ready to Twitter yet? I'm not sure I am. One of the things that is tough right now is figuring out which social networking sites to invest time in. I already have colleagues on Facebook, MySpace, Ning, and LinkedIn.

Innovate: Online Teaching and Classroom Change: The Trans-Classroom Teacher in the Age of the Internet

Innovate: Online Teaching and Classroom Change: The Trans-Classroom Teacher in the Age of the Internet

As course management systems lead more of us to create hybrid classes (face-to-face plus online), our teaching styles are changing. This article surveys high school teachers, but the principles apply to higher education. The teachers described changes in their approaches to "class participation, independent learning, questioning techniques, and metacognition/reflection."

Innovate is a journal of online education. If you teach, it's worth a regular scan...