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Moodle – a User-Friendly, Open Source Course Management System
With all of the uncertainty surrounding the recent merger of BlackBoard and WebCT, many online univeristies and schools have been looking into other options. One of those options is Moodle. This article by June Kaminski serves as a good introduction to this Open-Source LMS that is literally sweeping the world.

Think you already know all about Moodle? Take our onlline Moodle Quiz to see just how Moodley you are!


AJAX Launch: Online Windows Applications
Even though this isn't an article, it is an interesting site for online classes. AjaxLaunch has free online programs that act like MS Word and MS Excel. There is also an olnine Paint program and an online video editor. These tools don't do everything you want, but they do have enough features to make them attractive alternatives when expensive programs are not available.


A New Way of Thinking About Technology:
An Interview with Futurists Joel Barker and Scott Erickson
by James L. Morrison, Joel Barker, and Scott Erickson
Joel Barker and Scott Erickson are the co-authors of the book Five Regions of the Future: A New Way to Think about Technology. This interview, from the Innovate Journal of Online Education, discusses how this five region model is relevant to education and how it will "help shape future applications of technology in society at large.".


Creating to Learn:
Has technology fulfilled its promise in your classroom?
by Jacqueline Keane
In this article, featured in the From Now On Educational Technology Journal, Jackie introduces the basic elements of her C.I.D.E. model for student research. This model is also furtered outlined in her book "Internet Based Student Research: Creating to Learn with a Step-By-Step Approach."


A Review . . . Internet Based Student Research:
Creating to Learn with a Step-By-Step Approach
by Jamie McKenzie
Curious about the book written by Jacqueline Keane, mentioned above? This review gives you a little more insight into what you will find inside.


Future of Higher Education Is Divisive Topic for Panel
by Sam Dillon
This interesting article gives an insight into what issues the U.S. government deals with as it debates the future of higher education.



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