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In the past, copyright and education have evolved together in response to technological advances from the book to the videocassette, and copyright law has been designed to allow educators to use a wide range of media with their students. Stephen Marshall describes how digital communication technologies threaten these accommodations, not as a direct consequence of […]
Generic Learning Outcomes (GLOs) are intended to enable cultural heritage organisations to be aware of the effectiveness of the environment for learning that they provide and to provide quantitative evidence of the impact of museums libraries and archives on learning, nationally.Read the Full Article
SALT LAKE CITY — The world of healthcare information is growing and changing rapidly. Across the nation, healthcare systems and medical facilities continue to improve information systems according to the industry’s newest high-tech standards and best practices. Read the Full Article
Online associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the electronics and engineering fields to start in JulyRead the Full Article
Podcasting is a mobile technology. It is portable, either through personal computers or mobile devices (MP3 player, handheld, cell phone, or laptop). It also enables just-in-time, 24 x 7 access to information. Traditional podcasts deliver only audio, while enhanced podcasting may be multimedia, incorporating images or video.Read the Full Article
Ed tech developer Desire2Learn has launched a new e-learning suite for primary and secondary education. Unlike the company’s flagship learning management system, Desire2Learn Learning Environment, the new suite is focused specifically on K-12 schools.Read the Full Article
Ed tech developer Desire2Learn has launched a new e-learning suite for primary and secondary education. Unlike the company’s flagship learning management system, Desire2Learn Learning Environment, the new suite is focused specifically on K-12 schools.Read the Full Article
Websites once stood alone. Now they talk to each other, exchanging bits of data and piggyÂbacking on each other’s communities. One key to this change was the development of application programming interfaces (APIs), which allow all sorts of information sharing and hybridization. But startups often have trouble managing their APIs effectively. Mashery, a San Francisco […]
Why do certain songs become hits while others flop? How can individuals be encouraged to consider the public good rather than act selfishly? Why are casual relationships sometimes as important as connections to friends and family?Read the Full Article
A new supercomputer installed at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN is being compared to a “fleet of thousands of bike messengers.” Individually they don’t carry much freight, but they use less energy and are more effective in some situations. At least, that’s the hope. Gerry McCartney, vice president for IT and CIO at Purdue, […]