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A Fremont school is taking part in a nationwide program that may be the first of its kind -- teaching groups of blind and visually impaired students to play tennis.

the head of sakai explaining how he wants education to be open, not a black box and he doesn't want people to have to wait for their institution to get the best system.  Fascinating presentation. Highlighting that developers of LMS's share our vision so they're willining to cooperate if we approach in the right way. 

iWorx provides a full range of advanced hardware and software tools for physiology teaching and research. Our uniqueLabsByDesign approach makes selecting what you need faster, easier and more cost effective.

Fascinating overview of modern days genetics and what it teaches us about evolution. 

Sweet game teaching RNA principles through fun. Also allows experimentation and sharing through community. 

free open life sciences resources designed to spread knowledge of life sciences using new mediums.

This is written by the SVP of Scitable, Vikram Savkar. Seems like an amazing guy. http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/invest-in-teaching/ Nice find, by the way.

Lectures made sense before the invention of the printing press, argues Harvard physics professor Eric Mazur, but at this point in history they are far from the best way to transmit large amounts of information or to make use of face-to-face time in the classroom.

this is great