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Call for Chapters: Handbook of Mobile Learning

Publisher: Routledge (Imprint of Taylor and Francis Group) Mobile learning (mlearning), involves education and training using connectivity through mobile devices such as PDAs, smartphones, MP3 players, wireless notebooks and hand-held gaming systems. The content of this book will be comprehensive, with each chapter supplying a thorough review of relevant literature, and when possible, it will […]

A College Education for All, Free and Online

All around the world, people have been waiting for someone like Shai Reshef to come along.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article

Kids predict the future of technology

New survey reveals young children predicting, requesting tech in the makingSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article

PBS EXPLORES THE ROOTS OF TODAY’S BIGGEST TELEVISION HITS

– AMERICA IN PRIMETIME Premieres October 30 –– Series Features In-depth Interviews With Television’s Brightest Minds, Including James L. Brooks, Larry David, Julianna Margulies, Mary Tyler Moore, Shonda Rhimes and Shawn Ryan, Among Others –SOURCE: PBSRead the Press Release

Partnering with “best-in-class” organizations, Desire2Learn builds enhanced network in areas including product integration, service, support and client outreach

Desire2Learn Incorporated (“Desire2Learn”), a leading provider of enterprise teaching and learning platforms, today announced enhancements to the Desire2Learn Partner Network to further advance clients’ eLearning programs with the support of best in class organizations.SOURCE: Desire2LearnRead the Press Release

Computer learns language by playing games

By basing its strategies on the text of a manual, a computer infers the meanings of words without human supervision.SOURCE: MIT Read the Full Article

Survey reveals need for tech skills in college, workforce

Students say that high schools are not imparting adequate technology educationSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article

Blackboard Launches New, Real-Time Collaboration Platform Built for Education

Strengths of Elluminate and Wimba Create Powerful Solution for Students, Administrators and FacultySOURCE: BlackboardRead the Press Rlease

Interdisciplinary Approaches at Institutions of Higher Education: Teaching Information Systems Concepts to Students of Non-Computer Science Programs

The aim of this paper is to present a curriculum development concept for teaching information systems content to students enrolled in non-computer science programs by presenting examples from the Business Administration programs at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, a state university located in Southern Germany. The main focus of this paper therefore is to describe this curriculum development […]

Made in IBM Labs: IBM Scientists Demonstrate Computer Memory Breakthrough

Zurich, Switzerland – 30 Jun 2011: For the first time, scientists at IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) have demonstrated that a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over extended periods of time. This significant improvement advances the development of low-cost, faster and more durable memory […]