Heavy requirements not in Harvard's stars
Harvard's astronomy and astrophysics program, one of the university's least-popular majors, has followed in the steps of the Classics Department and toned down its requirements in an attempt to attract more undergraduates.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
LectureShare
LectureShare
This new web tool makes it easy for instructors to share text, audio, and video with students. Registration is required, but free. Use the FAQ and About sections to orient to the resources. Also look at Ezra Katz's sample course LectureShare 101 (once registered). ____JH
(Thanks to Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day for this reference.)
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- Give students access to course materials without the burden of maintaining your own webpage or the hassle of complex web-based solutions
- Post audio and video content easily
- Make class announcements that your students will actually read—via e-mail, RSS (coming soon), or SMS
- Effortlessly make your course available to anyone if you choose
WorldWideScience
WorldWideScience
Science students and instructors will want to put this web address in their bookmarks because WWS provides a federated search of science sites around the world. By combining WWS with Scirus--plus a discipline-specific search and a general search in Google--a searcher will have made a serious first-pass at finding information. ____JH (Via the Development Gateway's E-Learning distribution.)
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"WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Subsequent versions of WorldWideScience.org will offer access to additional sources as well as enhanced features"
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