Are Your IT Staff Working Too Hard?
Tackling the problems behind excessive overtime prevents legal problems, staff turnover, and user dissatisfaction with the IT department’s customer serviceRead the Full Article
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Personal Learning Environments: Unleashing the Power of Web 2.0
Students take their ePortfolios to new levels, while the pundits look on and try to fathom what’s next, and the market responds with Web 2.0 goodies.Read the Full Article
Post-Microsoft, Libraries Mull Digitization
Microsoft’s announcement last Friday that it would discontinue its book- and journal-scanning initiatives left its partners at university research libraries pondering the future of efforts to digitize materials in their archives. Analysts said the software giant was refocusing on its strengths, in effect conceding the digitization arena to Google, the company that in 2004 first […]
Alarming Open-Source Security Holes
How a programming error introduced profound security vulnerabilities in millions of computer systems. Back in May 2006, a few programmers working on an open-source security project made a whopper of a mistake. Last week, the full impact of that mistake was just beginning to dawn on security professionals around the world. Read the Full Article
Microsoft Offers Free Advanced Design Programs to Students
For no charge, college students can now get their hands on advanced Microsoft development and design tools—the DreamSpark suite of programs—without the software giant or any other outside vendor getting their hands on students’ personal information.Read the Full Article
Browsers Are a Battleground Once Again
SAN FRANCISCO — The browser, that porthole onto the broad horizon of the Web, is about to get some fancy new window dressing. Next month, after three years of development and six months of public testing, Mozilla, the insurgent browser developer that rose from the ashes of Netscape, will release Firefox 3.0. It will feature […]
The Online Small Group Analysis (OSGA): Adapting a Tested Formative Assessment Technique for Online Teaching
The purpose of this article is to describe a newly developed investigative technique for the formative assessment of online teaching efficacy – the recently-piloted, seven-step Online Small Group Analysis (OSGA). While the basic tenets of the time-proven Small Group Analysis in face-to-face settings remain, it has become necessary to add three additional components and adapt […]
Toolbox or Trap? Course Management Systems and Pedagogy
The default design of commercial course management systems limits instructional creativity and pedagogical approaches, particularly for novice usersRead the Full Article
Exploring the e-Learning State of Art
Abstract: e-Learning implementation is an area in progress that continues to evolve with time and further research. Researchers in the field argue that e-learning is still in its infancy, resulting into numerous implementation strategies across a wide e-learning spectrum. It is particularly interesting to note that even in supposedly mature contexts, such as university education, […]
Game-Based Learning: A Different Perspective
Video game use in education has focused on the application of games within the existing education system and on their inherent potential for producing learning (Gee 2003). However, research has revealed a fundamental mismatch between the goals of games and the object of school-based learning (Sandford et al. 2006; Squire 2005; Becta 2002).Read the Full […]