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More top colleges are offering free massive open online courses, but companies and universities still need to figure out a way to monetize them. Related arti...
Bridging Book is a children's mixed-media picture-book that blurs the line between printed and electronic books. It consists of a printed book and a digital device, placed side-by-side, with synchronized content. Thumbing through the book's pages triggers the device to display the complementary digital content. The physical book requires no batteries or wires. In the current version, the printed illustrations on each page of the physical book are extended into the device screen, offering further interaction. The content can be explored both linearly by reading and thumbing the printed book and/or exploring the interaction on the digital device. . . . . . . . engagebook@engagelab.org engagelab.org This work is funded by FEDER through the Operational Competitiveness Programme — COMPETE — and by national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology — FCT — in the scope of project PTDC/CCI-COM/119030/2010, EngageBook: touch, read and play. Book concept: Ana Carina Figueiredo; Ana Lúcia Pinto; Nelson Zagalo; Pedro Branco Implementation and animation: Ana Carina Figueiredo Printed book and illustrations: Ana Lúcia Pinto Acknowledgements: Tomé and Cromotema music: Moonove, Delta [freemusicarchive.org/music/Moonone]
Samsung HomeSync is a high-capacity personal cloud device for your home. It lets you stream content from your GALAXY device such as the GALAXY S4 to the TV, ...
Branigan Library boasts new automated book sorter Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES — A state-of-the art automated book sorter designed and manufactured by the 3M Company is dramatically increasing the capacity of materials Branigan Library can...
Take the Wireless Survey Toronto Public Library offers wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi) at all 98 of our branches. To help us better understand use of the service, we want to learn more about: How you use the library wireless service...
Who wants to be a spy? Come on, don’t be shy…you know you (and everyone you know) would love to be a stealthy ninja who knows the secrets of the world. With the CIA World Factbook, you can! In fact...
The HP Catalyst Academy offers a rich range of online mini-courses for STEMx secondary and higher education educators. (RT @HPEDU Teach #STEM topics? Apply 4 #HPCatalyst Academy Fellow 4 a $16k #grant!
Let's talk bookshelves. Both practically and impractically.
See on Scoop.it - Fermoeditore “ E-books in Italian publishing are still a subject much debated. It’s probably happened to all of us to discuss with a group of friends how it is now simple to download...
When an organization has a distributed or mobile workforce or requires executives or key personnel to work from home, the issue of securing the business critical data becomes especially problematic.
I am constantly reminded of the importance of communicating effectively. And I am repeatedly convinced that a simple message delivered in a simple way is most ("Communicating Knowledge Management (KM) to Busy Lawyers" by @LawyerKM Connections Are the Key… My favorite (and primary) way to communicate KM to lawyers — and the representation in the KM card, above — is to speak in terms of connections. It’s about “connecting people with people, connecting people with knowledge and information, and the processes, procedures, and technologies required to make those connections.” I like this approach because it is broad, yet meaningful. It allows me to talk about various aspects of KM from culture to technology, without eyes glazing over. I carry the KM cards with me at work (and elsewhere). When I need to explain KM to someone, I talk about connections. After my elevator speech, I hand them a card as a take-away mnemonic. “Here’s an easy way to remember what we do,” I say, “the KM department’s email address is on the back.” The more “complex” definitions of KM are fine when talking to people in KM circles and getting into the depths of knowledge management, but when talking to busy lawyers, spouting some convoluted, jargon-bloated, “nonsense” is the surest way to lose their attention. Lawyers are no strangers to jargon. They know it — and will reject it (and you) — the second they hear it.
Via Karen du Toit, Brad Abbott
The rise of intelligent software agents that will not only anticipate the information you need, but also act on that information to help manage your life.
Via Mrs. Nardone
" The first free, open, online platform for courses from multiple UK universities and other leading organisations has announced a further five partners today, including the British Museum, Loughborough University, University of Sheffield, University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde. The new partners are joining FutureLearn, which was launched in December 2012 and includes several universities as well as the British Library and the British Council. Each is committed to providing engaging and entertaining courses through the online site."...
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A Very Educational--and Twittery--Librarian EdSurge (blog) The process of educating teachers, including improving their pedagogy and the use of new tools. Thumb_rebels-entrepreneurs2 · Useful For Teachers.
Via João Greno Brogueira
Top 10 countries in which to locate a data center ZDNet Cushman & Wakefield just issued its annual "Data Center Risk Index," which evaluates the favorable and not-so-favorable factors to weigh in locating data centers in various countries around...
Libraries vital parts of our society [editorial] Baltimore Sun (blog) More than simple repositories for books, libraries in the American tradition are places where people can go to inform themselves.
Data Breaches New York Times An unfortunate, growing reality in the information security world is the inevitability of a data breach. Most organizations (and governments) will be targets at some point.
#Free One Chick for the Road by Patti McQuillen: A cute chick decides life on the farm is not... http://t.co/IefVoY4E69 #kindle #ebooks
Loads of free science books, including books on physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and mathematics. Enjoy!
Catalogue of Books in the John Rylands Library Manchester Printed in England Scotland and Lreland.
Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge model - ideas, framework and practical applications.
You may be familiar with Giuseppe Verdi's "La Donna è Mobile" from his opera Rigoletto. If not, perhaps you recognize it from popular soccer chants. The song...
A history of xMOOCs and cMOOCs (or collectivist MOOCs) with a review of two of the xMOOC providers and advice on how to choose between them.
Via Susan Bainbridge
Harnessing collective intelligence is one way to help mitigate traffic gridlock, points out a new report released by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO).
Via Pierre Levy
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