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"Flat World Knowledge, a free, open source textbook publisher, has announced plans to add support for direct integration of its books into campus learning management systems (LMS) like Blackboard and ANGEL. With Flat World's LMS-supported textbooks, professors and publishers will be able to include supplementary material content in its entirety available directly on the platform and split up chapters into various folders according to their syllabus. " Their contents are expanding, but the majority of their contents focus on business at this time.

Who knew there was so much to think about before ripping off a quick post to your favorite social networking site? But not stopping to consider what you're saying, and to whom you're saying it, can have serious consequences. In many ways, the Internet is forever - and your actions there can come back to haunt you years later. Social networking can be a useful tool for both business and personal purposes, as long as you use it the right way.

Developing a strong, forward-looking campus IT program is easier with ECAR's well-timed, comprehensive research. ECAR simplifies complex issues, presents proven models, and reduces the risks involved in decision making. With an ECAR subscription at the appropriate level, your institution will have access not only to ECAR research but also to its annual symposia-where your institution's representatives can join experts from academe, industry, and other knowledge centers to discuss ECAR's research findings in small group settings. Recent research topics include student uses of technology, IT collaboration, identity management, and IT support for business continuity.

# The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven. # The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes. # People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five. # All 500 of the Fortune 500 are represented in LinkedIn. In fact, 499 of them are represented by director-level and above employees. # According to my inside sources, the person with the most pending LinkedIn invitations is...Guy Kawasaki. (Though I'm not sure if I should be proud or ashamed of this factoid.)

SocialGo, founded in 2007, is more of a direct competitor to Ning as far as their goals. They allow "anyone to create a professional-grade social network for their group, business or interest." They are focused on expanding premium services, but do offer a free (forever) account to get your feet wet. If you don't really feel like setting up your network on your own, you can pay $149 and have a SocialGo Concierge do it for you.

A free/premium hosted workspace service which allows collaborative editing of pages and files

Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles.

We believe that everyone, everywhere should have access to a college education. This website will serve as a zero-cost alternative to those that lack the resources to attend traditional brick-and-mortar institutions and, if they are willing, a complement to mainstream education providers.