Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Online tutoring, speech therapy among new eLearning solutions

New options for online tutoring and speech therapy are among the latest eLearning solutions introduced during recent ed-tech trade shows.eSchool NewsFull Article

Getting Their Money’s Worth

Lasell College’s new five-year strategic plan contains some typical goals for a small, private college: hire new faculty, renovate old buildings, improve advising and student support, and identify signature programs. Inside Higher EdFull Article

NMC’s New List of Metatrends–It’s Not Just About The Technology

For a decade the New Media Consortium’s Horizon Project has, through its research, obtained consensus from experts about the technologies that most impact teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. NMC Horizon Project research, shared in its annual NMC Horizon Report > Higher Education Edition and other NMC Horizon Project publications, also identifies metatrends and global challenges […]

Tablet Ownership Triples Among College Students

The number of college students who say they own tablets has more than tripled since a survey taken last year, according to new poll results released today. The Pearson Foundation sponsored the second-annual survey, which asked 1,206 college students and 204 college-bound high-school seniors about their tablet ownership. The results suggest students increasingly prefer to […]

Third-generation iPad: What you need to know

With Apple’s Wednesday introduction of the third-generation iPad, many of the questions people and pundits have spent the past few months obsessing over have been answered—but not all. We know it has a nicer screen, a faster processor, better cameras, 4G networking, and voice dictation. But even if you’ve read our live blog, chances are […]

How can research inform ed-tech decisions?

Education stakeholders often ask for research to justify ed-tech purchases. But instead of using research to rationalize a large-scale, expensive purchase, school leaders first should identify the problem for which they believe technology is the answer, according to an expert panel at the Consortium for School Networking’s 2012 Technology Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.eSchool News […]

State [Ohio] demonstrates super-fast Internet network that will increase bandwidth tenfold

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. John Kasich and medical officials across the state met at Ohio State University Medical Center on Monday to demonstrate Ohio’s new investment in a super-fast Internet connection.cleveland.comFull Story

Polycom and HTC to Deliver Polycom® RealPresence® Enterprise-Grade Video Collaboration to Smartphones and Tablets

HTC devices with Polycom® RealPresence® Mobile software will connect customers through high-quality video collaboration in any environment including on the go, at home, at work, in a conference room, or in an immersive theater BARCELONA, Spain, Mobile World Congress 2012 – Feb 28, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified […]

Open Source Apps, With a Vendor Assist

Built on an open source framework, SunGard’s Mobile Connection allows clients to develop cross-platform apps cheaply and quicklyCampus TechnologyFull Article

New Media Consortium Names 10 Top ‘Metatrends’ Shaping Educational Technology

A group of education leaders gathered last week to discuss the most important technology innovations of the last decade, and their findings suggest the classroom of the future will be open, mobile, and flexible enough to reach individual students—while free online tools will challenge the authority of traditional institutions.Wired CampusFull Article