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5 Things You Should Read about Copyright and Sharing Instructional Materials

July 10, 2008

This ACRL publication serves to instruct and educate readers about topics relevant to library instruction, which are either timely or underdiscussed. The publication's emphasis is on current…

7 Things You Should Know About Augmented Reality

October 15, 2005

Augmented reality adds information and meaning to a real object or place. Unlike virtual reality, augmented reality does not create a simulated reality. Instead, it takes a real object or space a…

7 Things You Should Know About Mapping Mashups

July 15, 2006

Mapping mashups use online mapping services, such as those offered by Google or Yahoo, to display customized, clickable markers showing points of interest and related information. In the classroo…

A Framework for Evaluating the Quality of Multimedia Learning Resources

July 2, 2007

This article presents the structure and theoretical foundations of the Learning Object Review Instrument (LORI), an evaluation aid available through the E-Learning Research and Assessment Networ…

A KEEP Toolkit Case Study: Promoting Use of MERLOT Learning Objects by Sharing Authors' and Users' Pedagogical Knowledge and Experience

January 1, 2005

In a pilot effort between Carnegie Foundation and MERLOT, selected authors and users of online learning resources created succinct and engaging online representations, called "snapshots",…

A Widget Onto the Future

December 8, 2008

They float around on desktops, populate home pages and bulge out of Facebook profiles. They aren’t exactly tangible, which is why they’re called widgets, but they’re real enough within the …

An Open Educational Resource Supports a Diversity of Inquiry-Based Learning

February 9, 2012

This article from the January 2012 issue of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning ,  explores how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This c…

Application Parlors

March 29, 2006 | A session at the ELI 2006 Spring Focus Session

Tangible Flags (Room 2129) - Gene Chipman, University of Maryland iPod Project (Room 2117) - Marilyn Lombardi, Duke University Mobile Muse (Room 2105) - David Vogt, University of British Colu…

Bob Heterick Memorial Lectureship - Digital Histories for the Digital Age: How Do We Teach Writing Now?

January 19, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

The digital environment has had an immense effect on American society, learning, and education: we have more sources available at our fingertips than any previous generation. Teaching and learning …

Bryan Alexander on Web 2.0

November 3, 2005

This 25 minute recording gathers some thoughts from Bryan Alexander about Web 2.0.  Bryan is the Director for Emerging Technologies at National Institute for Technology and Liberal Educati…