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Libraries, eBooks, and the Mobile Web: A Long Ways to Go
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 22, 2009 10:57 AM / 3 Comments
According to a new report from Cambridge University (PDF), students aren't interested in being able to read eBooks and eJournals on their mobile phones. Instead, users are far more interested Continue reading »


How One Teacher Uses Twitter in the Classroom
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 1, 2009 4:04 PM / 31 Comments
Teachers are always trying to combat student apathy and University of Texas at Dallas History Professor, Monica Rankin, has found an interesting way to do it using Twitter in the Continue reading »


Thinking of College? Go to YouTube First
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 26, 2009 9:46 AM / 8 Comments
YouTube launched a handy new page last night that aggregates all the videos from more than 100 institutions of higher education around the US. YouTube.com/edu now serves up campus tours, Continue reading »


Forget iTunes U: Students Now Getting College Credit via YouTube
Written by Sarah Perez / March 10, 2009 7:37 AM / 8 Comments
A computer science professor at an Australian University is doing something revolutionary with YouTube - he's offering students who can't attend his classes college credit for watching his videos. Richard Continue reading »


iTunes U Proves Better than Going to Class
Written by Sarah Perez / February 25, 2009 7:01 AM / 20 Comments
Skip the lecture, download the podcast. That's probably not what university professors tell their students, but perhaps they should. New psychological research conducted by Dani McKinney, a psychologist at the Continue reading »


Microsoft Semblio Promises Easy Content Creation for Educators
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 3, 2009 9:05 AM / 5 Comments
Microsoft's Semblio, which was formerly known as 'Grava,' is a software platform geared towards developing educational content. Currently, Semblio is only available as an SDK for developers, but Microsoft is Continue reading »


Stack Overflow Hits 3m Unique Visitors in 4 Months; Plans IT Spin-Off Site
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 16, 2009 9:50 AM / 12 Comments
Stack Overflow, the software developers' Q&A site created by rock star programmers Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood, saw 3 million unique visitors last month - just the 4th month the Continue reading »


Teachers Ask President and Congress to Bring More Computers to the Classroom
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 14, 2009 10:50 AM / 7 Comments
Today, a number of education and business organization called upon Congress and the Obama administration to invest heavily in classroom technology and teacher training as part of the forthcoming economic Continue reading »


How Common Craft Stopped Doing Client Work, In Plain English
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 29, 2008 2:00 PM / 14 Comments
Five years ago Lee LeFever was an online community manager for a B2B healthcare company called Solucient. Today, his voice has been heard by millions of people around the world, Continue reading »


Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again?
Written by Sarah Perez / December 2, 2008 6:02 AM / 50 Comments
Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. That's what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital, believes. Continue reading »


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