Archive for the ‘Digital Media’ Category

Adobe, Blackboard, Cengage, Coursera, Interfolio, Wiley

Adobe: Adobe Unveils Next Generation Of Video Innovation At IBC 2018 Blackboard: Entrust Datacard And Blackboard Partner To Enhance The ID Card Issuance Process Cengage: New Savings Calculator Helps College Students Decide Best Buy For Course Materials Coursera: Coursera’s CEO On The Evolving Meaning Of ‘MOOC’ Interfolio: New Faculty Management System To Bring ‘$1 Million’ In Savings To University Of […]

How trust in Wikipedia evolves: a survey of students aged 11 to 25

Introduction. Whether Wikipedia is to be considered a trusted source is frequently questioned in France. This paper reports the results of a survey examining the levels of trust shown by young people aged eleven to twenty-five. Method. We analyse the answers given by 841 young people, aged eleven to twenty-five, to a questionnaire. To our […]

Commenting across difference: Youth Dialogue in an intercultural virtual exchange program

The promise of online dialogue for building cosmopolitan sensibilities in youth has driven the rise of educational programs that leverage digital media for intercultural virtual exchange. While a growing body of research documents the role digital media play in young people’s lives, relatively few studies have examined how young people dialogue in diverse online spaces […]

Creating 3-D-printed “motion sculptures” from 2-D videos

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has often credited his success to spending countless hours studying his opponent’s movements on film. This understanding of movement is necessary for all living species, whether it’s figuring out the best angle for throwing a ball, or perceiving the motion of predators and prey. But simple videos can’t actually […]

Adobe Unveils Next Generation of Video Innovation at IBC 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled new video features coming to Adobe Creative Cloud that will speed up production timelines, enable more seamless workflows and deliver powerful capabilities to bring filmmakers’ and video professionals’ creative visions to life. The updates include Adobe Sensei-powered animation, intelligent audio cleanup tools, selective color grading, advanced data-driven motion […]

Teaching and Learning with DPLA (Digital Public Library of America)

It’s a new academic year and we are as excited as all of you to sharpen our pencils (or dust off our keyboards!) and dive into another year of teaching and learning at DPLA. A resource for both educators and students, the Digital Public Library of America (https://dp.la) is a free national digital library that […]

Gale’s Digital Scholar Lab Removes Barriers to Entry into Digital Scholarship, Streamlining Workflows, Driving Visualizations and Discoveries

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – September 11, 2018 – Gale, a Cengage company, is changing the way scholars and students access and analyze raw text data. Gale’s Digital Scholar Lab, a cloud-based research environment launched by the company today, allows students and researchers to apply natural language processing tools to raw text data (OCR) from Gale […]

Download Report: Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities

Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities State education leaders are committed to providing leadership to ensure that all students have access to personalized, engaging learning experiences supported by digital instructional materials and resources. With the transformation to digital learning, more and more states are enacting policies and guidelines to support the implementation […]

Smart Machines and Human Expertise: Challenges for Higher Education

Our machines and systems are increasingly smart and capable. They can work alongside humans as professional partners, augmenting human expertise and helping us find and develop talent. How will higher education respond as our professions change? EDUCAUSE Review 

Download Report: How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions

54% of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on their cellphones, and two-thirds of parents express concern over their teen’s screen time. But parents face their own challenges of device-related distraction Pew Research Center Internet & Technology