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In one click, turnitin.com can potentially sentence a student to scholastic demise. On Thursday, Syracuse University’s Writing Program sponsored a controversial conversation proposing to utilize the new plagiarism-detection program.Read the Full Article
education review (ISSN: 10945296) publishes reviews of recent books in education, covering the entire range of education scholarship and practice.education review is made available to the public without cost as a service of the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University and the Michigan State University Libraries. All submissions are refereed by […]
ABSTRACT: Although there is great interest, and considerable investment, in adopting technology within Higher Education, it is less clear what this change means to the people who implement or experience it. Presently, there is no consistent framework used to study and explain this phenomenon. In this paper, we propose a framework that can structure and […]
Over the last quarter century, Americans got used to the idea of their children going on to colleges and universities. In the early 1970s, about 8.5 million Americans attended such institutions; by 2004 the number had doubled. The US population across this time rose by less than 50%. This spectacular growth in our student population […]
Editor-in-Chief James L. Morrison interviews Scott Howell, the co-editor of a three-volume book series entitled Online Assessment and Measurement that was published in 2006 by IDEA Group. In discussing his own research, Howell first highlights the value of test blueprints as a valuable tool for ensuring an effective alignment of assessment methodology with instructional content […]
When I was an art director, I loved the idea of showing my design portfolio to prospective employers. After seeing my best design work professionally produced and mounted on boards, I often received either an offer to work on staff, or at the very least, a chance to do freelance work for that advertising agency. […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., February 15, 2007—The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Illinois) is threatening to discipline a student for posting a hyperbolic comment on Facebook.com that the university interpreted as a threat. The comment concerned the debate over Illinois’ mascot, “Chief Illiniwek.†The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling on the public university […]
Emerging forms of publication, massively multiplayer educational gaming among trends on the horizon expected to have a huge impact on schools A recent report from the New Media Consortium and the nonprofit group EDUCAUSE identifies six emerging technology trends that could have a significant impact on education in the next one to five years. Read […]
Following a critical state audit of the state’s online schools, an independent commission said Thursday that the state education department should do a better job of tracking the performance of the schools and their students. The Trujillo Commission on Online Education, formed at the request of state Sen. Sue Windels, said the new online division […]
Enrollment in Mississippi’s Virtual Public School that lets high school students learn via online classes has seen rapid growth. Projections are the 2,500 to 3,000 students taking online classes now will climb to 10,000 students in a couple of years, Mississippi Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds says. The state Board of Education discussed online classes […]