Designing Learning Tools — Introduction to Some Methodological Thoughts
Teemu Leinonen, FLOSSE Posse, May 29, 2014

Alex Hayes asked for my comments on this post following my digital research methodologies talk. Here's what I said about it back in 2010. More...

Amplify
I spent about an hour or so playing around with this last night and I don't know what to think. Amplify is a toolbar that lets you highlight an area of a web page you are viewing, and will retrieve the highlighted area (including images and even video or multimedia content) and place it on an individual 'amp. More...

Teachers Learning New Tools
When people ask whether e-learning is 'just as good' as traditional learning, this isn't one of the metrics that really shows up: improved access and independence for special education students. More...

Let’s Build More “Learning” into Even Basic IT Tools
I don't think I really like this idea but I'll pass it along in any case. The author's proposal is that the software tools students use on campus should have educational ads built into them. More...

Online Resources
Useful list of postsecondary-focused teaching and learning websites from Faculty Development Associates. More...

New E-learning Tools
This is an interesting announcement as it signals the broad diversity of e-learning initiatives taking place today. Two Canadian universities, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Alberta, are partnering with Zeddel, a Malaysian software provider. More...

Scissors, Scotch Tape, Post-its, Magic Markers and Colorforms: "LO-Tec" Tools (and Toys) for Creating Learning Objects
Nifty little instructional article describing how to create a learning object with little more than household tools. It's not the whole story - "Our no-tech tools support the content side of the learning object creation process by providing flexibility in how they are used, by not dictating a particular work flow, and by hiding technical details not relevant to defining the learning side of the learning objects." - but it's probably the hardest part. More...

IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Learning Tools Interoperability v2
Press Release, IMS Global, February 24, 2014
From the press release (edited to remove adjectives) : "IMS Global Learning Consortium has announced the release of the public specification of Learning Tools Interoperability v2 (LTI™ 2), which enables automated 1-click integration of a wide variety of educational apps and digital content with the educational enterprise." The press release is for some reason a PDF. More...