Liberal Education Today

Using Google's offline email service

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-in-labs-offline-gmail.html Google has launched an offline email service, an application of Google Gears to Gmail. Gears must be downloaded and installed,...

Adult Facebook user base soars

http://www.istrategylabs.com/2009-facebook-demographics-and-statistics-report-276-growth-in-35-54-year-old-users/ The numbers of adults using Facebook grew significantly in 2008, according to a...

Blackboard course management system launches version 9.0

http://insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/27/blackboard Blackboard, the leading course management system in United States higher education, launched version 9.0 this week. According to Inside Higher...

Google-drive rumors perk up

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/25/google-drive-gdrive-internet Stories about a Google Web-based hard drive have bubbled up this month. For example, this Guardian article sketches what...

Mobile game explains, satirizes airport experiences

http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=jetset A new game for mobile devices offers an interesting example of the uses of computer gaming. Jetset lets players explore the airport...

The real-time Web: who gets it, and who misses it?

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sorry_google_you_missed_the_real_time_web.php This provocative post argues that there is such a thing as "the real-time Web," and that Google isn't connecting...

Web 2.0 for retention and recruitment: Campus Technology

http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/01/01/The-Web.aspx This Campus Technology article explores using several different campus uses of Web 2.0 technologies for student retention and recruitment.

Computer game night at a liberal arts college library

http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/library/ A liberal arts college library hosted a computer gaming night this month. Colby College's Miller Library held a game night, which mixed digital and...

Semantic Web in teaching: a London discussion

http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/sheilamacneill/2009/01/23/are-there-compelling-use-cases-for-using-semantic-technolgoies-in-teaching-and-learning/ How can we use semantic Web technologies for teaching and...

OAI-ORE update

http://rosalynmetz.com/ideas/2009/01/25/oai-ore-lita-presentation-with-herbert-van-de-sompel/ A Wheaton College curricular technologist reports on a recent talk about the OAI-ORE (Open Archives...