Blog with Side Comments and Collaborative Annotation

Posted in Collaboration & Learning on September 27th, 2007 by Claudia Engel

CommentPress is an open source Wordpress theme, which takes the comment feature of the Wordpress blog engine and refines it, so comments (and replies) can be made on a per-paragraph basis and show up at the margin of the text instead of the bottom. Annotation thus becomes much more specific. Also see the link to the pdf of a Chronicle of Higher Education article from 9/28/07.

World Maps and Visualization of Global Statistics

Posted in Data, Maps on September 26th, 2007 by Claudia Engel

From Slashgeo today a pointer to three impressive, interactive maps on world statistics.

How to set up a new course on Coursework5

Posted in How-Tos on September 26th, 2007 by Claudia Engel

With the new coursework (v5) system instructors can set up their courses directly and immediately via an online form. Instructions follow below. Read more »

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