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"This new education category will make it easier for schools to have more web apps at their fingertips, including popular existing apps such as Aviary, Grockit and LearnBoost as well as the new apps launching today."

Scott Wilson reports on an open source initiative to develop web app stores for universities and other communities.

web-based app which provides for student feedback, anonymous questions and 'confused' status updates visible to the teacher - but everyone has to have a web-enabled device to use it...

"LectureTools is a student response system that also allows students to take notes linked with the slides and videos presented in class, answer instructor generated questions and pose questions to the instructor. All notes, questions and activities are instantly synchronized with the LectureTools web application."

Some suggestions for designing mobile websites along with relevant highered examples.

Post on what to consider when mobilising your website - and it states that Sites are better than Apps, no matter how cool they are!

See the groups that a user is a member of in GAFE.

"The report is based on questionnaires and interviews conducted by BCcampus with a cross section of institutional stakeholders (instructors, teaching and learning centres and IT administrators) at 9 BC post-secondary institutions (25 were contacted) in the Fall of 2010. The paper highlights some of the concerns and benefits post-sec institutions in BC are grappling with when considering using cloud-based applications and services (specifically those hosted in the US), and illustrates some examples of how BC post-sec's have addressed these issues within their institutions."

Livee status of all Google Apps including domains like ours. Can we port a mini version to web page?

One-click access to Moodle files from within MS Office apps. Is this necessarily a good thing? Is it encouraging us to use Moodle as a filing cabinet?

Office add-in for Moodle allows individuals to upload (and download and edit) files directly to moodle from office. "You no longer need to use your web browser when working with Office documents stored in Moodle" is their statement, which is interesting in thaqt everyone else is moving to the web as the platform!

The aim of this briefing paper is to give institutions an overview of the mobile web space and an understanding of why developing hosted, mobile web applications can offer an attractive and viable solution that can overcome the fragmentation and deliver crossplatform services

Site to Phone is a free service designed to send links and text from your computer to your phone or tablet. Once you have a Site to Phone account you can download a selection of extensions and browser addons that let you send information to your phone. Once your phone is setup you can recieve the information by opening a homescreen app or bookmark. If you regularly type out links from your computers web browser onto your phone Site to Phone could save you a lot of time.

Question and answer web-based app that has some nifty features for tracking student questions and who answers

Post questioning whether effort should be put into developing mobile apps for platform specific devices. Includes stats from UK Unis on website access by platform.

"Welcome to the 'iPad in Education' web site - concerned with using Apple's iPad for teaching and learning."

Another social tool for the workplace. Touted as having good mobile stuff via html5. Integrates with G-Apps

presentation software available for iPad or on the web - looks pretty cool