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Where will higher education be the day after the current global economic crisis passes? If you think things will simply go back to the way they were once the economy recovers in a year or two, think again.

"Launch App World. Press menu key and select 'scan a bar code' from the list. Hold camera over QR code and let it focus on the code and a link will pop up. It will ask you if you want to navigate to that link, select yes."

In 2001, I published "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants," a two-part article that explained these terms as a way of understanding the deep differences between the young people of today and many of their elders (Prensky 2001a, 2001b). Although many have found the terms useful, as we move further into the 21st century when all will have grown up in the era of digital technology, the distinction between digital natives and digital immigrants will become less relevant. Clearly, as we work to create and improve the future, we need to imagine a new set of distinctions. I suggest we think in terms of digital wisdom.

A short Quicktime movie about using blogs in the classroom by Will Richardson.

"[a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]{1,}\@[a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]{1,} with the wildcards box and the highlight all found entries box checked. The e-mail addresses will be highlighted. Close the find dialog. Then copy to the clipboard. Open a new document and paste. "

This is a great tip if you need to extract emails from a Word document.

One of the first things to do when planning out a new website is to work out all of the content that will be in the site. You then divide that up into sections and then into various levels of navigation. The result is a boring list of links. That list of

# Truly disruptive tools will force new thinking and new approaches to ensuring student learning in higher education. # Technology enables online learning, which potentially qualifies as a disruptive innovation in education.

A post with a lot of project based learning resources.

There's much discussion around Web 2.0 technologies and using them for business purposes. Will these technologies actu

Open Source Content Management Systems are the most used for almost any kind of site on the web. All of us have been using these systems and sure will continue using them. Well, the Future of Open Source CMS can sure be predicted based on how they are

If any assumption is safe, it's that six months after launching a website (or sooner?), its owners will have a list of things they want to change, from minor

In a previous article I went into detail about the important roles that contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity play in webdesign. This article will piggy back on those principles as I examine 6 ways you can take your webdesign from good to great.

This tutorial will guide you how to create interactive drop-down multiple-choice quiz.

Use Google Docs to quickly view documents online without leaving your browser. Enter the document URL and Google will generate the link for it.

I've come up with 5 steps that you can take to create a presentation that will work, even if you're not a designer.

This free guide on skills for in-house teams will help you to do a skills audit and determine how best to set up your internal team to take on more responsibility for e-learning design and development.

A model will help you be consistent, develop to good design principles, and create a consistent experience for your learners. One tried and trusted model that should be in any designer's toolkit is the Knowledge and Skills Builder model.

In this article you will find a range of Free editors that can be used by graphic designers, photographers, animators, artists and even kids. Some have basic functionality, for the amateur or learner, others are very powerful and professional, suitable fo