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Ed-tech leaders schooled on interoperability standards

June 14, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor

When school technology directors purchase an innovative product from one vendor and an exciting upgrade from another vendor, schools can find themselves in a tangle of incompatible formats.…

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University research will evaluate physical data to gauge teacher effectiveness

June 14, 2012June 13, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

A student’s physical reaction to a classroom lesson soon could be used to judge how successful—or unsuccessful—an educator is in keeping students engaged.

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Stanford doctoral student seeks peace through technology

June 21, 2010June 18, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

The stories are harrowing, but Elizabeth Buckner hopes sharing tales of the constant tension among Palestinians and Israelis through mobile devices will offer perspective to children from both…

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Ed-tech heavy hitters talk collaboration at EduComm

June 10, 2010June 9, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Decision makers from Cisco, Microsoft, and Google said higher education’s movement toward collaboration-friendly technologies would rely heavily on video communication, and one official had advice for faculty who…

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Vendors link e-textbook content with LMS software

May 24, 2010May 21, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

As digital textbooks become more common on higher-ed campuses, providers are making it easy for professors to share textbook notes and resources with students through their class learning…

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Ning stays free for educators, with restrictions

May 13, 2010May 12, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

The social networking web site Ning will remain free for educators despite moving to a fee-based model this summer, the site announced May 4. But some education technology…

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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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Ed-tech officials: Video will make schools more ‘efficient’

May 5, 2010May 5, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

More than half of education technology officials in K-12 schools and higher-education institutions said they would buy video technology in the next year to make their schools "more…

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Universities look toward data to stabilize enrollment numbers

April 26, 2010April 26, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

University of Kansas officials are considering working with a data-mining company to pinpoint strategies to keep students enrolled after a recent report showed that 28.7 percent of freshmen…

Ed-tech leaders schooled on interoperability standards

University research will evaluate physical data to gauge teacher effectiveness

Stanford doctoral student seeks peace through technology

Vendors link e-textbook content with LMS software

FCC plan could revive ‘net neutrality’

Ed-tech officials: Video will make schools more ‘efficient’

Universities look toward data to stabilize enrollment numbers

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How Does Higher Education Procurement Work?

Abbey Road Institute Opens State-of-the-Art Campus in Los Angeles

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