Web 2.0
New Applications and Strategies for .edu
4/21/2010
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  • New Site Reviews Privacy and Security of Web and Mobile Apps

    A professor in the Stanford University Center for Internet and Society has led an effort to design a Web site to review Web and mobile applications for privacy, security, and openness. WhatApp?, led by Ryan Calo, has enlisted the help of a team of lawyers, computer scientists, and privacy and security experts from Stanford and other institutions to provide reviews of online resources.

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  • Maple T.A. 6 Adds Moodle Support

    Maplesoft has announced the release of Maple T.A. 6, the newest version of its Maple T.A. testing and assessment software.

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  • Google Rolling Out Richer Web Apps

    Google has updated its codebase, adding features to its Google Docs online suite of applications that make them richer and more collaborative.

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  • Welsh University Moves to Lecture Capture

    Some faculty at Aberystwyth University are using a new lecture capture tool to restructure how they use classroom time. The Welsh institution has deployed Panopto's CourseCast, which some lecturers on campus are using to pre-record lectures, which they then post to the Blackboard Learn course management system.

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  • SAS Broadens Free Access to Academic Analytics Tools

    Business software maker SAS, whose initial product was conceived in a university, is seeking to expand its footprint in the education market.

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Web 2.0 is your single best up-to-the-minute resource for news, tactics, strategies, and case studies for teaching and learning in the new web world. You'll find the latest information on social software (wikis, blogs, and chat), virtual learning environments, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) such as Second Life, web-enabled collaboration tools, social collaboration sites, gaming, immersive education technologies, and more. Published bi-monthly, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in HTML and text formats.

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