newcareerhelper.com http://newcareerhelper.com Find Yourself a New Career Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Justice Department Weighs Putting Web Sites Under Disability Rules http://newcareerhelper.com/1015 http://newcareerhelper.com/1015#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:24:09 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1015 Justice Department Weighs Putting Web Sites Under Disability Rules

The department may establish Web-accessibility requirements under the Americans With Disabilities Act, potentially affecting colleges.

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The department may establish Web-accessibility requirements under the Americans With Disabilities Act, potentially affecting colleges.

]]> http://newcareerhelper.com/1014/feed Princeton U. Decides to Shut Down Online Collection of Policy Videos http://newcareerhelper.com/1013 http://newcareerhelper.com/1013#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:03:05 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1013 Princeton U. Decides to Shut Down Online Collection of Policy Videos

The university says it no longer makes financial sense to host the Web service that streams audio and video recordings of lectures.

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The Library of Congress issues new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

]]> http://newcareerhelper.com/1012/feed YouTube Better at Funny Cat Videos Than Educational Content, Professors Say http://newcareerhelper.com/1011 http://newcareerhelper.com/1011#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:03:04 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1011 YouTube Better at Funny Cat Videos Than Educational Content, Professors Say

When they typed scientific terms into search engines, the researchers got higher-quality results on Google Video than on the popular YouTube.

 

]]> http://newcareerhelper.com/1011/feed Online Course Construction Gets a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Web Site http://newcareerhelper.com/1010 http://newcareerhelper.com/1010#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:11:15 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1010 Online Course Construction Gets a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Web Site

A new player entered the field of open education last week: Nixty, a site that allows any user to take and create courses for free.

]]> http://newcareerhelper.com/1010/feed Online University Aims to Build Sites in 6 Developing Countries http://newcareerhelper.com/1009 http://newcareerhelper.com/1009#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:11:14 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1009 Online University Aims to Build Sites in 6 Developing Countries

Through a new partnership, the University of the People hopes to expand students’ access to information technology.

]]> http://newcareerhelper.com/1009/feed College Newspapers Don’t Care About the Web http://newcareerhelper.com/1008 http://newcareerhelper.com/1008#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:59:14 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1008 College Newspapers Don’t Care About the Web

That’s because students value print over the Internet, writes one student-paper adviser.

 

]]> http://newcareerhelper.com/1008/feed More Universities Announce iPad Experiments http://newcareerhelper.com/1007 http://newcareerhelper.com/1007#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:46:57 +0000 admin http://newcareerhelper.com/1007 More Universities Announce iPad Experiments

Each week, it seems, a new college is ready to bestow iPads on its students. The latest is Oklahoma State University, which plans to distribute iPads to an estimated 120 students in the fall.

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Everyone agrees technology is useful for teaching and learning, but faculty members take a narrower view of what they should use in classes.

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