Voices From the Front Lines of Online Learning

From Wired Campus:
Online educators share their experiences teaching online. Watch the video here.

Twitter and other social media are becoming an important communication tool in disasters

From: Red Cross Emergency Social Data Summit:
results from a study of social media in disasters and emergencies.

July/August 2010 issue of EDUCAUSE Review is available

Open access is the theme of the latest issue of EDUCAUSE Review.

From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Needed - Support for Professional Science Master's Degrees

From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Needed - Support for Professional Science Master's Degrees
"The rapid growth and palpable enthusiasm surrounding professional science master's degrees demonstrates something important: that higher education can respond energetically and directly to employers' demands for sophisticated science professionals with high-level scientific and business and management skills."

Big Refworks News!!! Citations in Refworks now link to full-text

When you log into your Refworks account you will now see a 'Check for Full Text' link. Refworks will look for the full-text in our 100+ databases. As you can imagine the RRU librarians are doing a "happy dance". Please contact us for more information.

New report from the National Wildlife Federation: Oil disasters common in the last decade

From Docuticker: Oil disasters common in the last decade
Source: National Wildlife Federation
The full report: Assault on America: A Decade of Petroleum Company Disaster, Pollution, and Profit.
Also available:
List of oil disasters, 2000-2010 & list of oil disasters by State.

Interesting article on plagiarism in the New York Times

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age
(New York Times - August 1, 2010)
From article: “Writing is difficult, and doing it well takes time and practice...”