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Qwiki

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, February 4, 2011, In : Search Engine

Qwiki...

has just opened its doors to the general public after refining its system during closed beta;

is a web application that will change the way most of us search and consume information.

"Qwiki's goal is to forever improve the way people experience information."

In a sense, Qwiki is both a search engine and a curator for Wikipedia entries – and much more.

It will...

help visitors search for specific information;
collect the results in a visual list; and
create a ...

Information Literacy Video Tutorials

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 12, 2010, In : Tutorial

Information literacy, can videos help to get the message across to learners?

I'm reliably informed in an article by the...

that the series of Information Literacy tutorials from Bob Baker of Pima Community College is Top notch content delivered in a traditional manner.

Visit Bob's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/bbaker48#p/a.

Continue reading ...

Locate Online Courses and Course Materials

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, June 3, 2010, In : Links Portal

Einztein is an online tool for locating online collegiate level courses and corresponding materials.

Einztein isn't a standard search engine as all courses listed...

are reviewed by a PhD level editorial team.
come with a listing of the types of materials available for each course. Some courses have
- audio,
- video, and
- documents while other course may only have one or two of those elements.

Visitors to Einztein can search for course by keyword or simply browse by subject...

RefSeek

Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, January 4, 2010, In : Search Engine

Currently in public beta, RefSeek is a web search engine for learners and researchers that I mentioned during 2009.

Since then, RefSeek has been building some excellent lists of resources for practitioners and learners.

They include, among other things...

25 educational video sites;
A directory of writing and grammar resources and
A list of professional development resources for teachers.

Find out more by visiting http://www.refseek.com/directory/.

ForiSearch

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, In : Search Engine

Are you and/or your learners interested in knowing what foreign language websites have to offer?

Then ForiSearch should be checked out.

This simple online foreign image or video search tool lets users enter a search term, in their native language, and then find images and videos from a different selected language.

ForiSearch is very easy to use...

enter search keywords
choose whether to look for images or videos
choose a language to get back search results

ForiSearch uses Google’s...
Continue reading ...

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About Me

John Dalziel

Liverpool

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.