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Amazon on Monday announced Kindle Textbook Rental, which will enable students to save up to 80 percent off the retail prices of textbooks, by renting them as ebooks from the Kindle Store, instead of purchasing them outright. It’s like a library—only one that you pay for the privilege of borrowing from.SOURCE: McWorldRead the Full Article
SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 18, 2011 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it has acquired EchoSign, a leading Web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation. EchoSign’s pioneering electronic signature solution will be a key component of Adobe’s document exchange services platform for reliably exchanging documents for universal access, review and approval.SOURCE: […]
Why you should quit your technology job and get a Ph.D. in the humanitiesSOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article
Wireless Grids Corp. (WGC) and Syracuse University announce an agreement to offer a promising social media application of WGC’s social radio application called “WeJay.” SOURCE: Syracuse UniversityRead the Full Article
AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to document the integration of Web 2.0 [1] services into the working framework of some of the most advanced academic libraries in the world. It reports a follow-up study that builds on a previous study conducted approximately two years ago. The comparison of those two studies produces interesting findings, […]
AbstractThree studies were conducted to assess the effect of an honor code on self-reported cheating during online quizzes in an Introductory Psychology course. In Study 1 (N = 40), the authors found that 72.5% of students reported cheating on at least one of the 14 quizzes (M = 4.15), typically by consulting the textbook or […]
Dar es Salaam. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Africa is still struggling with credibility issues as governments have put very little policies for quality assurance, it has been observed.There is seemingly lack of interest in establishing national quality assurance systems by the authorities to improve education in the continent.SOURCE: The Citizen Read the Full […]
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) is proud to announce the expansion into the U.S. market of its distance learning Masters Degree programs through its Center of Postgraduate Studies in Business Management (CEPADE). SOURCE: BusinessWire Read the Full Article
University of Phoenix hasn’t systematically made misrepresentations to students and has acceptable procedures for recruiting, financial aid and admissions, an accreditation panel concluded.SOURCE: azcentral.com Read the Full Article
State taking a two-year hiatus on buying social studies textbooks as it prepares for a shift to digital resourcesSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article