In its struggle to remain relevant, Britannica is planning to open its gates to the public for contributions, to a certain extent following Wikipedia's model. But even its announcement shows that commercial interests can prevail over truth. Although Wikipedia's influence is clear, it is not mentioned once!

This list of useful applications for university students was published a year ago but it still has useful ideas.

iBreadCrumbs.com offers a simple way for students to record their online research and share their results with others. It works by installing a toolbar in Firefox (version 2 only so far) that can be turned on when you're doing research and collects websites you find relevant.

A first proper full-blown Learning Management System has made its way to Facebook. It also integrates with Moodle and should link to Bebo and MySpace, as well. I tried to use it and creating a course could not be easier (miles ahead of Blackboard). However, its integration with the social aspects of Facebook is very limited.

Thanks to the wonderful videos from the creative folks at Commoncraft.com you can now learn about all the key technologies shaking up the web at the moment in a fun, engaging and also a clear and concise manner. And, by the way, they're using Drupal to run their website, just like us.