Category Archives: Technology

Beyond the Buzz, Where Are MOOCs Really Going? | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

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“Everyone’s going MOOC-crazy these days. From frequent media coverage of online courses and platforms like Coursera, edX, Udacity, and Udemy to discussions about the complexities and business models of online education, the excitement around MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has finally “bubbled” over.”

via Beyond the Buzz, Where Are MOOCs Really Going? | Wired Opinion | Wired.com.

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Egypt Crowdsources Censorship | Fast Company

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“The Egyptian government is now crowdsourcing censorship efforts. A new web page created by the country’s National Telecommunications Registry Agency, allows citizens to report blasphemous websites (Arabic-language links). According to Alix Dunn of tech activism blog The Engine Room, the site is designed to help find pages showing a controversial anti-Islam film.”

via Egypt Crowdsources Censorship | Fast Company.

Vevo Quietly Redesigns Its Homepage To Streamline Search, Navigation, And Playlist Creation | TechCrunch

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I think the new Vevo homepage  is a great example of the minimalist trend in user experience – minimizing the number of features and functions available for a more immersive user experience. I appreciate how Search is  top center of the screen, but not so blatant in form and having transparency – it’s not continually distracting to the eye (as opposed to search on the Hula.com homepage, which is distracting).

Vevo Quietly Redesigns Its Homepage To Streamline Search, Navigation, And Playlist Creation | TechCrunch.

Review of 2012 and Trends to Watch in 2013 – Stephen’s Lighthouse

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Review of 2012 and Trends to Watch in 2013 – Stephen’s Lighthouse.

Stephen’s post summarizes the original post by Paula  J. Hane at Information Today, Inc.

Emerging Technologies in Libraries…02.19.13 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog

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Emerging Technologies in Libraries…02.19.13 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog

Slide presentation which covers digital delivery of products (such as library websites on mobile devices), gamification, cloud computing and makerspaces. Ideas including “third places,” massive online open courses (MOOCs) and hackathons are also highlighted.

The Top 5 Website UX Trends of 2012 | UX Magazine

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The Top 5 Website UX Trends of 2012 | UX Magazine.

  1. Single Page Sites
  2. Infinite Scrolling
  3. Persistent Top Navigation or “Sticky Nav”
  4. The Death of Web 2.0 Aesthetics
  5. Typography Returns

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SLJ’s Top 10 Tech: 2012 | The Digital Shift

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SLJ’s Top 10 Tech: 2012 | The Digital Shift

Trends include curation for discoverability, online open courses, flipping and makerspaces.

We practiced flipping in my Emerging and Innovative Technologies LIS class. Through flipping I have increased my ability in critical thinking, assessment and evaluation, but this method did make the class more burdensome on the students to generate discussion in class and complete required readings before class.

Ouya: A Game-Changing Game System | American Libraries Magazine

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Ouya: A Game-Changing Game System | American Libraries Magazine.

Quotable: “Libraries should keep an eye on the Ouya. Not only as a relatively inexpensive way to bring console games to the library, but also as an example of independent publishing squaring off against the established giants.”

Library of Congress Accepts First Emoji Novel | Mashable

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This would make a very cool example for a Cataloging and Classification class!

Library of Congress Accepts First Emoji Novel | Mashable

10 Great Technology Initiatives for Your Library | American Libraries Magazine

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These are all great ideas but I particularly like “use crowdsourcing to create a collection.” With this initiative you can invite employees and patrons/visitors to participate and the collection can have a local or community focus as a result.

10 Great Technology Initiatives for Your Library | American Libraries Magazine.

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The newest TECH SET® offers 10 guides to today’s best library technologies – ALAnews