Learning Community: March 2009 Archives
EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
Today, Google has launched YouTube EDU, which centralizes the
content from over 100 universities and colleges (get list here).
This robust collection gives you access to lectures by professors
and world-renowned thought leaders, new research and campus tours. At the
moment, you can access over 200 full courses from leading universities,
including MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Yale and IIT/IISc.
And it's all searchable within YouTube EDU.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
Courses -- Open Yale Courses
Phil's Cooking Academy
Myths and Legends from E2BN
In November, Google launched a
3D tour of Ancient Rome, circa 320 AD. The tour, produced with the help of
the Rome Reborn project
at the University of Virginia, features over 6,000 buildings, some rendered
in fine detail, and it includes some interiors as well. The Coliseum, the Roman
Forum, the Basilica Julia, the Temple of Vesta -- they're all there. The video
above introduces you to the tour, and shows you how to access it on Google
Earth. (The software can be downloaded here).
I should note that Google just held a competition that let educators develop
history lessons (aimed at high school students) using elements of the 3D Tour.
The winners and their lessons can be found here.
With this site, you'll be able to create your customized video player, which works great for conferences and events. What's the best part? You'll be able to tape your event, and alongside it, show the slides you used for your presentation. This makes your video a lot more useful, as people who are watching it from home will be further immersed into the online conference. It's great for professors who like to use this
