Category: open source
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Help Desk software
Liberum Help Desk is a free, open source help-desk software solution Miguel Guhlin learned about last week at TechForumTx. It looks great, and the price is right. If your organization is not presently using helpdesk software to track tickets and provide transparent accountability for IT responsiveness, you might encourage them to check this out. They…
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Podcast Maker and Propaganda
Potion Factory has released a $30 software product called “Podcast Maker” which is a podcast publisher for Macintosh OS X. For Windows users, Propaganda 1.0 by MixMeister Technology is a $50 commercial software program that provides both podcast production and publishing help. Like Podcast Maker, it offers a 30 day demo. Everyone needs to understand…
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Linux help
Out of necessity rather than pure choice I am learning Linux terminal commands– for my own reference as well as potential benefit for others, I have started a new blog page titled Linux Help. I will be adding to this page in the weeks and months to come as I learn more….. Don’t fret yourself…
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Linux and WordPress
I have descended to a new depth (or height I guess, depending on your perspective) of geekdom this weekend, and I give all the credit to my friend Miguel Guhlin! I both want and need to setup an intel-based computer (a new fast Dell actually) at work with the Linux operating system, and everything required…
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Connectivism presentation and Articulate Presenter
The Connectivism presentation by George Siemens (the eLearnSpace author) is a great 35 minute multimedia reflection about teaching, learning, elearning, and web 2.0. George explores how learning today is often disconnected from the informationally robust environment in which we live and work. He discusses “distributed cognition” and “learning as network creation.” Great stuff, great thoughts,…
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Creating Sustainable E-Learning Infrastructures
Creating Sustainable E-Learning Infrastructures – Moving Beyond the Course as the Unit of Instruction an eLearning 2005 keynote presentation by David Porter Executive Director BCcampus.ca dporter at bccampus.ca Presentation is available as both: PDF: www.sfu.ca/~davidp/ecosystem.pdf Breeze preso: present.bccampus.ca/ecosystem (I GOT STARTED TAKING NOTES LATE, ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE PRESO) Harnessing community effectively BC Campus has…
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BCcampus – Using Open Source Models for OnlineHigher Education Resources
BCcampus – Using Open Source Models for OnlineHigher Education Resources eLearn 2005 presentation by Paul Stacey, BCcampus, Canada Have put together a network on online communities, but won’t talk about that today Online Program Development Fund – has been providing $1.5 million fund for last 3 years to all the higher education entities in the…
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Podcasting101 flowchart
To better explain the steps required in creating and publishing a podcast, I have created a “Podcasting101 Flowchart” using the free, open source concept mapping program CmapTools. I have linked this flowchart image within my free Podcasting101 online curriculum. (Login as a new user or as guest)
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What’s on my hard drive?
If you are getting short on hard drive space, there are two free programs you might check out that can help identify what programs or document files are taking up the most space and perhaps can be deleted. Disk Inventory X is a free application for Mac OS X that displays a graphical summary of…
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Blackboard and WebCT merger
The announcement on October 12, 2005 that the two largest commercial content management system (CMS) providers in the world are merging is a significant development. According to Information Today, Inc., “In the 2004 fiscal year, Blackboard had $111.4 million in revenue; WebCT had $38.4 million.” We are talking about big bucks today, but potentially even…