Study: Online learning less effective for some
Higher education’s embrace of online courses could hurt the performance of some groups of students, according to a study that contradicts the findings of a 2009 report from…
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The story behind a Wikipedia entry
James Bridle founded a Web site called Booktwo in September 2006 to “investigate, analyze, catalog and debate the future of literature and the publishing industry.” Over the years…
Year of the smart phone on college campuses?
An international market research firm predicts a 55-percent jump in smart-phone sales this year—a projection that could lead to an unprecedented increase in internet-enabled phone use during colleges’…
Campus IT staff to supercomputers: Be cool
In Mike Shuey’s line of work, turning off a computer means losing up to 3 million processing hours—a few weeks of work, gone in an instant. But new…
Advanced analytics: Helping educators approach the ideal
In the business sector, companies have been using predictive analysis for years to improve performance, predict stocks, or take action and change direction when troubling trends appear. They…
Report: 72 percent of adults now send text messages
Texting among adults is on the rise, with more than 72 percent of those over 18 using the technology—but their usage still pales in comparison to texting among…
University pushes for better attendance with electronic scanners
Officials at Northern Arizona University are reminding students that faculty members have the choice to use new electronic scanners that track class attendance at the campus’s largest lecture…
Researchers: Digital devices deprive brain of needed downtime
Cell phones, which in the last few years have become full-fledged computers with high-speed internet connections, can make the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially productive. But…
Scholars test online alternative to peer review
The internet is calling into question one of academia’s sacred rites, reports the New York Times: the peer- reviewed journal article.
Class of 2014: eMail’s for old people
For students entering college this fall, eMail is too slow, phones have never had cords, and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.