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Olive Software ActiveMagazine
I received email from two of my U of C colleagues about the inaugural issue of Blogger and Podcaster magazine. Personally, I wasn’t terribly impressed with the content – doesn’t seem like a needed publication, but if there’s a market I guess why not? What I was impressed with is the Olive Software used to…
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Instruction via chat reference: does co-browse help?
The answer appears to be no, which surprised me. The authors, from Southern Illinois University, do caution that it’s a pretty small sample and not to draw many conclusions, but the evidence of their transcript logs seems to indicate that providing a co-browsing option along with chat reference doesn’t really add much instruction to the…
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Alberta Distance Education & Training Association (ADETA) Newsletters
Yeah, I know you’re not in Alberta, but the resources discussed in the monthly ADETA newsletter will still be of interest to you if you have anything to do with distance education. The newsletters are published through Google Docs, and once you’re a member of ADETA (free) you can contribute to future newsletters via the…
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ACRL – Getting Started with Screencasting
ACRL is offering a 2-hour webcast on Thursday, April 26, 2:00 EDT: Getting Started with Screencasting. From the site: Webcast Description:This two hour session will explore screencasting—delivering screen captures via RSS—and its potential applications in the academic library. Participants will be provided with examples of screencasts, information on various software applications used to create screencasts,…
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Gaim renamed Pidgin
While more people seem to use Trillian, Gaim was a nice open-source alternative IM aggregator, and had the advantage of being able to incorporate Google Talk alongside AIM, MSN and Yahoo chat. Seems that after a long battle with AOL, Gaim has had to change its name to Pidgin. You can read about it at…