The E-Reader Effect
Some university presses are seeing surges in digital book sales since the New Year — especially in backlist titles with little marketing support.SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article
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U Rhode Island Researchers To Test IBM Academic Social Networks
The University of Rhode Island has begun working with IBM on a project that will test out the company’s ability to automate some of the work involved in connecting researchers to funding sources and collaborators. SOURCE: Campus Technology Read the Full Article
Studies Find Feds, Companies Nationwide Share Similar Views of Telework
Telework is now the law of the land for federal employees, and based on the results of a recent survey, it appears that teleworkers nationwide share many of the same likes, dislikes and concerns about working remotely as their federal colleagues.SOURCE: Microsoft CorporationRead the Full Article
Evaluating the Viability of Mobile Learning to Enhance Management Training
Abstract A qualitative research project was conducted to test the viability of augmenting an e-learning program for workplace learners using mobile content delivered through smart phones. Ten learners taking a six week web-based e-learning course were given smart phones which enabled them to access approximately 70% of the course content, in addition to having access […]
Elaborating on Online Accessibility
U.S. Education Department expands on edict to colleges about not shutting out disabled students with technology. SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article
Interior Alaska home-schooled students attend commencement
FAIRBANKS — Parents are huge in the Interior Distance Education of Alaska program. Parents were the ones who taught the students who received diplomas Tuesday night through the IDEA home school assistance program. Read the Full Article
Africa e-learning 2011 kicks off in Dar today
E-Learning Africa 2011 is scheduled to be opened in Dar es Salaam today as the largest pan-African conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, Education and Training.Read the Full Article
Wi-Fi Attendance
Students object to university’s consideration of plan to monitor them through their ID cards.Read the Full Article
OUT equips teachers with e-learning skills
The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) in collaboration with African Virtual University (AVU) has launched a nationwide programme to equip secondary schoolteachers and teachers’ training college instructors with e-learning skills.Read the Full Article
Online options abound for K-12 students in Arizona
Arizona students are taking online classes by the thousands, and with a change in state law, they have more options to do so.