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"Podcasting" is a term that actually encompasses a number of different technologies, all working together to deliver audio and/or video content on a particular topic. A podcast is different from a normal audio file (such as a music file) in … [Continue reading]
In 1964, science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story titled "Dial F for Frankenstein", wherein he postulated the idea that the phone network (this was written long before the Internet as we know it today existed) had become … [Continue reading]
Educause Quarterly has an article in their most recent issue about technology learning spaces--more specifically, a technology-enhanced learning studio implemented at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL), one of our sister campuses. According … [Continue reading]
I found a suite of physics simulations (one of the simulations is a chemistry simulation) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. These are Java-based simulations so if you want to view them you will need to have the proper Java Runtime … [Continue reading]
Network World has an article in their latest online issue that discusses the use of "morphing web sites" for increasing sales revenue for advertisers. The basic idea is that a web site "shapes" itself to a user's preferences as … [Continue reading]
In an article in the latest issue of Campus Technology, Dr. Trent Batson argues that paper-based instructional tools--i.e. the "traditional" means by which students learned in the past--are no longer much relevant in a Web 2.0 world. The … [Continue reading]
It’s the end of the semester and while we are looking forward to summer, there are a few things you can do to help prepare for next year. One of those is to archive your Blackboard course to be ready to use the material in coming … [Continue reading]
I found the following video on YouTube (of course). Since this is a highly-charged political year, I thought this might be an entertaining diversion. When it comes to providing content online for students, particularly when using a Web 2.0 … [Continue reading]
Since 2005, the Educause Learning Initiative has been releasing a series of briefs--one a month--outlining new and emerging learning technologies. Each brief starts with a plausible scenario that introduces the technology in question. The brief … [Continue reading]
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