Free online courses for the masses are all the rage—and many are being run by start-ups hoping to profit by selling related materials and services. Jim Groom thinks that’s too commercial, so he’s raising money for the online course he co-teaches at the University of Mary Washington using Kickstarter, the popular “crowd funding” service.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
Ten One Design declassifies top secret accessory for next generation iPad – the world’s first pressure sensitive bluetooth 4.0 stylus.
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Posted by Teb Locke
Can the goals of 21st century learning be met by retooled legacy LMSs, or does the future belong to open learning platforms that utilize the latest technology?
[Source: Campus Technology]
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Posted by Oscar Retterer
More than 17,000 sound recordings made by the famed folklorist are now available, for free.
[Source: NPR]
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Particularly useful in subject areas like medicine, art, and architecture, where visual demonstrations make up a large portion of the learning experience, 3-D’s ability to project width, height, and depth/length is helping the technology gain ground in higher education. Here are four tips for integrating 3-D into your school and classroom.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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An overview of the tools, ideas, and trends at this year’s meeting of South by Southwest Interactive conference.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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Dean Terry has 400 friends on Facebook, but he wants some virtual enemies.
Mr. Terry, who is director of the emerging-media program at the University of Texas at Dallas, says a major flaw of the popular social network is that it’s all sunshine and no rain: The service encourages users to press the “like” button, but offers no way to signal which ideas, products, or people they disagree with. And “friend” is about the only kind of connection you can declare.
Real-world relationships are more complicated than that, so social networks should be too, the scholar argues. He’s not alone—more than three million people have voted for a “dislike” feature on an online petition on Facebook.
But Mr. Terry has decided to take action, protesting the ethos of Facebook by literally rewiring the service. Or at least, adding the ability to declare “enemies.”
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The Commons Administration Committee has recommended a roll-out of the devices which it said would ultimately save the taxpayer money. Currently, every MP is provided with three desktop computers and two laptops for office use. But the committee said tablets could make it easier for MPs to do their work and save paper.
[Source: BBC]
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Blackboard officials announced that the company has purchased two leading supporters of Moodle, Moodlerooms and NetSpot. The company also hired one of the founders of the Sakai project to lead its efforts to support colleges using that open-source software. The moves are part of the company’s newly announced Blackboard Education Open Source Services group.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]
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The Faculty Project brings academia’s most outstanding professors to the computers, tablets and smartphones of people all over the world.
All courses will be free with open enrollment for anyone with an Internet connection.
via The Faculty Project.
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