So how’s your research going? Have you found the “at least eight authoritative sources (not Wikipedia)” for your 2367 paper? Starting to feel like you’ve rounded up the most crucial works for your first master’s lit review? Ready to make the turn from comprehensive exams to the actual dissertation? Or maybe you’re revisiting your dissertation …Read more at the full article: Burn your Notecards! (Mostly) Free Cloud-Based Reference Managers
There is now another way for you to easily keep up with the Digital Union daily blog and other learning technology happenings at Ohio State and beyond.
Introducing… the Digital Union… on Twitter!
Each day, we’ll tweet highlights from that day’s technology blog article. In addition, we may tweet other information about DU news, workshops, and more.
Some …Read more at the full article: The Digital Union is on Twitter
Which OSU social media manager has 10,000 pictures of the same pose? Which manager thinks Donald Duck should have an Instagram account? And which ones camped out at Easton, following Twitter, during the recent electrical outage and heat wave?
Answers to all of these questions are available by watching or listening to the first Social Media …Read more at the full article: Putting the Social into Social Media at Ohio State
Although I’d first heard about Twitter sometime around 2007, it wasn’t until recently that I elected to sign up—after I realized how much I enjoyed reading tweets posted by Digital Union staff. Prior to then, it wasn’t that I was avoiding Twitter, exactly. Instead, I prioritized other technologies as part of my “digital diet” (so many …Read more at the full article: A New Take on Twitter
For the final round of Digital Union Staff’s favorite iPad apps, I have a list of apps that are fun and interesting to play around with. These ones are really all worth a try, and most of them are free!
Garage Band
A fun app for creating music, Garage Band allows you to combine melodies and drum …Read more at the full article: Digital Union Staff’s Favorite iPad Apps: Entertaining and Clever (Pt. 3)
Ohio State’s last Spring Quarter Commencement will be held Sunday, June 10. Many soon-to-be-graduates, along with their families, friends, and other well-wishers, are using numerous forms of technology to help with travel and festivity planning. Recently I caught up with some graduating Digital Union student employees to learn about tech tools they recommend, and/or are using for their …Read more at the full article: Ideas and Mobile Apps for Commencement Planning and Celebrations
Google has finally released their long-awaited competitor to Dropbox, SkyDrive, and iCloud, which they are calling Google Drive.
Like other cloud storage services, Drive provides a single location at which to save and store documents and media content that can be automatically synced across multiple devices. Since Google is also behind Android its mobile version of …Read more at the full article: Take Google Drive for a test ride
Anyone who has a smart-device of some kind knows how handy it can be, especially in a place as large and complex as campus. The Ohio State University provides two options to help you navigate around campus.
Option #1: The OSU mobile website is a mobile browser version of the main Ohio State website, which offers …Read more at the full article: OSU Mobile Website vs. App: What Fits You?
I was fortunate to attend a session at Innovate 2012 with Don Henderson, Senior Director of Creative Expression at Apple, who spoke about the benefits of Challenge Based Learning (CBL). CBL is a learning process that seeks to make the learning curriculum relevant to students by teaching them skills through work on real-world problems or …Read more at the full article: Empowering Students through Challenge-Based Learning
Podling – A Promising Solution for Web-based Team Discussion
Have you ever wished your team had a place online where you could easily discuss a project, and share information? Enter Podling by SitePoint, self-dubbed, “Social glue for teams.”
What is Podling? SitePoint , the makers of the platform, gives us a succinct explaination:
Podling is designed to take group (or team) based discussion out of your inbox and …Read more at the full article: Podling – A Promising Solution for Web-based Team Discussion