the essay mill

The Chronicle of Higher Education takes a tour of an essay mill from the essay-writer’s side. Click the image below and then click on the “play” button on the Chronicle’s media player in the new page.

podcasting update

TASC and UK IT joined forces to offer iTunes U workshops for the first time last week. We’re excited about moving forward with more of those, and while we may have at least one during the summer, we’re targeting October as a time to try to reach a large number of faculty who are interested [...]

Experience Unbridled History

This Friday (May 1), the virtual Young Library in Second Life welcomes its newest exhibit: Unbridled History: Celebrating the Horse Industry of Kentucky. The exhibit is presented in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby exhibit on University of Louisville’s Second Life Island. The opening of the exhibits will be celebrated with a Derby Eve Party on Friday, May [...]

anatomy lab on UK Island

New on UK Island: A virtual anatomy lab for a class piloting the lab in Second Life, a virtual environment. Find out more about it at http://ukisland.wordpress.com/.

digital mashup fun for friday fluff

Students everywhere are learning new ways to create products from disparate parts. It’s always been a part of the education progress (“research your idea and create an original ___________ to turn in on Friday. Buehler? Buehler?“). But digital mashups can provide an extra sense of fun. Witness the Ocean’s 11 trailer spoof below: Henson’s 11. It [...]

launch: World Digital Library

Find all kinds of cultural treasures – from maps to recordings to photographs and architectural drawings – from around the world in the World Digital Library. It’s brand new and will continue to grow. Open Culture says that it is backed by the United Nations and that users will be able to view in seven [...]

Talk like Shakespeare on his birthday

Today is William Shakespeare’s 445th birthday. Up in Chicago, Mayor Daley has proclaimed it Talk Like Shakespeare Day. You know, as they sing in Kiss Me Kate: “Brush up your Shakespeare, start quoting him now. Brush up your Shakespeare, and the women you will wow” (Cole Porter’s the author there, but I’m sure Shakespeare would be [...]

PBS video portal

Good morning. I’ve been away for a few days, gathering steam for the Blackboard 9 Release rollout, but I’m still here.
I had to jump back in today to let you know that PBS has launched a new portal to national and local video: http://www.pbs.org/video. View full-length programs of your favorite series. This has [...]

online smithsonian

The Smithsonian Institution is building online resources that reflect Heritage Months (such as Asian Pacific American Heritage, Black History, Hispanic Heritage). The online exhibits and collections referenced are well worth reviewing for various instructional purposes. The Women’s History Month, for example, links to the Smithsonian’s Women’s History Photos on Flickr, a list of recommended books on [...]

a virtual newsroom

The American University in Cairo has launched a virtual newsroom in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world application. Read about it and view video from a documentary about the project on DIP’s Dispatches from the Imagination Age or watch the brief documentary, below.