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Wikipedia has decided to black out the English version of the online encyclopedia for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Wikipedia’s move follows the lead of other Internet sites, including social news site Reddit which will black out its site for 12 hours on the same day.SOURCE: MacworldFull […]
New study examines availability, variety of apps for mobile devicesFull Article
The space between nonprofit and for-profit higher education gets a little more crowded today. University Ventures Fund, a $100 million investment partnership founded by a quartet of veterans of the for-profit and nonprofit education sectors, is the latest entrant in a market that aims to use private capital to expand the reach and impact of […]
For a subscription-based content vault like JSTOR, the economy of the modern Web is a double-edged sword.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationFull Article
Quick Response (QR) codes—those black-and-white squares that look like a cross between supermarket bar codes and postage stamps—have real potential for school communications.SOURCE: eSchool NewsFull Story
Professor Olufunke Lawal, the Director, Distance Learning Institute (DLI), University of Lagos, in this interview with Akinduro Akinrolabu, speaks on the relevance and challenges of the institute. Excerpts:SOURCE: Saturday TribuneFull Article
A desire for flexibility–as well as cost-savings–are prompting more and more higher ed institutions to consider open source for their mobile strategies.SOURCE: Campus TechnologyFull Article
On March 8, 2012, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®), and the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) will present the ninth installment of the Washington Education Technology Policy Summit. This dynamic Summit will focus on the latest ed tech policy trends, particularly the reauthorization of ESEA, […]
IBM announced Thursday that after five years of work, its researchers have been able to reduce from about one million to 12 the number of atoms required to create a bit of data.SOURCE: McWorldFull Article
Oregon State University, a trend-setter in online education, is the nation’s first institution to offer a professional science master’s degree in the field of fisheries and wildlife, giving students access to a graduate-level education and “real-world experience” while accelerating their careers in related natural resource fields.sfgate.com