Comments on: Synchronous lecture materials. How? http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:13:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: George Tziralis http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-23487 George Tziralis Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:14:00 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-23487 Maybe this is not what you are looking for exactly, but you may find it interesting: I'm trying to teach a data mining course by using a blog to post lecture notes and assignments, to live stream the lectures force students to post their assignments on a weekly basis. Here is the link: http://dataminingcourse.wordpress.com (well, apologies, it's in greek :) and here you can find more info in english: http://dataminingntua.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/acoursebyblog/ Blogging is not synchronous by its strict definition, by it's kind-of direct and dynamic for sure, right? P.S: Just found your blog, pretty amazed that found something so straight to the point, keep up :) Maybe this is not what you are looking for exactly, but you may find it interesting:
I’m trying to teach a data mining course by using a blog to post lecture notes and assignments, to live stream the lectures force students to post their assignments on a weekly basis.
Here is the link: http://dataminingcourse.wordpress.com (well, apologies, it’s in greek :)
and here you can find more info in english: http://dataminingntua.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/acoursebyblog/

Blogging is not synchronous by its strict definition, by it’s kind-of direct and dynamic for sure, right?

P.S: Just found your blog, pretty amazed that found something so straight to the point, keep up :)

]]> By: jim lg http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-20956 jim lg Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:36:01 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-20956 my school has started making slides on www.voicethread.com which allows for easy sychronization and collaboration on lectures my school has started making slides on http://www.voicethread.com which allows for easy sychronization and collaboration on lectures

]]> By: Will Robertson http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-20007 Will Robertson Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:13:49 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-20007 LaTeX is pretty ideal for this sort of thing. Take a look at the beamer package; it contains several methods to help with slides plus auxiliary content. LaTeX is pretty ideal for this sort of thing. Take a look at the beamer package; it contains several methods to help with slides plus auxiliary content.

]]> By: Chaim Krause http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-19981 Chaim Krause Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:26:10 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/synchronous-lecture-materials-how/#comment-19981 Docbook + XSLT + PDF Creator with some Python glue. Docbook + XSLT + PDF Creator with some Python glue.

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