shelfari: Social Networking for Readers
Shelfari makes it easy to see what your friends are reading, what others with similar tastes have enjoyed, and even get and give book Access the Site
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Doodle: Online group scheduling solution
Schedule an event…… such as a board meeting, business lunch, conference call, family reunion, movie night, or any other group event. View example, create pollAccess the Site
Windows Live @ edu
Create a community for life. Give your students and alumni free hosted e-mail from Windows Live, with a custom domain name selected by your institution.Access the Site
“Where Do I List This on My CV?” Considering the Values of Self-Published Web Sites
In Fall 2002, I published “Where Do I List This on My CV? Considering the Values of Self-Published Web Sites.” Just about five years later, I was approached by the editors of Kairos to republish and revisit this article. As the abstract for the 2002 article described the piece then, “Given the high value that […]
READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES ONLINE: THE EFFECTS OF FEEDBACK, PROFICIENCY AND INTERACTION
This paper describes an ongoing project to create an online version of a reading programme, a custom-designed English language proficiency course at a university in Japan.Read the Full Article
Characteristics Associated with Increasing the Response Rates of Web-Based Surveys
Having a respectable response rate is critical to generalize the results for any survey, and web surveys present their own unique set of issues. This research identified web deployment and questionnaire characteristics that were significantly associated with increasing the response rate to web-based surveys based on a systematic evaluation of ninety-nine web-based surveys. Read the […]
Quality Matters: Collaborative Program Planning at a State Level
Quality in online distance education has been a hot topic in the popular, professional, and academic literature during the past decade. This article describes an innovative response to the problem of assuring quality in sharable online courses encountered by MarylandOnline, a statewide consortium of 19 Maryland community colleges and four-year institutions. Phases of collaborative program […]
Winds of Change: Charting the Course of IT in the Twenty-First Century
The first maxim is to view IT from the crow’s nest. The crow’s nest is a place high upon the ship’s tallest mast. A sailor would climb up the rigging to the crow’s nest, in order to view the horizon from that higher vantage point and look for enemy ships or breeching whales. For those […]
Help Wanted: For an alarming number of new teachers, the school gates have turned into a revolving door.
Here’s how technology can assist districts in addressing the reasons for the rampant turnover.Read the Full Article
Help Wanted: For an alarming number of new teachers, the school gates have turned into a revolving door.
Here’s how technology can assist districts in addressing the reasons for the rampant turnover.Read the Full Article