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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Elena Lopez

Elena Lopez

Google Faces Antitrust Investigation for Agreement to Digitize Millions of Books Online - 0 views

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    Interesting points about who will own access to classics and out-of-print books (i.e., information) once they are digitized for the web... "We speak to Brewster Kahle, founder of the non-profit internet library Archive.org. He's among critics warning Google could end up with a monopoly of access to information and exclusive license to profit from millions of books."
Elena Lopez

Tomorrow's Professor Blog: 938. Testing and Grading - 0 views

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    Tomorrow's Professor Blog-A collaborative effort between Stanford and MIT.
Elena Lopez

Connexions - Browse Online Texts by Subject - 0 views

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    "Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. Our Content Commons contains educational materials for everyone - from children to college students to professionals - organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger collections or courses. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons "attribution" license. "
Elena Lopez

Study: class podcasts can lead to better grades - Ars Technica - 0 views

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    Students perform better on tests when they use podcasts to take notes-better, even, than simply going to class. Though a recent study stops short of saying podcasts can replace classes, it shows that they can be extremely useful in supplementing lectures.
Elena Lopez

Online Education - Introducing the Microlecture Format - Open Education - 0 views

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    "While one minute lectures may be beyond the scope of imagination for any veteran teacher, Shieh reports on the piloting of the concept at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M. The concept was introduced as part of a new online degree program in occupational safety last fall. According to Shieh, school administrators were so pleased with the results that they are expanding the micro-lecture concept to courses in reading and veterinary studies."
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