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From school to work and from work to school: information environments and transferring information literacy practices

Introduction. This study, based in a Scottish secondary school, aimed to examine the views of students who were completing work experience, on their information literacy practices, and the differences they found between the school and workplace information environments while on work experience. The views of guidance teachers were also explored.SOURCE: Information Research Read the Full […]

Focused on the prize: Characteristics of experts in massive multiplayer online games

ABSTRACTThis study is the first large–scale multi–method attempt to empirically examine the characteristics leading to development of expertise in EverQuest II, a popular massively multi–player online role–playing game (MMOs). Benefiting from the unprecedented opportunity of obtaining game log data matched with survey data, the project investigated the relationship between player motivations and in–game behavior, personality […]

IBM Announces New Innovation Lab Dedicated To Technology Services

ARMONK, N.Y., – 28 Jul 2011: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the creation of the Services Innovation Lab (SIL), a new global lab that will initially comprise about 200 technology experts hand-picked from around the company. The lab will accelerate the expansion of real-time analytics and software automation in both IBM’s technology services offerings and […]

Social Networking Nudge

A recent survey by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth found that 98 percent of higher ed institutions are on Facebook, and 84 percent are on Twitter.SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article

Photonic neuron may compute a billion times faster than brain circuits

The name of the project — “photonic neuron” — was catchy enough, but what really caught Mitchell Nahmias’ attention was the opportunity to combine his interests in engineering and neuroscience.SOURCE: Princeton UniversityRead the Full Story

Higher Education and the New Media Reality

As a cultural anthropologist and researcher in the modern discipline of digital ethnography, Michael Wesch likes to ask the big, complex questions: How do we find meaning and significance in the digital age? How is technology affecting society and culture? How are social media changing teaching and learning practices? But as a teacher, an associate […]

How the brain assigns objects to categories

New findings may explain why children with autism tend to fixate on details instead of seeing the big picture.SOURCE: MITRead the Full Article

Assessing Retention in Online Learning: An Administrative Perspective

Abstract As the growth of online programs continues to rapidly accelerate, concern over the retention of the online learner is increasing. Educational administrators at institutions offering online courses, those fully online or brick and mortars, are eager to promote student achievement. Retention is critically important, not just for student success, but also for the success […]

School districts’ financial woes likely to continue, professor says

University Park, Pa. — School districts nationwide are experiencing unprecedented financial hardships, and the situation is likely to worsen in the coming years, according to a Penn State researcher.SOURCE: Pennsylvania State UniversityRead the Full Article

Engineers Develop Material That Could Speed Telecommunications

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