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Five key trends in assistive technology
Once considered a highly specialized field, assistive technology (AT) now increasingly can be found in applications and devices sold to the general public, says a new report that highlights several…
Today’s lesson: Developing iPhone apps
In what has become a growing trend, a computer science professor at Stetson University in Deland, Fla., recently oversaw the development of an iPhone application created for students, by students.…
Text-a-Tip programs help promote school safety
After struggling for years with an anti-snitching culture that made witnesses to crimes or potentially dangerous behavior too afraid to come forward, police across the country are getting help from…
Free online tools simplify research
Mohan Singh once had the painstaking job of compiling bibliographic information for a college professor, so finding a web-based program that collected and inserted research citations with the click of…
Survey shows untapped potential for campus IT
More than 90 percent of college students use social-networking services such as Facebook and Twitter, but only 28 percent say they have used these tools in a course during the…
Students spread the Google gospel
Boise State University senior and self-described Google fanatic Taylor Bell landed his dream job this semester when the internet mega-site hired him as an ambassador, charged with evangelizing Google's array…
Revised Google Book deal disappoints many
College and university library officials are largely disappointed with Google's decision to exclude non-English books from its digital library in a concession to critics of a proposed legal settlement, saying…
Competition seeks ways to transform learning
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced a $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media. Key words: MacArthur Foundation, educational technology, school…
Leaked eMail stokes climate-change debate
Students' Social Security numbers and other personally identifying information aren't the only data that campus IT administrators must secure, as an embarrassing and likely politically motivated security breach last week…
UC’s 32-percent fee hike sparks protest
As protests raged outside, the University of California Board of Regents on Nov. 19 approved a 32-percent fee increase for students attending the state's premier public universities in a dramatic…