It is a short presentation on the topic by Jon-David Knode and Steve Knode, EDUCAUSE, June, 2005.
This presentation discusses the development and potential for always-on intelligent agent applications that function as virtual assistants. Interacting in a conversational manner, these agents supply information immediately to students and faculty. Over time, the agents become incrementally “smarter” and more capable of providing better information.
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iPeer is a new open source web application developed at the Faculty of Applied Science, UBC. iPeer allows instructors to easily develop and deliver peer evaluations to their students. Instructors can compile evaluation results by student or group.
Download at http://sourceaforge.net/projects/ipeer.
Details and demo at http://ipeer.apsc.ubc.ca/ipeer_site/.
A brief overview is also available here (ppt file).
What if the Internet could help students take more responsibility for learning and let teachers focus on teaching? Trunitin claims that now it can with the various products and services it offers. A quick overview is here (flash format).
Turnitin is a company located in Oakland, California that offers online tools and services for educators and students in higher schools dealing with submission, reviewing and grading of research paper coursework. The company’s products include Plagiarism Prevention, Peer Review, Grade Mark, Grade Book, and Digital Portfolio.
Recognized worldwide as the standard in online plagiarism prevention, Turnitin helps educators and students take full advantage of the internet’s educational potential. Used by thousands of institutions in over fifty countries, Turnitin’s products promote originality in student work, improve student writing and research skills, encourage collaborative learning, and save valuable instructor time.
The IHMC (Institute for Human and Machine Cognition) has a concept map tool called CmapTools, which is free to donwload and use.
The IHMC CmapTools software empowers users to construct, navigate, share, and criticize knowledge models represented as Concepts Maps.
The following may be useful to know more about concept mapping.
Getting Started with Educational Podcasts for Portable Education: Basic Software and Tools
It is a very informative post about the topic. I’m considering trying some tools the author suggested.
The post is from XplanaZine, a very good weblog with audio about online learning, technology, students, and many other interesting topics.
Stagecast Creator is an educational tool that can empower young children (primary school level) to create interactive simulations, stories, and games, with ease and fun.
Stagecast Creator is a unique product that kids love to use. It bridges two important categories of software, creativity and thinking skill development. It is used in computer labs, classrooms, technology camps, after school programs, and homes.
With Stagecast Creator, girls and boys alike use the computer mouse to create simulations and games completely visually, without a programming language. The only limit is their imagination.