As many faculty are already aware, there is a Blackboard Mobile Learn app available for iOS and Android devices. That isn’t news, as the app has existed for a couple years now. What is news relates to a change in the way that app is licensed. Previously the app was usable only by certain devices using certain connections, in a fashion that was confusing to explain. Unless, of course, the institution you were attending actually purchased a license, in which case everything just plain worked. That last is still true, that the institution can purchase a license to use the Mobile Learn app…...

I wrote this review for my personal blog, but liked this app so much that I thought I would add some material to the post and bring it to the more general audience of this blog. I ran across a great app for iPad today.  It’s called “Free Books” and is just what it says, a free interface to 23,469 public domain books from Project Gutenberg.  In fact, I liked it so much that I purchased (for all of 99 cents) it’s companion app called “Classicly HD,” which is the same app with access to the same collection of free books, but also access to 2,947 audiobooks from...

As I have said, I love books.  When I can’t read, I listen to audio books.  On my short commute to college, or on other road trips, I can “read” 25-35 more books per year than I could if I actually had to physically read them.  Accordingly, after hassling for a long time with checking audio books out of the library, or downloading public domain audio books from Project Gutenberg or LibriVox, I decided it was worthwhile to try Audible.com.  That was a couple of years ago and I haven’t looked back since. I subscribe to what is called an  “AudioListener Gold” account,...