Box.net offers 50GB of free online storage for mobile device sign ups!

By Alan Regan

Do you own an iPhone or iPad? If you don't have a Box.net account and you're looking for some online storage, then check out the following offer: http://blog.box.net/2011/10/12/were-giving-ios-users-insane-amounts-of-free-storage-box50gb/

The company claims that you can receive 50 GB of free online storage forever, but you have to act before December 2, 2011. Normally they offer 5 GB of free storage.  To take advantage of the offer, you need to download the free app from and click "Sign Up" for a new account from your device (not from your computer).

Recently, Apple launched its iCloud service which offers 5 GB of free online storage. And Dropbox.com offers 2 GB of storage for free.

LINKS:

• Apple iCloud - 5 GB (http://www.apple.com/icloud/)
• Box.net - 5 GB (http://www.box.net)
• Box.net special offer - 50 GB (http://blog.box.net/2011/10/12/were-giving-ios-users-insane-amounts-of-free-storage-box50gb/)
• Dropbox.com - 2 GB (http://www.dropbox.com)
• Google Docs - 1 GB (http://docs.google.com)

Interesting Discussion on Sakai and Desire2Learn on Inside HigherEd

By Alan Regan

Members of both the Sakai and Desire2Learn communities are discussing the situation where Blackboard and Moodle seem to dominate the news, yet both Sakai and D2L are viable and robust with large user communities. This is in response to a request from Joshua Kim for more information about the platforms.  He titled his request, "Please Push Back on my D2L & Sakai Biases."

Since we recently transitioned from Blackboard to Sakai at Pepperdine University (and since many other institutions are doing so, too), I felt this was a fascinating thread.  I hope you find the information as interesting as I did!

LINK: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/please-push-back-my-d2l-sakai-biases