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List of top 10 tools for learning - compiled by learning professionals

I just found this really interesting and thought I'd share even though it doesn't completely fit into the scope of the course.

Good article about how Blackboard impacts online teaching

Good article about Google Wave - and how it could replace course management systems - it certainly is the "wave" of the future!

Article about the influence of social networking peers toward things you might not think about (such as obesity).

Interesting graph showing number of unique visitors each month to Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. Also revenue sources.

Wow - great to see a new online program EXCEED its initial enrollment goals! This model is worth keeping an eye on.

It is growing! I saw a commercial a couple of years ago that really struck me. It depicted two kids in a very modern home in Japan with their mother mulling about doing house work. Instead of playing video games on the large flatscreen on the wall, they were engaged in a math course talking to the teacher in real time. I have to believe that it is very real model that will evolve and succeed as it is at USC. Great article, thanks!

This has some really neat looking stuff in it. All I can say about some of this is WOW!

Remake of Star Wars (A New Hope) created by fans. Each fan creates a 15 second clip (however they want) and they're put together into a movie. Interesting example of massive internet collaboration.

Good paper about the role of the course management system (CMS) in determining online pedagogy.

"Will Google's Wave Replace E-Mail-and Facebook?"

Article on how employers use social networking sites like Facebook to check on potential candidates.

Libraries are used more when the economy declines

Technology is affecting America and changing the world we live in!

I found this interesting

Not exactly an authoritative source, but a funny commentary on social networking...

Libraries blocking sites to keep teens away.