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"Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promises and Perils of Massive Open Online Courses $30.00 SKU: 978-1-60235-533-0 Steven D. Krause and Charles Lowe Information and Pricing 978-1-60235-533-0 (paperback, $30); 978-1-60235-534-7 (hardcover, $60). © 2014 by Parlor Press and the respective authors."

"There is something that bothers us about conversations about replacing face-to-face teaching with online learning: they often fall into a trap of assuming that incorporating synchronous interaction is the optimal way to make learning more personable, that it approximates the face-to-face setting closest, and is therefore preferable and better. More often than not, synchronous interaction here implies some form of two-way audiovisual interaction, even though there are text-only forms of synchronous interaction (e.g., Twitter live chat). There are also asynchronous forms of audiovisual interaction (e.g., voicemail, recorded lectures). But we feel the enthusiasm for audiovisual synchronicity often comes without sufficient discernment, and without deliberative consideration of how asynchronous learning can be not only viable but productive."

this is one of a growing number of online publishing tools, this one is very pretty, and does have a free option

a flash based tutorial on doing online research

"eb-based tools continue to proliferate, giving teachers more to add to their arsenal, but it can be hard to determine which resources are worth spending time exploring. At the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) conference this year, Adam Bellow, founder of EduClipper, and Steve Dembo, Online Community Manager for Discovery Education offered a quick run through of some favorite apps. The two educators are early adopters of ed-tech classroom strategies and have a lot of experience with tech integration."

"If you're anything like me, you spend a lot of time scouring the Internet to find useful online teaching resources like web 2.0 tools. That's how you came across this list of 101 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About, no doubt! Best Teacher ResourcesWhen I find something great (hint, hint!), I make sure to pin it on Pinterest, "like" it on Facebook and save it to my favorite social bookmarking site so that I can come back to it later. I was looking at my treasure trove of resources the other day it occurred to me: Why don't I share this list of awesome web 2.0 tools with my fellow educators?! So, I went through and picked out my 101 favorite tools for teachers and made this list."

"hat is the question I've found most helpful whenever I begin one of the workshops I lead on my campus to help academics create and manage their digital identities. Faculty members, graduate students, and others typically respond by saying they would read the candidate's work and talk with others in the field, but eventually someone will say, "Google her." Indeed, it's often the first thing someone says. I then ask attendees what someone might learn if he or she were to Google them. Would they be happy with what a search-committee member, journalist, or conference organizer looking for a keynote speaker learned about their work? Would it tell the whole story?"

"CollegeSource Online features College Catalogs in cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-Year, 4-Year, Graduate and Professional Schools. Hyperlinked tables of contents and indexes."