educational technology Archives

How Google’s leadership shakeup could affect education

January 25, 2011January 24, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Google Inc.’s announcement last week that co-founder Larry Page would replace CEO Eric Schmidt might be appealing to educators who long for the company’s free-wheeling days, but educational…

IT Leadership

Multitasking, wireless printing come to iPad

November 23, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Apple Inc. released new software on Nov. 22 that lets users of its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices print wirelessly over Wi-Fi networks. The software addresses what…

Campus Leadership

College CIO academy: Translate the ‘techno babble’

November 1, 2010October 29, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

College CIOs could retire en mass over the next decade.

The sometimes indefinable role of a college’s chief information officer has become clearer for six campus technology staffers after a week of eight-hour days learning, among other lessons,…

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Feds grant $20 million to expand college access

October 27, 2010October 26, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Students in Pennsylvania and Kentucky will get an extra dose of academic advising and career counseling—aided by educational technology—after the U.S. Department of Education gave $20 million to…

IT Leadership

How to use higher education’s ‘new toy’: Social media

October 18, 2010October 15, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Campus technology officials in charge of social media efforts have come to a consensus: There are no social media experts, so keep experimenting with your school’s tweeting, linking,…

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Purdue’s student achievement technology goes national

March 14, 2012October 12, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A Purdue University-piloted tool that uses educational technology—and online "signals"—to warn some students that their grades are dropping, offer study-habit suggestions, and provide positive reinforcement to students who…

IT Leadership

Gates Foundation launches $20 million program to expand technology use

October 12, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Oct. 11 announced the Next Generation Learning Challenges, a collaborative, multi-year initiative that aims to help dramatically improve college readiness and…

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Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan

August 27, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her school days memorizing thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet, at 21 and now…

IT Leadership

How schools are putting the iPad to work

August 27, 2010 by Laura Ascione

When Apple’s iPad tablet went on sale to the public last spring, David Woodbury ordered 30 for the libraries at North Carolina State University to be available for…

IT Leadership

Campus researchers’ newest weapon in flood warnings: Google Maps

February 22, 2011August 2, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

A customized Google Maps program could save lives and help prevent millions—even billions—in flood damage to the world’s largest medical center and surrounding communities after Rice University researchers…

Multitasking, wireless printing come to iPad

College CIO academy: Translate the ‘techno babble’

Feds grant $20 million to expand college access

Purdue’s student achievement technology goes national

Gates Foundation launches $20 million program to expand technology use

Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan

How schools are putting the iPad to work

Campus researchers’ newest weapon in flood warnings: Google Maps

Regis University Partners with Collegis Education to Modernize IT Infrastructure and Strengthen Denver’s Higher Ed Innovation Footprint

Beyond the Degree: The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring and What It Means for Higher Ed

Bridging the Skills Gap: How Universities Can Align Curricula With Workforce Needs

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

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