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Montana public schools struggle to meet students’ needs with limited resources. Fortunately, schools have found and are using a wide range of creative ideas to ensure that students receive the quality education they need to be successful in their lives.Read the Full Article
When the University of California at Berkeley creates an official presence on YouTube, has citizen media been co-opted by The Man? Or does it herald greater freedom of information?Read the Full Article
The Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA) has launched a journal to help members share experiences, views, knowledge and prowess. The publication will be known as the DEASA SADC-Centre for Distance Education (CDE) International Journal of Open and Distance Learning. It will focus on issues of Open Distance Learning (ODL).Read the Full Article
UNION CITY, N.J., Oct. 8 — A ban on iPods is so strictly enforced at José Martà Middle School that as many as three a week are confiscated from students — and returned only to their parents.Read the Full Article
This 2007 ECAR research study is a longitudinal extension of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 ECAR studies of students and information technology. The study, which reports noticeable changes from previous years, is based on quantitative data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with 27,846 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education […]
Abstract: Four hundred five college students completed a questionnaire that assessed patterns of Internet use. Results describe college students, with rare exception, as Internet users. The vast majority of college students frequently communicate online and access websites. While an Internet game experience is typical, relatively few college students are heavy online gamers. Overwhelmingly (i.e., 77.8%), […]
m-Learning is made possible by the existence and application of mobile hardware and networking technology. By exploring the capabilities of these technologies, it is possible to construct a picture of how different components of m-Learning can be implemented. This paper will explore the major technologies currently in use: portable digital assistants (PDAs), Short Message Service […]
In this interview Charles Henry, publisher of the Rice University Press (RUP), discusses RUP’s rebirth as a fully digital university press. Henry addresses the circumstances that led to this decision, and he further outlines the RUP business model whereby the press will publish its own titles—both digitally and in print-on-demand—while collaborating with other presses to […]
A startup called Live Mocha, based in Bellevue, WA, aims to harness the power of online social networking to help language students learn and stay motivated. The site, launched in late September at this year’s DEMO conference, combines immersive language lessons with an international community of native speakers.Read the Full Article
A record-breaking total of 362 students enrolled at Central Christian College this fall, an increase of 12 students.Read the Full Article