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Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have demonstrated that light can travel on an artificial material without leaving a trace under certain conditions, technology that would have many applications from the military to telecommunications.SOURCE: Columbia University Read the Full Article
ESNet and Internet2 have built a networking test bed for ideas that are too disruptive for the networks that people actually use.SOURCE: MIT Technology ReviewRead the Full Article
While electronic learning will continue to grow in higher education, that growth will be a bit slower than previously anticipated, according to a new report released this week. In fact, that slowing trend will be felt worldwide across nearly all segments–with a few notable exceptions. SOURCE: Campus TechnologyRead the Full Article
Capella Education Company, a provider of online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, Monday announced that it has acquired Resource Development International Ltd (RDI), an independent provider of United Kingdom (UK) university distance learning qualifications, for £9.3 million ($14.9 million).SOURCE: InvestinUKRead the Pres Release
NetSpot announced a $200,000 eLearning Innovation Fund today at the annual Moodle Conference in Sydney in front of over 500 delegates.SOURCE: NewsMakerRead the Press Release
When a cadre of international scientific research powerhouses announced last month that they were teaming up to create a top-shelf, peer-reviewed free journal in the medical and life sciences fields, some called it a “triumph of open access” — proof that the tide was turning in favor of a once-radical movement aimed at cutting through […]
The Open University has announced tuition fees of £5,000 per year from next year – making it much cheaper than most other universities.SOURCE: BBC News Read the Full Article
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow published July 14 in Science.SOURCE: Columbia University Read the Full Article
Community college students who enroll in distance courses are more likely to fail or drop out than are those in in-person classes, study finds.SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article
Why you should quit your technology job and get a Ph.D. in the humanitiesSOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article