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 [...]

StudentHacks.org recently published a list of 101 Web Resources for Students. The list was written by a student who has actually used the resources in his own studies. If you're learning online, you may want to take a look. Included in the list are almanacs, biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, journal article databases, style manuals, year books, [...]

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, [...]

Microsoft is currently beta testing a website that may be very helpful to online learners. Microsoft Live Workspace will let students store over 1,000 Microsoft files (such as Word or PowerPoint documents) on a secure page. Students can they access their files from wherever they are or share them with others. Here are a few [...]

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 [...]

I've posted a lot about Wikipedia's role in the online classroom. Now, a new and unexpected competitor is in the works. Google recently announced Knol, a collection of user-created articles meant to be the first place readers go for information. Here's what the Google Blog says about the upcoming project: “A knol on a particular [...]

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 [...]

Whether or not your online college offers a digital library, you'll probably want to check out the massive collection of books now offered from the Universal Digital Library. A recent article from Physorg.com examines the differences between the Universital Digital Library and other book scanning projects: “The Million Book Project, an international venture led by [...]

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 [...]

More good news for online learners…Microsoft and Yale University recently reached an agreement to digitize books from the university library. Wired University shares the details of the book scanning project: “Yale will start by scanning 100,000 of its English-language books that are out of copyright, according to a news statement. Microsoft is sparring with two [...]