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The Characteristics identify and describe features notable in information literacy programs of excellence. The Characteristics are not, however, descriptive of any one program, but rather represent a meta-set of elements identified through examination of many programs and philosophies of undergraduate information literacy. Read the Full Article
Digital Promise (www.digitalpromise.org), the main proponent of a Digital Opportunity Investment Trust (DOIT), sees the fund as a way to unlock the educational potential of the Internet and other digital technologies and to transform lifelong learning. This is the first of a series of papers from the Benton Foundation highlighting the potential public interest dividends […]
Editor’s note: This article, which exceeds our normal space limitations, depicts the author’s vision of the future of technology in education and is published here in full to stimulate discussion regarding that future. Read the Full Article
This study examines leaders who work for social change in an information society. Grounded in the notion that leadership and social change are necessarily future oriented, this study attempts to learn how those who lead the effort to ameliorate the digital divide in Washington State perceive the optimistic, pessimistic, and most probable futures. In this […]
Led by the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive, a partnership of government, non-profit, industry and academic organizations will launch the world’s largest international digital library for children on Wednesday, Nov. 20, during a ceremony at the Library of Congress. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with additional support from […]
A new book of majestic images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope brings the wonders of our universe to the fingertips of the blind. Called “Touch the Universe: A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy,” the 64-page book presents color images of planets, nebulae, stars, and galaxies. Each image is embossed with lines, bumps, and other […]
This is the first year all of the E.N. Thompson speakers will be broadcast live and archived on the Internet, said Bob Crisler, senior Web developer at university communications. Read the Full Article
Department officials said abandoning PubScience, an electronic service that cross-indexed and searched roughly 2 million government reports and academic articles, will save the government $200,000 a year because two equivalent services exist in the private sector. Read the Full Article
Although the weak economy has forced schools across the nation to make cutbacks, careful budgeting and more than a decade of record fund raising has left USC in a strong position to climb the ranks, said Mike Diamond, vice president and executive vice provost. Read the Full Article
The study used a U.S.-based plagiarism-detection service called Turnitin.com to analyze 1,925 essays, each provided by a different student at the six institutions. The essays, which were evaluated this year, covered 20 different subjects. Read the Full Article