Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, May 8, 2011,
In :
Application
It was my Son, Ben Dalziel, who brought Scrible to my attention; it is free and, at the time of writing this, is in public beta (It went public on May 4th 2011).
Scrible's Basic Edition enables users, among other things, to...
Richly annotate web pages in multiple colours & styles
Save web research online & access it from anywhere
Use simple keywords to search full text of any saved research
Use tags to quickly and easily organize research by topic
Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, April 7, 2010,
In :
Tutorial
Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University hosts
four free animated tutorials designed to teach lessons on web research
strategies. <http://library.acadiau.ca/help/tutorials.html>
The four tutorials are...
Credible Sources Count - learners discover how to
recognize the validity of information on the Internet. A good tutorial
except for the strong emphasis on using domain names for determining
validity; http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, October 26, 2009,
In :
Statistics
ChartsBin is a web resource
that hosts colourful and interactive charts created from different
demographic data sets sourced through various research reports.
Most of the charts are both interesting and have uses within education.
The homepage shows the latest charts, and visitors can also see the...
highest rated,
most viewed and
most discussed...
...charts.
The charts can be embedded in blogs, VLEs and websites etc.
Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, August 21, 2009,
In :
Widgets
Generate your own customizable widgets to embed on your learning provider virtual learning environment (VLE), blog, website, homepage, eXe resources and more. Visit http://www.answers.com/main/widget_gallery.jsp.
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.
