Plagiarism Betrayal?
An arms race between instructors and students continues to escalate.SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Story
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NationsUniversity enrollment tops 5,000
NationsUniversity, a church-supported distance-learning program that offers academic degrees in religious studies, recently reached an enrollment of 5,006 students. That’s an all-time record for the 15-year-old program, said President Alan D. Cooper.SOURCE: The Christian ChronicleRead the Full Sotry
The Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Programs, 2011-12 Edition
This report looks closely at how libraries are servicing distance learning programs. It looks at how these programs have impacted library purchasing, particularly of eBooks and audio visual resources, and at how libraries are providing information literacy courses and tutorials to students at a distance. SOURCE: Research and MarketsRead the Report’s Summary
Microsoft, Industry Partners Establish Intelligent Systems Market
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 9, 2011 — Cows and fuel pumps aren’t typically thought of as having anything in common, but a Dutch dairy farmer recently changed that. By tagging each cow’s ear with an embedded device — the same technology that helps fill your car’s tank with gas — the farmer can monitor the […]
Microsoft Releases National Survey Findings on How to Inspire the Next Generation of Doctors, Scientists, Software Developers and Engineers
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 7, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the findings of two national surveys, conducted online by Harris Interactive, of college students currently pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees and of parents of K–12 students. The goal of the surveys was to gain insight about what can better prepare and […]
Could Professors’ Dependence on Turnitin Lead to More Plagiarism?
A store clerk may think it unnecessary to watch out for shoplifters because antitheft technology does the job for them.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.SOURCE: Read the Full Article
With Cheating Only a Click Away, Professors Reduce the Incentive
As soon as the handheld gadgets called “clickers” hit the University of Colorado at Boulder, Douglas Duncan saw cheating.SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Enhanced eLearning Inventory Provides Better Information
A site redesign for the eLearning Inventory is now live and available for use by all Ohio State faculty and staff. The Inventory of eLearning tools and resources can be found at elinventory.it.ohio-state.edu. SOURCE: The Ohio State University
Students Find Ways to Thwart Facebook Bans
BANNING Facebook at school? Ha!When Thom McKay realized that his son had figured out how to get on the social networking site even though his New Jersey middle school had blocked it, he asked the boy in astonishment how he had done it. SOURCE: The New York Times