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Article lists how video, education, and open content are becoming more involved in university teaching.

This short article explains how best to use open content as a teaching tool.

The basic uses of open content and how it is different from traditional textbooks

This article discusses the differences between traditional textbooks and open content online textbooks.

This article, despite its silly URL, explained some points that we are going to have to change to continue using open content in education.

This website shares the concept of open content and how it is supposed to help education

This article talks about the introduction, resources, and the impacts of the society when they use Open Content Education.

This article details how education has been impacted by the open continent movement.

This is a promotional article on the benefits of using open content for educational purposes.

This article talks about the open content movement in education and what has been changed in recent years because of it.

3D printing will allow for simpler tasks to be preformed in society. The article uses the example of the task of buying a dog collar. Instead of going to the store, you would simply go online and custom make the dog collar you liked. Although this is a small example, this article gives some detailed insight into the way 3D printing benefits society.

This is an article that states how 3D printing can help in a classroom. It details how a 3D model can provide hands on learning for students, and is a great way to get students interested in the subject matter.

What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is a web based service that allows workers to access the files and documents needed to do their job or task. Everything that is needed is stored on an internet based center and can be shared, edited and or viewed by anyone who is able to access the designated software program storage.

­Buying computers for everyone isn't enough, you also have to purchase software or software licenses to give employees the tools they require. This tells that cloud computing has many different advantages for users.

This site is essential because it discusses how cloud computing is being used in the cooperate world and it discusses how it saves time and money. When talking about a cloud computing system, it's helpful to divide it into two sections: the front end and the back end. They connect to each other through a network, usually the Internet. This site breaks this process down and makes it easier to understand

I found this website very helpful to understand the concept of cloud computing and its functions.

Network-based services, which appear to be provided by real server hardware and are in fact served up by virtual hardware simulated by software running on one or more real machines, are often called cloud computing.cloud computing is computing that involves a large number of computers connected through a communication network such as the Internet, similar to utility computing. In science, cloud computing is a synonym for distributed computing over a network, and means the ability to run a program or application on many connected computers at the same time.

This is part one of a two part article detailing the start of open content on the internet.

This article talks about the basic foundation of a virtual lab. They use "Virtual labs use the power of computerized models and simula- tions and a variety of other instructional technologies to replace face- to-face lab activities."

This article details about how 3D printing will soon transform the classroom. It talks about how different museums now have "fossils" that you can download, and print a replica for a class. It goes on to state that in 3-5 years 3D printing will become much more prominent in all classes.

This article talks about how the cloud is changing how manufacturers make their products, and how countries are producing them.

This article explains how the cloud is becoming more complicated and political, and to be wary of that fact.

This article details the problems of cloud computing, and explains them well.

This article is about the "cloud", and how governments and networks perceive the cloud differently.

This article details how a group of people using cloud computing to help countries with limited resources research things.

In reading this article I discovered some of the negative traits of virtual labs. Obviously it is not as hands on as a traditional lab. This may be an issue for some of the more visual learners. There can also be time and place restrictions when it comes to the virtual labs.

This article discuses many of the advantages to using a virtual lab rather than going through the motions of a traditional lab. Virtual labs are generally less expensive, allowing more schools to benefit their students. The labs have also been shown to help explain the process and science behind the lab in a understandable way to students trying to learn. Although it does mention that virtual labs should not be completely take over. The article says that these labs should really be used to "enforce" the information.

These virtual labs are prepared to "create a new point of view and bring about a new dimension to the lesson." After doing research they have found that these virtual labs are just as effective as doing the real thing and not as rough on the environment. Students reported that they enjoyed this new way of learning and helps in different ways.

I found it interesting to read about the two being compared. Of course there are always going to be benefits to participating in the traditional lab, new advances in technology have made it easy to replicate doing the same thing without some extra costs. In a virtual lab there is no set up or cleaning up after, students can repeat the experiment more than one time, and it is a lot more cost effective. These are just a few topics that the site focusses on that I found useful.