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Not Your Typical Distance Education Faculty
When Cheryl J. Wachenheim, an associate professor of agribusiness and applied economics at North Dakota State University, says she taught her courses last year from a remote location, she means a...
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Nokia Booklet 3G is for Students – GLG News
The buyer of a Nokia Booklet is probably tech-savvy not needing help and also a heavy Wi-Fi user unwilling to overpay for carrier usage. The tech-savvy and Wi-Fi profile matches the student-type...
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News: Adios to Spanish 101 Classroom – Inside Higher Ed
After several years of experimenting with “hybrid” Spanish courses that mix online and classroom instruction, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has decided to begin conducting its...
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ECAR 2009 Study>Undergraduates and The Mobile Revolution
Select Findings > Among students, desktop computer ownership is down, laptop ownership is way up. Most students have new computers (79% of freshmen own a laptop one year old or less, two-thirds own...
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University uses of Twitter
Twitter usage at the top 100 colleges and universities in the country (as determined by U.S. News and World Report 2010 rankings) was studied by UniversitiesAndColleges.org. Here are some highlights...
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Lets Ban Chalk, by Rodd Lucier (@thecleversheep)
Lets Ban Chalk View more documents from Rodd Lucier. Click through this fascinating presentation on technology and education by Rodd Lucier. (@thecleversheep) Thanks to @courosa for bringing it to my...
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A Student’s Views on Technology and Teaching
Question: What were your big research findings about student views on technology and teaching? What surprised you? What would be the main things that you would like both professors and the leadership...
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Apple Removes Teaching App From App Store
Apple generally makes news by publishing new apps, not by unpublishing them. But last week, it made some educators upset when it removed an app, Scratch Viewer, from the iTunes App Store. Scratch...
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UC Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA
BERKELEY, Calif. — UC Berkeley is adding something a little different this year in its welcome package — cotton swabs for a DNA sample. In the past, incoming freshman and transfer students have...
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OpenScholar 2.0 and the “Online Campus”
Recently I’ve been in discussions with @morganmundum and @tjoosten about the future of the LMS, or Learning Management System. At the same time, I’ve been exploring how Drupal, Moodle and other open...
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