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Slow Train to the Future

Tablets are in, computer labs are out, and the cloud is the new hard drive — these are the interwoven threads upon which college students are hoisting themselves into the future of campus computing. So say technology futurists, those whisperers who strive to interpret for the rest of us the inscrutable “digital natives” who now […]

$2 Million Federal Grant Bolsters NEO Distance Learning Program

A $2 million Department of Education Title III grant designed to help institutions of higher education better serve Native American students is going to help Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (NEO) upgrade its distance learning offerings. SOURCE: Campus Technology

Stanford’s latest iPhone and iPad apps course now free to the world on iTunes U

Students may covet seats in Stanford’s popular iPhone and iPad application development course, but you don’t need to be in the classroom to take the course.SOURCE: Stanford UniversityRead the Press Release

PLATO Learning Acquires EdOption

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – November 9, 2011– PLATO Learning, a leading provider of online education solutions for kindergarten through adult learners, announced today that it is acquiring Educational Options, Inc. (EdOptions™), an award-winning education technology firm based in Falls Church, Va., to enhance its comprehensive portfolio of education solutions. PLATO Learning is backed by leading middle […]

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers: Downlaod the Publication

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In the 21st-Century University, Let’s Ban Books

Recent news that South Korea plans to digitize its entire elementary- and secondary-school curriculum by 2015, combined with the declining cost of e-readers and Amazon’s announcement earlier this year that it is selling more e-books than print books, prompts an interesting question: Which traditional campus will be the first to go entirely bookless? Not, of […]

Feds launch open-source ‘Learning Registry’

New open educational resource aims to help stakeholders evaluate and share content, learning strategiesSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

New Super Why Alpha Boost! App Pumps Up Literacy Learning On iPhone And iPod Touch

ARLINGTON, VA, November 10, 2011 – Adding to its lineup of successful children’s educational apps, PBS KIDS today announced the release of the new SUPER WHY Alpha Boost! App for iPhone and iPod touch. The new app, available now on the App Store, is based on SUPER WHY, the award-winning hit preschool series from Out […]

Annual report reveals online learning’s rapid rise

Single-district, blended-learning programs among the fastest growing segments of eLearning; enrollment in full-time virtual schools rose 25 percent in 2010-11SOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Online Grows, Doubts Persist

Despite theories that online enrollments might be approaching a plateau, the number of students taking at least one online course grew substantially for the ninth straight year, according to a new survey from the Babson Survey Research Group.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationRead the Full Article