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Web-based IM – More than just Meebo
Meebo certainly seems to be the weapon of choice, at least amongst libraries, but did you realize there are other web-based IM options out there? Robin Good provides details on a cool dozen in his post, Web-Based Instant Messengers: A Mini-Guide. Don’t want to Meebo, why not Snimmer or Mabber? (the names aren’t all that…
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She’s Baaaack – schwagbag
Well it’s been an awfully long time, but Sherri Vokey, with three posts in the past week, really really does seem to be back posting at schwagbag. Yay! Sherri’s a librarian at the University of Winnipeg, and was a prolific and most excellent blogger a couple of years ago, but gave it up about a…
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How many distance students do YOU support?
Diana Oblinger of Educause is currently visiting China, and in a recent post about just how many people there are involved in Higher Education in China she notes: “Distance education in China also takes on amazing dimensions. Two million students are enrolled in their distance education programs. The day I visited Beijing Normal University, historically…
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