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Starting with 'what we're doing right' instead of SWOT, try SOAR! Appreciative Inquiry: An Emerging Direction for Organization Development (First Edition ed.). Bosch, L. (1998).

In the era of online learning, colleges and universities are quickly learning that it's not enough to provide online content-the content must be accessible for all. But how can institutions provide online accessibility; and is it a legal requirement?

A database of virtual world lesson plans created by USF students (including me!) A good resource if you are interested in exploring and/or using virtual worlds like Second Life in education.

One school in Pennsylvania is using open-source tools wherever possible to keep students close to the code behind the machines they use. This stance is opposite to the very restrictive policies of many schools, but could allow students more freedom to explore what makes devices work.

Check out "DropThought Instant Feedback for Higher Education" on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/104590433 DropThought's instant student feedback platform is free! It's a private, anonymous feedback channel between instructor and student that works in the LMS and on a mobile device. Students reflect on their learning experience, and DropThought, free to instructors, captures those reflections, making them explicit and actionable. Learn how to harness the power of the anonymous student voice.

To add this app, go to your Google Drive, Apps..and search for it. It is a fun and easy tool. Movenote is a one-of-a-kind video presentation tool online and on your portable devices. Movenote is incredibly versatile and is being used in education for blended and flipped learning, in sales and marketing and in everyday messaging. Recording your presentations is easy and quick and everything is sharable online by email or social media with a simple link.

A Sneak Peek: What do we know about this fall's Windows 10 release? The big takeaway is a unified experience a cross mobile and desktop, along with a push for voice recognition, and a continued uncertainty exactly how a company with built-in marketshare should evolve itself without losing its identity.

A Sneak Peek at the future. Turnitin Purchases LightSide: LightSide Labs is an educational technology company dedicated to improving student writing skills. Our tools provide automated feedback on student writing, redefining the role of automated assessment in the K-12 and higher education classroom.

Free Medical Books - list of freely available medical books both for doctors and patients.

Taking discussions to the next level.