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The popular Open University app, ‘Devolve Me’, has today hit one million downloads.The face morph game which was launched as part of the Darwin celebrations, allows people to see how they may have looked as an ancient ancestor from Australopithecus afarensis (3.7million years ago) to a Homo heidelbergensis (500,000 years ago).Open University Full Article
Overview Welcome to “Podcasting in a Writing Class? Considering the Possibilities,” a multimodal project exploring podcasting as a part of a writing class. This text has two main components: a hypertextual webtext and a six episode podcast series. I encourage you to listen to the podcasts and explore the webtext to experience the full article. […]
The nonprofit group called TED, known for streaming 18-minute video lectures about big ideas, today opened a new YouTube channel designed for teachers and professors, with videos that are even shorter.Wired Campus Full Article
Educators are giving YouTube — long dismissed as a storehouse of whimsical, time-wasting and occasionally distasteful videos — another look. As Google, YouTube’s parent company, fine-tunes a portal that lets schools limit students’ access to selected content, the video-sharing Web site is gaining popularity as a trove of free educational materials.The New York TimesFull Article
At its peak, the British Empire was the largest in history and its influence stretched all over the world. Written and presented by Jeremy Paxman, and produced by the Open University and the BBC, the series, called simply Empire, will trace not only the Empire’s rise and fall, but also explore the complex effects it […]
Five-Week Festival to Showcase 20 Short Films in Five Categories on PBS.org and YouTube ARLINGTON, VA – February 22, 2012 – PBS today announced that it will launch its first Online Film Festival and showcase of 20 short films from independent filmmakers. The Festival, featuring award-winning films with a wide array of styles, perspectives and […]
The influential company providing brainpower for the iPhone personal assistant, Siri, has joined the group of education firms debuting new products around the time of Apple’s entry into the e-textbook market.Wired CampusFull Article
Matthew Morrison Hosts a Look at the Man Who Changed the American Musical Forever – New One-Hour Special Premieres on PBS in March 2012 –PBSPress Release
For a subscription-based content vault like JSTOR, the economy of the modern Web is a double-edged sword.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationFull Article
Many online and distance-learning students cite a reliable Internet connection as the most important—if not the only—thing they need to succeed. With a dizzying array of new and pricey digital toys being produced regularly, many online students swear by their iPads and iPhones. Others say online education should be user friendly and low tech. SOURCE: […]
