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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Should Colleges Do More to Teach Students About Plagiarism?
When caught turning in papers with passages lifted straight from Wikipedia, some students say they didn’t realize that was against the rules.
Researcher Sees Digital-Music ‘Drug’ as Study Aid
Saturday, August 14th, 2010Researcher Sees Digital-Music ‘Drug’ as Study Aid
An Orange Coast College instructor sees ‘iDosing’—listening to digital music designed to stimulate the brain—as a potential study aid.
British University Sends Out 2,500 Acceptance Notices in Error
Saturday, August 14th, 2010British University Sends Out 2,500 Acceptance Notices in Error
Thanks to a computer glitch, some students who had applied to the University of Middlesex were erroneously notified that they had been admitted.
College Web Pages Are ‘Widely Inaccessible’ to People With Disabilities
Saturday, August 14th, 2010College Web Pages Are ‘Widely Inaccessible’ to People With Disabilities
More colleges are adding basic accessibility features, but those gains are offset by barriers from emerging technologies, a recent study finds.
Colleges Use Facebook to Let Freshmen Find Their Own Roommates
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Colleges Use Facebook to Let Freshmen Find Their Own Roommates
RoomBug, an application on the social-networking site, allows students to request matches with other users who seem compatible.
Web Site Lets Students Bet on What Grades They’ll Earn
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Web Site Lets Students Bet on What Grades They’ll Earn
The site offers students a new kind of reward for earning good grades, but some question its legality.
Video: Voices From the Front Lines of Online Learning
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Video: Voices From the Front Lines of Online Learning
At a distance-education conference, The Chronicle asked professors, technologists, and administrators to share the struggles of teaching online. Here’s what they said.
Bill Gates Predicts Technology Will Make ‘Place-Based’ Colleges Less Important in 5 Years
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Bill Gates Predicts Technology Will Make ‘Place-Based’ Colleges Less Important in 5 Years
They’re still good for parties, but traditional institutions are becoming less crucial for learning, the Microsoft founder said at a conference on Friday.
Trading Spaces: Science Libraries Confront Print’s Decline
Saturday, August 7th, 2010Trading Spaces: Science Libraries Confront Print’s Decline
The engineering libraries at Stanford and Cornell universities are swapping their place as repositories of print materials for bigger online collections.
Some Colleges to Test Dual-Screen E-Reader Devices
Saturday, August 7th, 2010Some Colleges to Test Dual-Screen E-Reader Devices
Although the Kindle has largely failed with students as a replacement for printed textbooks, institutions are still looking at new styles of e-book readers.