Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, April 7, 2010,
In :
Safeguarding
I would expect you to think twice (and thrice) before clicking on a shortened URL. Shortened URLs can...
lead you anywhere - from...
a NSFW site (Not Suitable For Work) to an
outright repository of viruses...
...the risks are endless.
This is why know url is intrinsically attractive.
KnowURL offers a tool that will let users take a shortened URL
and have the full destination address displayed. In that way, users
will quickly be able to determine if the link actually directs to wher...
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
