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A feature of OSU's Google Apps suite that might be handy for student clubs / student groups -- might be especially handy in engaging off-campus students into student activities? See the video for a quick overview.

This report is the product of the HECC OER steering committee. A consultant was hired to study the market of open ancillary materials platforms, with a goal of helping the committee possibly prepare to apply for a grant to create an open platform for ancillary materials.

I deeply respect this industry pioneer, Michael Abrash, and his talk on the current state of wearable computing really turned my head around. Thought i'd throw a link up here, just in case any of you are curious about this emerging field. (basically, just click the PDF in the first paragraph, which attempts to go through and explain everything in "simpler" terms. The short of it is that we now have the tech to deliver on the promise of VR goggles from the late 80s. And after that, within about 5 years, the world will be changed by Augmented Reality (AR) - when your cell phone can seemlessly detect and enhance everything you look at). (the tech isn't quite there for AR yet, but google released Glass to try and get ahead of the game).

This site gives examples for each of the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" from Chickering and Gamson (1987) and also references Chickering and Ehrmann's (1996) "Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever."