UA DDS

A fast and simple document collaboration service. Start a document and share the link. Good for "quick" collaborations where the text will be copied and pasted into a more permanent location.

An example of ReadSpeaker in action. 

A handy guide on "multimedia literacy" from the University of Delaware. Includes information on pre-production, production and post-production.

Vellum is a free app to create eBooks. Supports cross-platform output. But, they charge you to export your eBook. Still, looks like a pretty friendly tool.

Tips on creating "rich" email signatures. There is a companion article that is linked at the beginning of the article.

Tweeting the Night Away: Using Twitter to Enhance Social Presence, describes use of Twitter to enoucrage free-flowing just-in-time interactions that can enhance social presence in online courses.

A free tool to create 3d graphics

"We evaluated student perceptions relating to the significance of producing an introductory video to introduce the instructor to students in both a fully online course and a hybrid course. From the results of this study, we concluded that introductory videos can help to establish the instructor's teaching presence with the students, regardless of the method of delivery of the course.""

Instructors have frequently found that some content, such as mathematical formulae, chemistry laboratory experiments, and business practices, are unusually difficult for students to comprehend through text-centered approaches, and that this is especially so for online students. In response, instructor-made videos (IMVs) of three to 10 minutes in length on problematic topics or subject matter areas were produced for business, chemistry, and mathematics courses. The IMVs were intended to scaffold student learning. Initial findings revealed that multimodal IMVs involving the demonstration, illustration, and presentation of key terms, knowledge, skills, and resources can help students understand important procedures, structures, or mechanisms in previously problematic content. Simply stated, IMVs can have a positive impact on student learning.

Resources for using explain everything (screen casting tool)

Shows how to create a live video stream to the Flash Media Server that works with iOS devices.

Some very useful tips on using Word including the use of styles, figures and several other tips.

A brief overview of what Section 508 means with links to resources and further training.

A pretty "fun" looking office. I like the astroturf.

Info on creating your own iBeacon using raspberry PI

A short, but interesting, post comparing the costs of stand-alone server hardware to virtualized Amazon servers. From the people who run StackOverflow