10 award-winning open source apps to try today
The world of open source software offers to just about any expensive commercial package you might care to name, but there’s no denying that some of them are better than others. PC World Full Article
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12 Important Trends in the ePortfolio Industry for Education and for Learning
“Campuses are so much more sophisticated about ePortfolios now!” –ePortfolio vendor, September 2012 In the last three months, I talked with a large majority of global ePortfolio industry leaders. I was surprised at how much the industry had changed and how large the scale of implementation is compared to a year ago. Campus Technology Full […]
Taking the iPad’s Measure
As tablets enter the educational mainstream, universities move to evaluate their impact on teaching and learning. Campus Technology Full Article
One example of industrial e-learning as “on the web” not “of the web”
There’s a push on at my current institution’s central L&T folk to develop a minimum course site standard. Some minimum set of services, buttons etc. that will achieve the nirvana of consistency. Everything will be the same. The Weblog of (a) David Jones Read the blog
From Digital Literacy to Media Fluency
At Ball State University, students must not only consume new media, they must be able to create it. Campus Technology Full Article
As Students Scatter Online, Colleges Try to Keep Up
When Jerica Bennett, a senior at Frostburg State University, wants to know what’s happening on the campus, she likes a message short and sweet. Ideally it would pop up on her cellphone as a tweet or a post on Facebook. The Chronicle of Higher Education Full Article
7 Questions to Ask Open Source Vendors
Open source vendors can save institutions money and resources, but it’s important to ask the right questions up front to avoid surprises. Campus Technology Full Article
Got broadband? Access now extends to 94 percent of Americans.
Every year, Internet access via broadband becomes available to millions more Americans, up from 92 percent last year to 94 percent, a recent report shows. Rural and tribal areas are the outliers. The Christian Science Monitor Full Article
New graphing calculator lets students plot on top of real-world images
Partnership between Casio and stunt producer Steve Wolf also helps students see how math applies to movie-making eSchool News Full Article
A Twitter Tweak, or a Revolution in Online Discourse?
Branch—a startup created by two Twitter cofounders—hovers in a space between a private, lengthy e-mail thread and a public stream of tweets. MIT Technology Review Full Article
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