With Cheating Only a Click Away, Professors Reduce the Incentive
As soon as the handheld gadgets called “clickers” hit the University of Colorado at Boulder, Douglas Duncan saw cheating.SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Archive for the ‘Daily News’ Category
Enhanced eLearning Inventory Provides Better Information
A site redesign for the eLearning Inventory is now live and available for use by all Ohio State faculty and staff. The Inventory of eLearning tools and resources can be found at elinventory.it.ohio-state.edu. SOURCE: The Ohio State University
Students Find Ways to Thwart Facebook Bans
BANNING Facebook at school? Ha!When Thom McKay realized that his son had figured out how to get on the social networking site even though his New Jersey middle school had blocked it, he asked the boy in astonishment how he had done it. SOURCE: The New York Times
Blackboard Launches Corporate Sales Training Solution Integrated with Salesforce CRM arrow
Platform Designed to Create Measurable Alignment Between Learning Programs and Sales Attainment SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB), today announced the launch of a cloud-based learning management solution developed specifically for corporations focused on sales training and professional development. Fully integrated into Salesforce CRM, Blackboard Learn(TM) for Sales, is […]
Spurring industry growth, Indiana jobs goal of Mobile Indiana
Ball State University’s Institute for Mobile Media Research will bolster emerging media on a statewide basis by launching Mobile Indiana, an education and networking organization focused on the development and growth of the rapidly expanding mobile communications industry. SOURCE: Ball State UniversityRead the Full Article
6.2 Million Americans Go Online for their Education
Marketdata Enterprises Questions if the High Price of Online Degrees is Worth itSOURCE: PR WebRead The Press Release
Stay one step ahead of hackers with new Open University course
With the increasing dependence on information systems in business, security of the underlying network infrastructure is crucial. The Open University, a leading Cisco Academy, has added Network Security to its portfolio of internationally recognised courses.SOURCE: Open UniversityRead the Press Release
Collaborative Learning for the Digital Age
Five or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher who conducts research over in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the human brain that, when we concentrate intensely on one task, causes us to miss just about everything else.The Chronicle of Higher […]
The Secondary Cost of Digital
The idea that higher education is creeping toward an all-digital future has turned textbook season into a spectator sport. Will this be the year e-textbooks make their move?SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article
Google Wants Search to Know What You Know
A revamped search engine might return different results depending on whether you’ve researched a subject before.SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Read the Full Article