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University looks to remove barriers to open textbooks

April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Low-cost, open-content textbooks are universally popular on college campuses, but two burning questions have stunted the open textbook movement: Where can faculty and students find these resources, and…

Make room, Socrates, for Lady Gaga and Beyonce

March 6, 2012March 5, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

In a music classroom on the quiet Catholic college campus, a group of students scribbled notes in the dark, their eyes intent on a 10-minute video. On the…

University of Minnesota defends disciplining student for Facebook comments

February 13, 2012February 10, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

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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…

University of Minnesota sends books to Google for digitization

April 26, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

The University of Minnesota libraries are sending their first shipment of books to be digitized to Google this month as part of the Google books project, reports the…

IBM makes cloud computing available to academia

March 3, 2011February 11, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

IBM has joined technology leaders Google, Microsoft, and Amazon in providing colleges and universities with free cloud computing aimed at easing campuses’ IT strain and enhancing distance learning.

University looks to remove barriers to open textbooks

Make room, Socrates, for Lady Gaga and Beyonce

University of Minnesota defends disciplining student for Facebook comments

University of Minnesota sends books to Google for digitization

Kajeet Announces Launch of 2021 Digital Inclusion Grant Program

Centenary College Expands Apogee Partnership with Managed Campus Services

Concept3D Software Powers Yale School of the Environment Virtual Tour

Honorlock raises $25M as demand for remote learning grows

Vernier Software & Technology Updates its Flash Photolysis Spectrometer for College-Level Chemistry

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