Software via the Internet: Microsoft in ‘Cloud’ Computing
In 1995, Microsoft added a free Web browser to its operating system in an attempt to fend off new rivals, an effort ultimately blocked by the courts.Read the Full Article
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NASA and Internet Archive Team to Digitize Space Imagery
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA and Internet Archive of San Francisco are partnering to scan, archive and manage the agency’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video. The imagery will be available through the Internet and free to the public, historians, scholars, students and researchers.Read the Full Article
The New Economy, Technology, and Learning Outcomes Assessment
Answering calls for change entails meaningful assessments of technology-enabled learningRead the Full Article
The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites
This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one’s ability to stay connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we […]
CSU launches online university: nitiative targets students short on time, money
Colorado State University is launching a $12 million online university that will help students who don’t have the time or money to get a traditional on-campus four-year education.Read the Full Article
Academic Plagiarism Defined
Contents: 1. How serious a problem is academic plagiarism? 2. So what is plagiarism? 3. Types of plagiarism 3.1. Straight plagiarism 3.2. Plagiarism citing the original author but without adequate quotation marks or references 3.3 Simple plagiarism using a footnote 3.4. Complex plagiarism using a footnote 3.5 Plagiarism with hanging quotations 3.6. Paraphrasing as plagiarism […]
Degrees don’t help us land that dream job, say students
Ulster’s graduates today branded their degrees worthless when it comes to helping them achieve their potential or landing their dream job.Read the Full Article
How Dartmouth Produces Video Podcasts
With an $8,000 investment, Dartmouth’s Department of Physics and Astronomy has set up the capability to provide video podcasts for courses that enable students to watch lectures they may have missed or that warrant review. Now, said Lab Manager John Largent, the New Hampshire school is exploring how it can make lecture capture available campus-wide.Read […]
Stanford team puts campus on map; wins Google Earth 3-D modeling contest
Recently graduated senior Joseph Bergen is more familiar with the architectural intricacies of Stanford’s Main Quad than the average observer. After spending about five hours trying to capture every exterior face of the structure on film for a digital 3-D modeling project—snapping nearly 400 pictures—Bergen noticed the subtle differences between the history and math corners, […]