JoVE stands for, Journal of Visualized Experiments, and is a way for scientific researchers to easily access videos on experiments for the purpose of reproducing the experiments accurately. JoVE is the world’s first peer-reviewed scientific video journal. JoVE helps to significantly cut down the resources necessary to reproduce experiments, by showing
For those who don’t know, Coursera is a free online educational resource that offers courses in many different subjects. The website allows for full interation with a subject, from quizzes and video learning. Coursera has access to around 2000 courses from schools like; Penn University and John’s Hopkins. With all of these
Scopus is a database of citations and abstracts of peer reviewed: articles, journals, and books. It offers a look into multiple fields including: humanities, science & technology, history, Medicine, and more. Scopus also has tools to help find the most comprehensive research that’s right for your needs. It is the largest
A map of Stony Brook University has been created highlighting the locations of: Bus routes, parking, printers, bus stops, dinning places, bike stations, and computer labs. This map can be useful to students both new and old, and contains everything a commuter would need to know about the campus to save time
Open Access Theses & Dissertations is an online database allowing for students to find open access to graduate Theses and Dissertations worldwide. These open access documents will be of great value to graduate students looking to do intensive research or needing help in writing their own dissertations or Theses. The OATD
American Film Scripts Online is a database of screenplays and scripts, most of which were never published or available to the public. This database allows for the users to look through different scripts and obtain a better sense for learning and developing screenplays and scripts of their own, as well as
Mimir is an artificial intelligence grading tool for computer science classrooms. Mirmir supports all the essential instruction languages and helps instructors prevent cheating, grade quickly, and provide excellent feedback to students. Mirmir also helps professors keep track of student engagement and comprehension with visualizations of student scores in the instructor
The Chronicle of Higher Education published a fascinating article this month about how technology has shaped higher education over the past 50 years. The article explores how students and instructors have used technology in the classroom, from the ultra expensive mini-computers of the 1960s to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.
Shakespeare is a free mobile app that allows users to read plays, sonnets, and poems by William Shakespeare. Students who are studying English and Shakespeare may find this app to be useful when reading Shakespeare’s works. The app contains the full texts of Shakespeare’s complete works, which includes 41 plays,
Google Arts & Culture is a free mobile app that lets you virtually view artwork from museums, galleries, and archives from around the world. Students who are studying art and art history may find this app to be useful in discovering and learning about art, both old and new. Google Arts
