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History and ‘heat’ of glass factory comes alive with new 3-D virtual living museum

Advanced 3-D technology is allowing Ball State University educators to share history in a way that snags the attention of students who’ve come of age using the Internet and playing video games. SOURCE: Ball State University Read the Full Article

Supporting High Level Simulation Concepts

Interview with Colonel Marcus A. Boyd, Commander Air Force Agency for Modeling and SimulationColonel Marcus “Shaka” Boyd is commander, Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS), Orlando, Fla. AFAMS is the Air Force’s top-level modeling and simulation policy implementation, integration and support agency. Boyd is responsible for the implementation, integration, support and transition of […]

With Acquisition, Citrix Enhances Its Cloud Offering for Higher Education

The purchase of Cloud.com has helped Citrix round out its offering of custom cloud solutions that will appeal to colleges and universities.SOURCE: Campus Technology Read the Full Article

Experience-Based Learning Using Smartphones: The Explorer Project

The Explorer project provides self-directed, exploratory and educational activities for high school children using GPS enabled smartphones. The tours provide safe navigation of environmentally sensitive and remote locations and are based around curriculum learning objectives.SOURCE: e-Minds: International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction Read the Full Article

The Encyclopedia of Babel

Wikipedia has been growing in authority — and a new paper shows that scholars are studying and citing it, as well as writing for it. Scott McLemee hits “view source.”SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article

DIRECTORY OF LEARNING TOOLS 2011

Over 2,000 tools for learning and working in education and the workplaceSOURCE: Centre for Learning & Performance TechnologiesVisit the Site

Internet Activities and Developmental Predictors: Gender Differences Among Digital Natives

Widespread adoption of the Internet during the past two decades has produced the first generation of digital natives. Ninety-five children (Mage = 10.4 years) completed a questionnaire that measured three clusters of variables: 1) Internet use at home and school, 2) peer, school, and home self-esteem, 3) and cognitive abilities (planning, attention, and simultaneous and […]

Game-Based Learning: new practices, new classrooms

Why should we implement games for learning? How should we do this? What games are appropriate for my needs? This new issue of eLearning Papers should help to find answers to such questions. The potential of Game Based Learning (GBL) is still underestimated. We firmly believe that GBL can play a major role in renewing […]

The Relationship between Scholarships and Student Success: An Art and Design Case Study

The majority of studies investigating financial predictors of student success in higher education focus on liberal art schools and have investigated a limited number of conditioning variables in analyses. This study adds to the literature by exploring financial predictors of student success through a unique sample of students from an art and design college and […]

Adobe Releases Early Preview of New HTML5 Web Motion and Interaction Design Tool

Company Invites Community Into Development Process to Shape Final ProductSOURCE: AdobeRead the Press Release