Killing the Lecture With Technology, Part II
By admin | August 18, 2010
Killing the Lecture With Technology, Part II
Professors share their strategies for using technology to shift class time away from lectures and toward more personalized instruction.
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Should Colleges Do More to Teach Students About Plagiarism?
By admin | August 17, 2010
Should 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.
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British University Sends Out 2,500 Acceptance Notices in Error
By admin | August 14, 2010
British 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.
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Researcher Sees Digital-Music ‘Drug’ as Study Aid
By admin | August 14, 2010
Researcher 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.
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College Web Pages Are ‘Widely Inaccessible’ to People With Disabilities
By admin | August 14, 2010
College 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.
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Colleges Use Facebook to Let Freshmen Find Their Own Roommates
By admin | August 12, 2010
Colleges 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.
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Web Site Lets Students Bet on What Grades They’ll Earn
By admin | August 11, 2010
Web 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.
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Video: Voices From the Front Lines of Online Learning
By admin | August 10, 2010
Video: 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.
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Bill Gates Predicts Technology Will Make ‘Place-Based’ Colleges Less Important in 5 Years
By admin | August 10, 2010
Bill 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.
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Some Colleges to Test Dual-Screen E-Reader Devices
By admin | August 7, 2010
Some 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.
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