Apr
24
CLRN: Now With More than 2500 Free Web Links
April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The CLRN Web Information Link (WIL) project, which reviews free, high-quality web links that are also advertisement-free, has just surpassed 2500 posted sites. CLRN’s WIL reviews are verified to be a primary or secondary source of information, a reference tool, a free software or web 2.0 tool, or a free supplementary course material. All links [...]
Apr
9
Last week, YouTube threw its hat into the university course posting business by creating an education channel solely for university content. YouTube EDU boasts more than 100 participating universities, although the actual number of schools posting courses is much lower. Now that CLRN has reviewed YouTube EDU’s listing, we have a number of observations about [...]
Apr
7
Searching for the Pefect Task Manager
April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
Should it really be so hard to find a decent, elegant, and cheap platform for managing my tasks and projects, something that begins with a simple desktop program that syncs to the web and my iPod touch? you know, something like the great Evernote for tasks?
Evidently, it is (diffiult, that is)
My first organized system for [...]
Apr
7
CLRN Posts Full Length Course Links
April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Two months ago, CLRN added two new categories to our free Web Information Links: Free Software/Web Tools and Free Supplementary Course Materials. While our first efforts were to select, review, and post free software and web 2.0 tools, we’re currently focusing on adding free, full-length courses from several excellent sources: iTunes University, the MIT Open [...]
Apr
2
CLRN April e-Newsletter
April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
With spring comes testing students’ knowledge of content learned this school year. Although students know that the yearly ritual is inevitable, they still ask, “Why?” To no avail, we assure them that they will do fine, practice the sample questions and pass out the packaged test booklets as a week or more is disrupted with [...]
