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A course in information studies was partly held in the virtual world of Second Life. Second Life was used as a platform to deliver lectures and as a place for organizing group assignments and having discussions. Students' opinions about Second Life were studied and compared to their opinions about more traditional methods in education. The results show a lower threshold for participation in lectures. According to the students, Second Life should not replace face-to-face education, but it could serve as an excellent addition to other more traditional methods and platforms used in education. The students also considered that lectures held in Second Life were much more "fun" than those using other methods. This particular aspect, and its effect on learning outcomes, requires further research. This research demonstrates that Second Life has potential as a learning environment in distance education.

Supercourse is a repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention. Supercourse has a network of over 55000 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of 3557 lectures in 26 languages.

Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.

Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.

Picturing to Learn (PtL) is founded on the following core premises: one From a student's perspective: undergraduate students can clarify their own understanding of scientific concepts and processes by creating drawings that explain these concepts to non-experts. two From a teacher's perspective: drawings can be useful as: * assessment tools, allowing instructors to identify students' scientific understanding and pinpoint their misconceptions * educational tools, to help inform instructors' lecture preparation

Multi-ontology sense making a new simplicity in decision making