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A Team Approach: The Interdisciplinary Studies 105 Team and the Incorporation of an Information Literacy Module in the First Year Experience Course at Capital Community College

Introduction:Information literacy (IL), according to the Association of College and Research Libraries, is “the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.” In the explosion of information output and information sources known as the Information Age, it has become increasingly clear that students cannot learn everything they need to know in their […]

Students sue antiplagiarism website for rights to their homework

As the Internet democratizes publishing and companies build databases containing other people’s work, similar court challenges may increase. Read the Full Article

Into the Digital Domain

The National Endowment for the Humanities is ready to shed the stodgy image of the classical scholar hunched over ancient parchment with a quill and magnifying glass — even its chairman, Bruce Cole, admits that he’s traded in his manual typewriter for a BlackBerry.Read the Full Article

iPods for everyone? Legislators, teachers criticize proposal to give students high–tech gizmos

A plan circulating in the state House to give students iPods and other MP3 players has drawn near–universal criticism.Read the Full Article

Experts: Ed tech must change its message

Supporters of school technology must make a more explicit connection between technology and teaching, former CoSN board members say Read the Full Article

FCC Chimes In on Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced an inquiry into Net Neutrality — the fundamental Internet principle that prevents phone and cable companies from discriminating against Web sites and services based on their source, ownership or destination. Read the Full Article

FCC mulls new broadband service

Tech firms urge U.S. government to open unused TV airwaves for delivery of high-speed internet access Read the Full Article

Work Activities of Faculty Support Staff in Online Education Programs

An instrumental and collective case study used qualitative research methods to explore the work activities of the professionals who occupy the role of faculty support staff in online education programs. Data was collected from four participants, over a four month period of time, in the form of one demographic questionnaire, two interviews, two site observations, […]

Capella University Announces Leadership Changes to Support Focus on Quality in Education

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-March 1, 2007 – Capella University, an accredited(a), fully online university and wholly owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company (NASDAQ:CPLA), both based in Minneapolis, Minn., today announced a new university leadership structure and a national search for a new university president. Michael Offerman, current president of the university, will become vice chairman-external university initiatives, […]

Full WASC Accreditation Granted to Distance Learning School, Laurel Springs

Laurel Springs School, the leader in personalized distance learning education for K-12, receives full accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).Read the Full Article

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