By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor, Author at eCampus News

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The former editor of eSchool News, Dennis Pierce is now a freelance writer. He has spent the last 20 years as an education journalist covering issues such as national policy, school reform, and educational technology. Dennis has taught high school English, math, and SAT prep. He graduated cum laude from Yale University. He welcomes comments at dennisp@eschoolmedia.com.

Study explores the future of book digitization

June 8, 2010June 7, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Reluctant faculty members, challenges in scanning old texts with foreign characters, and conflicting ideas about whether information should be commodified or made free on the internet have been…

FCC plan could revive ‘net neutrality’

May 10, 2010May 6, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The head of the Federal Communications Commission thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans and his hope for “net neutrality,”…

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Is better learning a click away?

March 9, 2010March 9, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Clickers first appeared in college classrooms over a decade ago and have since spread to just about every college and university in the country, thanks to cheaper and…

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Judge delays Google book ruling

February 19, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

As educators and researchers await a landmark decision with enormous implications for schools and colleges, a Manhattan judge says it will take some time to decide whether Google…

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Professor accused of killing 3 in tenure dispute

February 15, 2010February 13, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Tragedy rocked the University of Alabama campus in Huntsville Feb. 12 when a female biology professor allegedly gunned down six colleagues, three of them fatally, in an apparent…

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Google rebuts DOJ objections to digital book deal

February 12, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Google Inc. wants the digital rights to millions of books badly enough that it's willing to take on the U.S. Department of Justice in a court battle over…

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Feds still troubled by Google Books deal

February 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite…

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Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers

February 5, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Researchers have until March 15 to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation that would grant access to Microsoft’s massive cloud-computing power for three years.

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Social media use on the rise, but fewer young people are blogging

February 4, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of…

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‘Kindle killer’ might not be iPad, but Blio

February 1, 2010January 31, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Despite all the buzz about Apple’s iPad tablet and how it could be useful for reading electronic textbooks, a new software program on the way might hold even…

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