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Tablet devices and the publishing they enable are leading us to reconsider what constitutes a textbook, and they certainly change the landscape of what it has traditionally meant to write and publish one. EDUCAUSE Full Article
Washington — A computer gamer who struggles through a series of challenges to advance to the next level is demonstrating some of the characteristics that employers are seeking, particularly in technology-related fields where jobs are going unfilled, a White House official told about 250 education, government, and nonprofit representatives here on Tuesday. Wired Campus Full […]
Washington — The nation’s archives contain multitudes of documents that detail the lives and experiences of individuals, families, and groups. Archivists don’t lack for material to manage. What they could use is a consistent, broadly used standard for so-called authority control—a way to reliably, thoroughly describe archival holdings and contexts so that they’re discoverable by […]
bringing a better experience to students, staff, and others New technologies have emerged that make cloud computing a more dynamic and user-centric experience. Editor’s note: This Publisher’s Report was sponsored by Stoneware Inc. With earlier generations of technology, the term “cloud computing” was an apt description for more reasons than one: As users connected to […]
Last week, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman wrote with evangelical zeal about the arrival of Massive Online Open Courses, the free courses from top institutions available to students anywhere in the world. Not only would MOOCs be a huge industry in five years, he said, but financially strapped community colleges could use the online […]
Distance learners can feel more confident interacting online than they would in the classroom, new research shows. Dr Wayne Duncan graduated last week with a Doctor of Education. His thesis examined the nature and function of empathy in synchronous multimedia conferencing. Massey University Press Release
“The CMS became the IMS became the LMS became…” A few short years from now, what will we tell our children about the storied past of the LMS? What will it become? In the 1990s, the course management system (CMS) emerged to help faculty manage their courses through the Web. The name morphed to IMS […]
ICDE announces a call for papers for its online journal Open Praxis. The theme of the relaunch issue, to be published in October 2012, is Openness in higher education, and the deadline for submissions is 9 July. Research articles, shorter innovative practice articles and reviews are invited. ICDE Full Announcement
Students learn just as much in a course that’s taught partly online as they would in a traditional classroom, but such courses won’t reach their potential until they are both easier for faculty members to customize and more fun for students, according to a report released today. Wired Campus Full Article
School districts should provide a minimum of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) of bandwidth for every 1,000 students and staff members within the next two years, and federal lawmakers should provide more funding to help make this happen, according to a report released May 21 by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) eSchool News […]