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Screen sharing application with chat, audio, and file sharing functionality.

Anchored discussion is a form of collaborative literature processing. It "starts from the notion of collaborative discussion that is contextualized or anchored within a specific content" (van der Pol, Admiraal & Simons, 2006). In this course, the discussions we participate in are based on prompts that address ideas included in each of the required resources for each module. However, an anchored discussion is a discussion that is focused on one piece of literature. As students read and digest the material, discussions about the meaning of that material occur within a window where the material is present. It is like having an asynchronous chat window open next to a research article. (van der Pol et al., 2006) As I started learning about anchored discussions, I saw many connections to shared annotation such as what we use Diigo for. Van der Pol et al. (2006) state that "shared annotation might leave more room for individual processes, but is shown to have some limitations in supporting interactivity". Anchored discussions take shared annotation a step further in that it requires conversation (as opposed to individual notes) regarding a resource. The collaborative piece of anchored discussions really got my attention in that it provides greater opportunity for the development of teaching presence by both students and the instructor. The opportunity to facilitate a discussion within the context of a required reading is an exciting idea for me. The use of anchored discussion allows for all three facets of teaching presence: instructional design and organization, facilitating discourse, and direct instruction (Shea, Pickett, & Pelz, 2003). I am wondering if there is a way to use Diigo in creating anchored discussions.

Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, remix and share web video. Use your web browser to combine video and audio with content from the rest of the web - from text, links and maps to pictures and live feeds

Free screen sharing, online meetings and team collaboration are all fast and easy at join.me - no registration required. Show work who's boss.

a tool that is less about pushing out information and more about processing information. It is still shared in that it is open and available, but the focus is not on the sharing, but the use of the tool to organize and build up personal knowledge stores. Wikity is built around a card system. If you find something that you find interesting, you copy it as a card to your own space and that info is now yours to edit as you please.

The latest online course venture, from Stanford professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, aims to "flip" university lecture halls, leaving more time for "meaningful and engaging interaction between faculty and students," while freely sharing the prepared digital lessons with the world. Currently there are 16 courses slated for this winter and spring. Among them is a class on entrepreneurship by lean-startup demigod, Steve Blank. 

#IOLchat today on "creating a new online course" http://t.co/DzWyMrvP today at 12pET! #onlinelearing #edchat #lrnchat RT @Melissa_Venable: Are you creating your first online course? Have advice to share? Join me for an open discussion today: #IOLchat htt ...

"# I use Twitter to get the pulse of people in the larger online world. # I use Twitter to communicate in two directions. # I use Twitter to promote important causes, as well as business opportunities. # I use Twitter to promote other people's stuff 12 times as much I as do mine (12:1 rule). # I use Twitter to stay updated on people's shared news. # I use Twitter as a quick pulse-taking service. # I use Twitter to find business (via search). # I use Twitter to stream links to my stuff and to others' stuff. # I use Twitter to connect with humans. "