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Stephen Downes List of Free or Open Source Applications for eLearning
Jane Hart's articles and list of free applications for eLearning.
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Open Source or Free Applications
A wide variety of free tools are available for eLearning!
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Software Applications
Software Applications for eLearning!
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Second Life is Emerging as a Powerful New Medium for Social Interactions
Second Life is emerging as a powerful new medium for social interactions of all sorts, from romance to making money. It may be the Internet's next big thing.
By Jessica Bennett and Malcolm Beith
Newsweek International
July 30, 2007 issue - It's 1 a.m., and the "Dublin" nightclub is packed. Women in trendy ball gowns and men in miniskirts dance to Bon Jovi. Simon Stevens spins his wheelchair across the room, then leaps up and starts dancing, a move he can execute only here in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world that Stevens roams on his PC screen, using an avatar—a graphic rendering of himself, liberated from his cerebral palsy. "I flourish in Second Life," says the 33-year-old, who heads a disability-consulting firm called Enable Enterprises, out of his home in England. "It's no game—it's a serious tool."
More information at:
- Arizona SciTech Festival Jan. - Mar. 2012(Event)(Now)
- GAZeL Events Committee Feb. 9, 2012(Event)(1 day)
- GazeL Board Meeting Feb, 16, 2012(Event)(8 days)
- GAZeL eLearning Networking Event Feb. 22, 2012(Event)(14 days)
