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Selecting a Virtual Classroom System: Elluminate Live vs. Macromedia Breeze (Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional)

Synchronous, virtual classroom systems can provide high levels of interaction for distance learning initiatives. With the rapid evolution of technology,continuous product evaluation is necessary to ensure optimal methods and resources for connecting students, instructors, and educational content in rich, online learning communities. This article presents the analysis of two online, synchronous learning solutions (Elluminate Live […]

Virtual Labor Lost

The failure of a highly anticipated, multiplayer game shows the academic limits of virtual worlds.Read the Full Article

Cost of College a Bipartisan Concern

Congressional Republicans have been making known for years their concern about the rapidly escalating tuitions that colleges are charging. Higher education leaders have held out hope that Democratic lawmakers, now that they control Congress, would be more sympathetic to their arguments that the price increases are justified — or at least that colleges should be […]

What kids learn in virtual worlds

Kids who are active members of virtual worlds are learning how to socialize, how to be technologically savvy–and how to be good little consumers, CNET reports. At least, that’s according to a group of academics and researchers who met Nov. 14 to discuss the effects of virtual worlds on children today. Of course, virtual worlds […]

Preserving One Web

The W3C hopes that its new tool will help developers build websites that will work well on any device, be it a phone or a video-game console.Read the Full Article

21st Century Learning: ‘We’re Not Even Close’

Without incorporating technology into every aspect of its activities, no organization can expect to achieve results in this increasingly digital world. Yet education is dead last in technology use compared with all major industrial sectors, and that has to change in order for schools to meet the challenges of 21st century learning–this according to a […]

Wi-Fi Memory Card Connects Cameras to the Internet

Eye-Fi’s two-gigabyte secure-digital (SD) memory card can wirelessly send photos to a PC or a photo-sharing website.Read the Full Article

E-Paper Displays Video

A new type of MEMS-based electronic paper for cell phones is fast enough to show video.Read the Full Article

The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream

Radar Networks’ free tool provides a smarter way to find information and increase productivity.Read the Full Article

Well, if They’re Already Using It …

If recent history is any guide, students’ online behavior is not only unpredictable, but it would be futile to try to change it.Read the Full Article

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