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For those who have teaching writing and composition, or for that matter anyone who requires analytic writing in their classes, you might want to check out The Topoi brought to you by USC Writing Program and Mark Marino (of Writer Response Theory).
One of the things I have wondered is how long it will take professors [...]

For those who have not already seen this, my suggestion that you take my class for free was picked up on by The Chronicle of Higher Ed. (In the comments there are also several other online classes listed.)
More importantly though, it looks like there is significant interest in this class, and it looks more [...]

Two useful (perhaps) links that are worth taking a look at (both discovered via twitter—thanks twitter friends):

Ideas for Taking Notes: This is a response on meta-filter to ways to take notes when you are reading large sums of material. Some of the methods here will be familiar to academics, and “brain-in-a-box” software like Devon and [...]

It’s no secret that I think Blackboard and WebCT are a scam. They charge excessive rates for a second rate, clunky product, and Blackboard is trying to patent and corner the market (all around bad for education). At any rate I think most of what Blackboard offers can be done for free, in a more [...]

Looking for Education Tools? Try the Centre for Learning and Performance Technology’s Directory of Learning Tools. The list contains links to over 2,300 tools, everything from Word Processors to Content Management Systems.
(Thanks to Pedagogical Gregory who sent this to me.)

Here is a list of things I have been collecting as of late, which may or may not be of interest to those in academia . . .

I frequently make the argument that blogs are one of the most useful “tech tools” in education. In fact I now run a class blog for each of [...]

Here is this week’s collection of things you might want to check out if you are interested in academia, technology, or perhaps just looking for something to read while you wait for that download to finish.

Scholarly Research Excahgne: Someone I follow twittered this earlier in the week (sorry not sure who so I can’t give [...]

Here are some things readers of Academhack might find interesting.

One of the difficulties in teaching and researching on the web, is preserving the paths of exploration, not only for one’s own purposes but so that others can traverse the same path. In this regard I have mentioned Diigo before, which allows you to bookmark, highlight, [...]

I am thinking about putting together a proposal to present at the MLA on microblogging (don’t want to limit it to just Twitter). If anyone is interested send me an email dave [at] outsidethetext [dot] com. In order to have enough time to complete the polished proposal for submission to the MLA by April 1st [...]

Sorry, still working on an extensive twitter post (our spring break is next week so it should come soon), but in the meantime here are some other useful things that I found around the internet that might interest you as well.

How To Teach with Netvibes: Mainly I use a blog to organize online material for [...]