Video games offer takeaways that can be used in teaching.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
5 Teaching Tips for Professors—From Video Games
27 January 2010
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Researchers Develop a More Accurate Spam Filter
27 January 2010California computer scientists have developed a system they believe could stop the most common kind of spam from reaching people’s in boxes.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Apple unveils $499 iPad tablet computer
27 January 2010Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed weeks of speculation about a new tablet computer as he unveiled the company’s latest creation — the iPad.
[Source: USA Today]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Pioneering Mobile Learning
27 January 2010Midway through its second year, Abilene Christian University’s mobile learning initiative expands to include classroom management and blogging, with mobile podcasting on the way.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Educators Mull How to Motivate Professors to Improve Teaching
25 January 2010Speakers at the Association of American Colleges and Universities meeting urged institutions to take strong, swift measures to elevate the quality of instruction
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Goodbye, Google — Hello, Bing?
25 January 2010There comes a point in many epic stories where the hero must team with its erstwhile rival to take on an even greater threat. For Apple, that time may be now. A report in BusinessWeek suggests that Apple may be in talks with Microsoft to replace the iPhones default search engine, Google, with Microsofts own offering, Bing.
[Source: MacWorld]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Measuring Type
22 January 2010Measuring Type
A selection of the most commonly used typefaces were compared for how economical they are with the amount of ink which they use at the same point size. Large scale renditions of the typefaces were drawn out with ballpoint pens, allowing the remaining ink levels to display the ink efficiency of each typeface.
via Matt Robinson (http://www.matthewrobinson.co.uk/projects/measuring-type/)
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Posted by Teb Locke
mLearning Project in 2010 Horizon Report
20 January 2010F&M’s mLearning Project is highlighted in the 2010 Horizon Report:
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2010/chapters/mobile-computing/#7
The annual Horizon Report, a joint undertaking of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and the New Media Consortium (NMC), identifies six technologies that will be key for teaching and learning in higher education.
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
YouTube - Student Voice – a film about visual learning
20 January 2010This short film was produced by a group of Visual Learning Lab interns from the University of Nottingham. Based on a series of interviews conducted by VLL interns with fellow students on learning in HE, and in particular visual learning and related technology uses, this film presents findings and recommendations from the interview analysis by the VLL interns. The film is meant as a critical tool for triggering and supporting discussions about visual learning in HE by staff and students. It deliberately represents the students perceptions of visual learning. It is not meant to be representative, but offers a snapshot of some students views.
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Posted by harryhaddon
The Apple App Store Economy
16 January 2010A clever new infographic from gigaom.com shows how the App Store puts more than 100,000 apps at your fingertips — and generates millions of dollars for app developers worldwide.
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
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