DreamSpark

Microsoft DreamSpark (https://www.dreamspark.com/) provides professional-level developer and design tools to students and educators around the world at no charge. These Microsoft tools will help you advance your learning and skills through technical design, technology, math, science, and engineering activities.


From Pam Lehr.

Wikimatrix - Wiki Comparison Tool

I have been following a conversation in LinkedIn and someone posted this interesting Wikimatrix resource that allows you to compare different wiki tools. I haven’t had a chance to use the matrix yet, so if anyone does, please let us know how it works out.

http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/wikimatrixorg-compare-wiki/

Blind Students sue over E-Learning Systems

Here's an interesting article on the Chronicle of Higher Education about blind students at FSU and other universities suing the university for not being accessible to students with disabilities. Enjoy!

Great directory of tools

This link goes to the...

Directory of Learning Tools 2011

...with "over 2000 tools for learning and working in education and the workplace."

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

I found a simple, but excellent little demo of a jet engine's thrust reverser on this site:

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/index.html

Description of Wolfram Demonstrations Project from their site:

Conceived by Mathematica creator and scientist Stephen Wolfram as a way to bring computational exploration to the widest possible audience, the Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range of other fields.

Its daily growing collection of interactive illustrations is created by Mathematica users from around the world who participate by contributing innovative Demonstrations.

Delicious has a new owner

Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, Hurley and Chen have firsthand expertise enabling millions of consumers to share their experiences with the world. Delicious will become part of their new Internet company, AVOS.

To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS. After a transition period and after your bookmarks are transferred, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.

Delicious in its current form will be available until approximately July 2011.
After that, you will no longer be able to use your existing Delicious account and will not have access to your existing bookmarks or account information.

Go to http://www.delicious.com/help/transition for more information.

Student Demand for Hybrid Learning

Happy Friday! This topic has been interesting me lately and I saw a relevant post on Professor Hacker's blog today, so I compiled my own quick post...

Student Demand for Hybrid Learning
There are all kinds of students learners. And these days it's not just visual, auditory or kinesthetic; it's also face-to-face, online, and hybrid/blended...