10 things that i think i know about learning ecologies
10 things that i think i know about learning ecologies 1. human beings learn; we don’t stop learning, we learn while we are awake, we learn while we are asleep, we learn when under stress, and we learn when comfortable and happy. 2. human beings do not always learn what others know, Â or think is […]
Read MoreDirectory of over 2,300 E-Learning Tools – Free and Commercial
DIRECTORY OF LEARNING TOOLS [From Directory of over 2,300 E-Learning Tools – Free and Commercial] This is a great resource with many interesting tools. Some CMS and Library tools are included too.
Read MorePrivacy Work-Around
So, how did the librarian get the word out? By regularly reporting to the library board that no NSL had been issued to any of the city’s 10 branches, which was perfectly legal. Everyone knew that if the chief librarian failed to report that nothing had happened, then indeed an NSL had been served. [From […]
Read MoreHandbook for Information Literacy Teaching
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching Welcome to the Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching (HILT). This Handbook was written by a group of subject librarians at Cardiff University to support their colleagues in Information Services as they developed their information literacy teaching. [From Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching] —- a nice resource for people interested in […]
Read Moreblacklight opac
Blacklight is an open source OPAC (online public access catalog). That means libraries (or anyone else) can use it to allow people to search and browse their collections online. Blacklight uses Solr to index and search, and it has a highly configurable Ruby on Rails front-end. Currently, Blacklight can index, search, and provide faceted browsing […]
Read MoreHackito Ergo Sum: The Library Problem
The Library Problem [From Hackito Ergo Sum: The Library Problem —— The library problem is a problem that I have. I solve it slightly differently, but am always looking for new possible solutions. This is the problem of having a personal research library. Not everyone has one, not everyone needs one, but I do and […]
Read Morecenter for new humanities
— this is an interesting presentation for a center for new humanities at rutgers. I’m not sure that humanities are centered around creativity, but I am sure that i think that they humanities lead the way in terms of the skills that allow creativity and innovation to flourish.
Read MoreBooks | The reading cure
The reading cure The idea that literature can make us emotionally and physically stronger goes back to Plato. [From Books | The reading cure] — This is actually one of my major insights, luckily i share it with many people. It is pretty simple. Great fiction, great books provide models for being, ways of coping, […]
Read Morescience and technology studies and internet research tools
Download the Original size This is the referencetool system that I made years ago and is still publicly usable. it is just an install of wikindx3 with some customizations.
Read MoreSchool Library Learning 2.0
School Library Learning 2.0: — some nice tutorials for web 2.0 and library 2.0
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