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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009How Students, Professors, and Colleges Are, and Should Be, Using Social Media
S. Craig Watkins
The Chronicle spoke with S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV, and film at the University of Texas at Austin, about the new age of social networking and media, and what it
At Distance-Learning College, Flash Drive Replaces Course-Management System
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009At Distance-Learning College, Flash Drive Replaces Course-Management System
Soon, online students at Thomas Edison State College won’t even have to be online to complete their course work.
Beginning this fall, students at the Trenton-based distance-education institution will have the option of using a 2GB flash drive instead of a course-management system to prepare for and complete their [...]
New Program Seeks to Make Alternative Textbooks for Visually Impaired Students Available Faster
Thursday, August 20th, 2009New Program Seeks to Make Alternative Textbooks for Visually Impaired Students Available Faster
While music-recording companies have been fighting people who illegally share songs, book publishers are looking to expand file-sharing for college students with print-related disabilities.
AccessText, a new service that rolled out a beta version this week, has created an online database that makes it [...]
P2P U., an Experiment in Free Online Education, Opens for Business
Thursday, August 20th, 2009P2P U., an Experiment in Free Online Education, Opens for Business
A group of professors and graduate students from around the world has started a new university of their own online, with an unusual model that is more like a book group than a traditional course.
The new institution, called Peer2Peer University (for peer to peer), was [...]
Social Media May Be Banned at Southeastern Conference Games
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Social Media May Be Banned at Southeastern Conference Games
At University of Florida sporting events, you can cheer all you want, but don’t even think about tweeting.
This month the Southeastern Conference, an organization of 12 top-ranked collegiate sports programs, notified its members that it was updating its social-media policy, effectively banning fans from taking video, photos, [...]
Blackboard and TechRadium Settle Patent Dispute Over Emergency-Notification Services
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Blackboard and TechRadium Settle Patent Dispute Over Emergency-Notification Services
Blackboard has reached an agreement with a competitor that had sued the company for allegedly violating a patent on emergency-notification systems.
TechRadium, which makes emergency-notification software, filed suit against Blackboard last year in U.S. District Court in Texas, claiming that similar software sold by Blackboard violates TechRadium’s patent. [...]
New Carnegie Mellon U. Project Will Build Online Community-College Courses
Saturday, August 15th, 2009New Carnegie Mellon U. Project Will Build Online Community-College Courses
Carnegie Mellon University is expanding its open online-learning efforts with a new project focused on community colleges.
The Community College Open Learning Initiative is the second wave of an educational experiment that gained attention recently from the Obama administration. Carnegie Mellon’s work has given about 300 classrooms [...]
New Carnegie Mellon U. Project Will Build Online Community-College Courses
Saturday, August 15th, 2009New Carnegie Mellon U. Project Will Build Online Community-College Courses
Carnegie Mellon University is expanding its open online-learning efforts with a new project focused on community colleges.
The Community College Open Learning Initiative is the second wave of an educational experiment that gained attention recently from the Obama administration. Carnegie Mellon’s work has given about 300 classrooms [...]
Google Hopes Readers Can Download, Share, and Use Books
Friday, August 14th, 2009Google Hopes Readers Can Download, Share, and Use Books
Authors who feared the expansion of Google Books‘ library, or who felt the company was hoarding books and filling its own coffers, now have a little less to worry about.
Google announced today that it will let authors use Google Books to distribute works that they have published [...]
iPhone Textbook Apps Just Keep Coming
Friday, August 14th, 2009iPhone Textbook Apps Just Keep Coming
It may not be great as a phone–don’t scream, Apple fans, but the iPhone has taken some knocks on call quality and battery life, though the latest version has improved–but the iPhone is getting more and more fans as a college-textbook reader.
CourseSmart, an