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The faculty union at the University of Manitoba, in Canada, sent an e-mail message to its members this month alerting them to a popular Web site where students are sharing course materials, including what the union calls professors’ “intellectual property.”SOURCE: Wired CampusRead the Full Article
eSchool News counts down the ten most significant developments in educational technology during the past yearSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
Imagine yourself emerging from the Way Back Machine in London, England. It’s 1526. Henry VIII is on the throne. You furtively duck into a shop, and quickly head to the back room. You’ve come to buy an English translation of the New Testament. The mere possession of this book is punishable by death.SOURCE: Inside Higher […]
Imagine you have a sore shoulder, so you visit a physical therapist and come away with a set of exercises that she says will help improve your condition. A month later, with your shoulder no better, you return and ask why the exercises aren’t working.“I have no idea,” she responds. “I don’t actually know anything […]
By almost every educational measure, the Agora Cyber Charter School is failing. Nearly 60 percent of its students are behind grade level in math. Nearly 50 percent trail in reading. A third do not graduate on time. And hundreds of children, from kindergartners to seniors, withdraw within months after they enroll. SOURCE: The New York […]
Maryland Representative Seeks Salary Details at 13 Schools Reliant on Federal Student AidSOURCE: The Wall Street JournalRead the Full Article
Two years ago, Google Books was becoming the world’s largest digital library and, with an effective monopoly, seemed “almost certain to be the last one.” The tragedy for scholars was that Google Books’ metadata – which allow users to search the catalog – were “a mishmash wrapped in a muddle wrapped in a mess.”SOURCE: Inside […]
Report explains how to evaluate educational technology programs and services properly and effectivelySOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
WASHINGTON, December 8, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that recipients in 34 states and one territory will receive funding to improve access to health care and educational services in rural areas. Funding is provided through the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Program. SOURCE: US Department of AgricultureRead the Press Rlease
New specials include a story of the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and, from INDEPENDENT LENS, an intimate look at “Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock,” a collection of interviews called “Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975” and a filmmaker’s cross country campaign in “More Than a Month”–Schedule also features 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection SLAVERY BY ANOTHER […]