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Over the past year, there's been a huge movement towards free online books and other learning materials. One distributor, WOWIO, has already seen some success in offering free books. Here's how they describe themselves:

“WOWIO is a new kind of online bookstore that enables readers to download ebooks for free, using commercial sponsorships to compensate authors and publishers. Readers get free ebooks. Sponsors get a powerful new channel to communicate their message to precisely the people they want to reach. Publishers get a new means of distributing their books, expanding their readership, and monetizing their intellectual property.”

On the upside: WOWIO users can instantly download free books, many of which are not in the public domain. However, WOWIO does rely on sponsors to fund these publication, which means you'll have to put up with some level of advertising. On the whole, this looks like a successful business model which in the future could work for academic authors.

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Facebook is more popular than ever and many college professors are using the social networking site to help them teach. I'm not completely comfortable with students mixing their social lives and their studies (especially considering cases such as the student who was denied a degree due to a MySpace photo of her drinking alcohol). However, I can't deny that some very useful Facebook applications have been developed in the past few months. The CollegeDegree blog recently published a list of the 25 best applications for students. Here's a blurb:

“With so many students, teachers, and librarians on Facebook these days, the social media site has become somewhat of a platform, offering developers a way to create and share applications for education. This, of course, is great news for online education, as it provides all sorts of great tools designed to make learning and administration easier. Check out these applications that represent some of the ideal tools Facebook has to offer for online education.”

Take a look at the article for applications such as a notetaking system, a quiz maker, and an academic calendar.

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We've all heard the stories: students getting expelled for Facebook photos, interviewees being rejected because of information on their personal blogs. As an online student, maintaining internet privacy is essential. To help with the quest to secure information, Google recently published a series of videos on maintaining internet privacy. Here's a blurb from the Google Blog:

“These videos feature Googlers sharing privacy tips, like how to use Google Chat's “Off the Record” feature, how to limit the number of people who can view your Picasa photos, how to unlist your phone number from Google search results, and how to make the details of your Google Calendar entries private.

Just as we're dedicated to innovation when it comes to making better, more useful products, we're also committed to finding new ways to educate you about how to control what information you share when using our products, and with whom.”

As we enter a new year, I'm going to take the time to double-check and make sure my personal information is secure. Better safe than sorry!

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Top Education Degrees recently published a list of 10 useful online applications for teachers. Here's a blurb:

“Teachers for all levels of students today have so many more teaching aids than even just a few years ago. That's not just because of greater access to the Internet but also because of the growing number of web applications that they can use. Some applications are specifically geared towards teaching and learning. Other applications can be adapted for these purposes. Here's a list of some online applications, listed alphabetically, that we feel are excellent for teachers.”

Among the links are a multimedia content builder, an educational blogging system, and a virtual grade book. Online teachers, in particular, can benefit from many of these resources.

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Keeping track of assignments and due dates can be a chore. That’s why I’m always on the look out for new ways to get organized. If you’re struggling with staying up-to-date on your online coursework, you may want to check out the new website CollegeRuled. Here’s how they explain what they offer:

“CollegeRuled.com is a resource for university students. We are making tools, pages and features to help college students stay organized and connect with classmates.”

Take a look for free scheduling and organizational college tools.

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