Education Toolbox

Education Goes Online: 25 Free Online Education Resources
While a course about YouTube is surprising to some, the web is actually a treasure trove of education-related resources, including lots of video lectures, educational wikis and podcasts. The key sites for modern, web-based learning are outlined on [...]

September 30th, 2007 | Category: Tips | Comments are closed

The Self-Directed Student Toolbox: 100 Web Resources for Lifelong Learners

The Self-Directed Student Toolbox: 100 Web Resources for Lifelong Learners | OEDb
Lifelong learning means that individuals can have access to and are willing to participate in ongoing, not recurrent, education. This “learning to learn” philosophy can begin with toddlers and it can extend throughout a person’s life with branches that can extend into various [...]

September 20th, 2007 | Category: Education, Research, Tips | Comments are closed

Quote of the Day

Every so often I’ll read a passage that just strikes me squarely between the eyes. This excerpt from David Drake’s novel Master of the Cauldron is definitely thought-provoking (for me personally).

Liane shared a personality flaw with some other smart people Garric knew: she became genuinely angry when she had to deal with folks who refused to [...]

September 19th, 2007 | Category: Quotes | Comments are closed

Beyond Wikipedia: 20 References You Can’t Do Without

Beyond Wikipedia: 20 References You Can’t Do Without | Scholastici.us: Student Productivity At Its Finest
You may not know this, but there are actually a number of great references available to you that isn’t Wikipedia. Now, don’t get me wrong – I love Wikipedia, too. Whenever I first begin a project I almost always go [...]

September 12th, 2007 | Category: Research | Comments are closed

Online electronic journals index

eprintweb – Home
eprintweb.org is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology, and consists of e-print records which can be browsed and searched.

The contents of eprintweb.org are provided by arXiv, which is operated and funded by Cornell University Library, a private not-for-profit educational institution, and is also partially [...]

September 7th, 2007 | Category: Research, Statistics, Tips | Comments are closed

Virtual Learning Resources Center

Virtual Learning Resources Center
The mission of the Virtual Learning Resources Center is to index thousands of the best academic information websites, selected by teachers and library professionals worldwide, in order to provide to students and teachers current, valid information for school and university academic projects.

It has a meta-search engine that includes in its results information gleaned [...]

September 7th, 2007 | Category: Research | Comments are closed

Kansas University Writing Center

KU Writing Center

KU Writing Center is a service provided by the University of Kansas for its students. The website offers advice on essay writing, avoiding plagiarism, critical thinking, writing up research and referencing of documents. The advice is tailored for undergraduates and postgraduates, with a special section on writing up original research, which is of [...]

September 5th, 2007 | Category: Writing | Comments are closed