This is a free service of the Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP), maintained by Texifter. (See QDAP tag) . Tools in this toolkit facilitate coding of text data sets, enable annotation with shared memos, and provide tools to assist with managing team collaborations (permissions, etc.)
A product of Texifter in conjunction with QDAP (see QDAP tag) this product is a predecessor of DiscoverText (also bookmarked). "This initial version of the system is specifically tailored to handle many forms of public comments submitted to US federal agencies during regulatory rulemaking and related public comment-generating activities."
By Amanda Coffey, Cardiff School of Social Sciences. Coffey has conducted ethnographic research in a digital environment. This powerpoint hits on some keywords and key features of her projects.
Keywords/acronyms: CAQDAS (computer aided qualitative data analysis software); enthographic hypermedia environment.
Interesting ideas: multimodality (different insights with different media); activity of writing interwoven with analysis; archiving data; managing complexity; readers can potentially interact with entire data set; secondary analysis; innovative publications; new ways of "reading" qualitative inquiry
By Lanwitches on Langwitches blog, March 29, 2010. This blog post includes a slideshow that describes 70 web-based tools that might be of interest to educators. The tools are only roughly categorized. As the author notes, "It is not about the tools, it's about the skills." That said, there are some interesting tools here.
This is a commercial site that offers "integrated open source learning services." Of particular interest to KPI are some of the Moodle-related offerings incuding ELIS (Enterprise Learning Intelligence Suite). The company offers a variety of services (hosting, learning services, webinars), as well as blogs.
This wiki offers an evolving collection of technology tools for collaborative work and online education. It is maintained by Margaret Riel and faculty and others from the Masters of Arts in Learning Technologies, Graduate School of Education and Psychology from Pepperdine University. There are a variety of tools and other useful links here -- watch out for currency, though. When visiting the site on 4/1/10, the last update had been Dec 2009.
Published in Spectrum > Mobile Learning, Libraries, And Technologies, March 12, 2009. "MLE-Moodle is an out-of-the-box mobile Learning (mLearning) system, designed for mobile phones." With MCNC in particular, we've discussed how it might be helpful to be able to engage students/faculty/administrators in Polilogue via mobile phone in addition to computer.
Created by Pennsylvania's Department of Education, and part of the Standards Aligned System (SAS), launched March 2010. Database allows educators to search for appropriate digital materials for use in the classroom.
By Dakaria I. Aarons in Education Week, March 25 2010. The New Leaders for New Schools principal-training program has launched a new version of its online portal for the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC). The article reports that the portal is a "Web-based compendium of professional-development resources for principals, staff-development coaches, and teachers." The article links to the database. Full article is subscription only. For access, contact your local library.
Edited by Terry Freedman and published on Informations and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education: The Educational Technology Site, March 2010. This is a really great e-book (free, downloadable PDF) which organizes Web 2.0 education projects by grade level, including a section for adult learners, and a section of resources. There are links to all projects and analysis and self-reflection by the project creators.