MOOCs could be a sea change
The arrival of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, has generated a lot of scholarly talk about whether it’s the death knell of the modern university, or at…
Month: November 2013
Mobile study guides crowd-source cram sessions
It’s not uncommon, as final exams approach, for college classmates to pool their notes into study guides. With a new online service, that pool could be made up…
College degree via mobile device?
The definition of class participation has changed for students at the University of Southern California's (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering. The USC engineering program's Distance Education Network, a…
Sonic Foundry Agrees to Acquire MediaMission, a Netherlands Enterprise Video Company
One of two announcements that reinforce company’s international market leadership in video communications MADISON, Wis. — November 21, 2013 — ... Read more
Controlling Technology Costs
Campus budgets for instructional technology and other IT costs have taken a hit in recent years—and regardless of how much money is available for these items, campus technology…
How to clean up your social media for college applications
As members of the infamous Millennial Generation, a lot of us are users of social media websites, The Huffington Post reports. And it’s not just Facebook anymore -–…
Universities diving into Big Data
Educational institutions are increasingly on the case of making sense of growing piles of big data, and the latest data science effort involves UC Berkeley, the University of…
White House unveils Big Data projects, round two
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Networking and Information Technology R&D program (NITRD) on Tuesday introduced a slew of new big-data collaboration projects…
Thousands of people sign up for online classes they never end up taking
And though the 302 students who replied didn’t entirely agree, the preponderance of the evidence pointed me to a different answer than any of those I first offered…
A Breakthrough in Digital Projector Design
Learn about the world’s first 3LCD laser projector, combining the benefits of both technologies in a single chassis. The 3LCD design means you’re not forced to choose between…