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The Internet Archive/Wayback Machine provides a way of accessing older versions of a website. It can also be useful if a site is temporarily inaccessible. Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.

By KATIE DAWSON, Indiana Daily Student The Indiana University eText initiative has saved 5,300 IU students as much as $100,000 by allowing professors to select eTexts instead of traditional textbooks to teach in class. eTexts first became available for faculty to consider for classes in September 2011 but are now available for all classes to use this spring semester.

Consider LibGuides for "just in time" instruction.

Free University Courses. I recommend *New Media Literacies* in Comparative Media Studies.

Free online courses from the world's top scholars. I recommend the movers and shakers panel of guest speakers in Media, Education and the Marketplace Course Course MIT / Media Studies Shigeru Miyagawa

For Blackboard Users--Tutorials from UIS Center for Online Learning, Research and Service --Jim G

UIS Center for Online Learning...

Professional conduct rules justify U of M's punishment for unprofessional expression on Facebook

This is an edited book that discusses emerging approaches to online teaching and learning long with various pedagogies for developing and using online teaching materials. The contributors to the book were participants at a seminar in Middlesex University in London.

Benefits of Teaching Online

Interesting look at MOOCs at University of British Columbia.

The Math Club at Virginia Commonwealth University provides this guide for the web's best math websites, math blogs, math YouTube videos, classic math textbooks, etc.

This is interesting and makes me think more about sharing course design with multiple universities.

Posted: Like all college and university faculty, August means finalizing fall syllabi and lesson plans, and pre-reading articles for fall courses. For many professors, this process includes thinking (or rethinking) on how to leverage social media to engage students in the semester's learning.

Having experimented with social media for learning -- especially Twitter -- across my courses, I am convinced that social media offers powerful opportunities to connect with students, by providing new ways for them to own the learning....

This is a great reminder that tech tools need to be accessible to everyone. The bonus advantage to accessibility is that students with mobile devices have a better chance of taking part, now, too. -- Tom Educational innovations like the flipped classroom, clickers, and online discussions can present difficulties for students with disabilities. The issue was highlighted this month, when Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were sued for allegedly failing to provide such students with closed captioning for online lectures and course

Arizona State University (ASU) developed eAdvisor (an advising solution) based on developments in computer technology and data analytics. It provides students with course maps, which courses should be taken and in what sequence which helps keep of students success. It also shows career opportunities and has shown positive effect on student success.

Survey finds faculty divided on social media in the classroom Do you friend your students on Facebook? Do you tweet, or use Twitter in the classroom? Do you network on LinkedIn, and participate in its groups? Does your college or university have a social media policy?