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First it was Flickr, now its YouTube. Hoorah for the Library of Congress as they begin to place portions of their vast video holdings on the popular site. First collections include the 2008 National Book Festival author presentations, the Books … Continue reading →

NYTimes has two articles today related to eBooks and electronic writing. (Brad Stone “Is This the Future of the Digital Book?” and Randall Stross “Small Company Offers Web-Based Competition for Microsoft Word“). I pair them together because they both describe … Continue reading →

Some numbers from the Association of American Publishers from data from major book publishers comparing 2007 to 2008: Overall sales down 2.8% (to $24.3 billion) Trade paperbacks up, trade hardcover way down for an overall decline of 5.2% (to $8.1 … Continue reading →

The University of Chicago will no longer be accepting and archiving dissertations on paper. Furthermore, they will be using UMI Dissertation Publishing’s web-based interface for submission of dissertations. What a concept! In the current process, dissertations begin life as digital … Continue reading →

3D modeling for humanities research may finally be coming into its own. NEH has posted the latest round of funded start-up projects, including “creations and curation of 3D virtual objects/artifacts; 3D modeling and virtual re-creation of historic structures; [and] reconstruction … Continue reading →

Amazon’s release of Kindle 2 was followed swiftly by their release of the Kindle application for iPod Touch/iPhone, letting you read your current and new Kindle ebooks on your iPod Touch. But wait, there’s more? Yesterday Thomas Nelson Publishers finally … Continue reading →

A nightmare to some, a situation devoutly to be wished by others. (Thanks to joyoftech.com, Nitrozac and Snaggy)kindle fun

Blackboard’s wiki option has made it easier for us to experiment with this collaborative writing application. There are a number of web sites that suggest that wikis can be powerful learning tools, a number of sites that discuss basic wiki … Continue reading →

NERCOMP Blackboard Sig Conference at Holy Cross College Session 1: Vincent Ialenti, Ed.D., Assistant Dean, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology, Mount Wachusett Community College Don Westover, Director of Instructional Design, Mount Wachusett Community College 23,000 user accounts (bb course for … Continue reading →

Yesterday I attended a webinar hosted by EDUCAUSE titled Widgets: The Slicing and Dicing (and Splicing) of Sharable Learning Content. The speakers were Mark C. Marino, Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing Program, and Susan E. Metros, Associate Vice Provost and … Continue reading →