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Journey to textbook affordability: An investigation of students’ use of eTextbooks at multiple campuses

eTextbooks have steadily and recently more rapidly penetrated the textbook market. In order to effectively support students’ learning, it is important to comprehend students’ experiences using eTextbooks. This survey study was designed to gain an understanding of students’ experiences in using eTextbooks and variables that impact their experiences, perceptions, and attitudes towards eTextbooks. In a […]

MOOCs: A Systematic Study of the Published Literature 2008-2012

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a recent addition to the range of online learning options. Since 2008, MOOCs have been run by a variety of public and elite universities, especially in North America. Many academics have taken interest in MOOCs recognising the potential to deliver education around the globe on an unprecedented scale; some […]

Economics of scholarly communication in transition

Academic library budgets are the primary source of revenue for scholarly journal publishing. There is more than enough money in the budgets of academic libraries to fund a fully open access scholarly journal publishing system. Seeking efficiencies, such as a reasonable average cost per article, will be key to a successful transition. This article presents […]

WIPO Treaty Adopted to Facilitate Access for the Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled

WIPO Treaty Adopted to Facilitate Access for the Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled Marrakesh, Morocco: On June 27, 2013, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) formally adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. The Treaty, which marks […]

NSF and Mozilla Announce Breakthrough Applications on a Faster, Smarter Internet of the Future

NSF investments in the development of innovative applications to address societal challenges yielding a brighter future National Science Foundation Full Article

Stanford and Columbia students awarded ‘Magic Grants’ to bring innovation to the media world

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, an initiative of Stanford and Columbia universities, has awarded seed funding to students of both schools to develop media technologies that could transform how news content is produced, delivered and consumed. Stanford University Press Release

Experience of developing Twitter-based communities of practice in higher education

This article presents the results of a case study of the use of a microblogging tool by a university academic to increase their knowledge and experience of social media for educational purposes. The academic had the role of digital steward in a university and attempted to use microblogging (Twitter) to increase professional contacts within the […]

Unlocking Open Educational Resources (OERs) Interaction Data

Each time a teacher or a learner interacts with an Open Educational Resource (OER), these interactions produce data. This “interaction data” includes “artifact data” routinely captured during any online interaction by Web server logs (e.g., users’ browsers, users’ IP addresses) and “social data” created during Web 2.0-style interactions with resources (e.g., tags, comments, ratings, favorites). […]

EASI Free Webinar: Web and IT Accessibility Policies in Higher Education Inbox x

Thursday, June 13 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern Daylight Presenters: Sheryl Burgstahler Director of UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT University of Washington Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist University of Washington How many higher education institutions in the United States have web or technology accessibility policies? What do these policies […]

As Course-Management Market Gets More Competitive, Instructure Raises $30-Million in Funds

Instructure, a company that sells course-management software, announced on Wednesday that it had won $30-million in venture-capital funds, and some observers said the company was gaining ground on Blackboard, which has long dominated the market for learning-management systems, or LMS. Wired Campus Full Article

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