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Online Learning Update, and
Educational Technology blogs by
Professor Emeritus Ray Schroeder
04/05/2012:
OER Textbook Startup Sued By Publishers For Copyright
Infringement, by Audrey Watters, Inside Higher Ed, Hack
(Higher) Education
03/14/2012:
Tablet Ownership Triples Among College Students, by Nick
DeSantis, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus
02/29/2012:
Windows 8 Consumer Preview: A First Look at Microsoft's New
Operating System, by Joanna Stern, ABC News
02/08/2012:
A 'More Modern' LMS From Blackboard, Inside Higher Ed, Quick
Takes
01/23/2012:
Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the
Holiday Gift-Giving Period, by Lee Rainie, Pew Internet
01/22/2012:
Campus Reactions to Apple’s Entry into E-Textbook Market, by
Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education
01/19/2012:
A Quantum Leap in the Works for Super-secure Cloud Computing,
by Alan Boyle, Cosmic Log
11/30/2011:
Browsers in 2011: Chrome & Mobile Safari on The Rise, by
Richard MacManus, ReadWriteWeb
11/30/2011:
Colleges' Latest Thrust: Video Games, by Mary Beth Marklein,
USATODAY.com
11/21/2011:
Education-Specific HTML to Be Submitted to Search Engines Soon,
by Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb
11/20/11:
Bleary-Eyed Students Can't Stop Texting, Even to Sleep, a
Researcher Finds, by Alexandra Rice, The Chronicle of Higher
Education
11/17/2011:
Slow Train to the Future, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher
Ed
11/07/2011:
E-Book, In-House - American Public University Enlists Faculty to
Write e-Textbooks, by Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed
10/20/2011:
8 Colleges Collaborate on Open Courses, by Tanya Roscorla,
Converge
10/20/2011:
Campus Computing Survey: Mobile Apps Grow, Cloud Adoption Slow,
by David Raths, Campus Technology
10/20/2011:
Google Says Pearson's New Learning System Is 'Not a Shared
Product', by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Wired Campus
10/18/2011:
Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012 -
Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo, October 16-20, in Orlando, Gartner Newsroom
10/16/2011:
Colleges Unite to Drive Down Cost of 'Cloud Computing', by
Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College 2.0
10/13/2011:
Pearson Debuts Free LMS with Google Apps Integration, by
Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology, e-Learning
10/13/2011:
Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New,
Free System, by Josh Fischman, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Wired Campus
10/13/2011:
Freeing the LMS, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed
09/25/2011:
Faster Internet Service Fuels Community Colleges' Growth in West
Virginia, by Jie Jenny Zou, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Technology
09/15/2011:
Rappahannock Community College Designs Student-Centered Website,
by Tanya Roscorla, Converge
09/07/2011:
Community College Students "Get Connected" in Social Media
Technology Research Project, PRWeb
09/03/2011:
The Joys of Technology Take Their Toll on the Eyes, by
Barbara L. Fredricksen, St. Petersburg Times
09/03/2011:
Internet To Bring Down The Sky-High Cost Of Higher Ed, Experts
Say, by Blake Snow, FoxNews.com
08/29/2011:
Sprint Sues Blackboard Over Its iPhone and iPad Applications,
by Josh Keller, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus
08/29/2011:
Blackboard: A Tale Of 2 Companies, by Roddy Boyd, Seeking
Alpha
08/24/2011:
Traditional Universities Considering New Approaches, by
Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune, Higher Education
08/22/2011:
Expanding Access, One College at a Time, by Tabitha
Whissemore, Community College Times
08/07/2011:
Professors Cede Grading Power to Outsiders-Even Computers, One
College Gives the Job to Software, while Another Employs
Independent 'Evaluators', by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle
of Higher Education
08/05/2011:
Education Institutions Worldwide to Benefit From Strategic
Combination of Datatel and SunGard Higher Education,
Business Wire Press Release
08/02/2011:
Apollo to Buy Adaptive-Learning Company for $75-Million, by
Josh Keller, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus
08/01/2011:
QuickWire: $1-Million Grant Will Bring Automated Advising Tool
to More Campuses, by Jeff Young, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Wired Campus
07/30/2011:
With the Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Plays the Underdog,
by Steve Lohr, NYTimes.com
07/13/2011:
Hybrid Courses Gaining Steam, by Matthew Dembicki, Community
College Times
07/13/2011:
Blackboard Announces Collaboration With Major Textbook
Publishers, by Jeff Young, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Wired Campus
07/08/2011:
Professors Consider Classroom Uses for Google Plus, by
Jeffrey Young, Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus
07/07/2011:
Open Questions on Open Courseware, by Eric Jansson, Inside
Higher Ed, Views
07/01/2011:
Quo Vadis, LMS? Trends, Predictions, Commentary, Campus
Technology
06/15/2011:
Providence Equity Is in Lead to Buy Blackboard, Bloomberg Says,
by Josh Keller, The Chronicle of Higher Education
06/14/2011:
Tegrity Campus Gets Android App, Accessibility Enhancements,
by David Nagel, Campus Technology
06/08/2011:
Digital Textbooks Slow to Catch On, by Natalia
Rachlin, New York Times
06/08/2011:
Desire2Learn Capture 7.0 Adds Accessibility, Social Features,
by David Nagel, Campus Technology
06/07/2011:
U Mary Washington Begins Move to Instructure LMS, by Dian
Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
06/06/2011:
California Community-College Student Questions Legality of
E-Textbook Fees, by Ben Wieder, The Chronicle of Higher
Education – Wired Campus
06/03/2011:
IBM Tackles Education Analytics with SaaS Suite, by Dian
Schaffhauser, Campus Technology – Cloud Computing
06/02/2011:
Publishers Critique Federal Investment in Open-Source
Online-Learning, Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
06/2011:
MIT’s Goal: Reach 1 Billion with Open Courseware, by Dennis
Carter, eCampus News
05/23/2011:
Moodle 2.0.3 Gets 230 Fixes and Improvements, by David
Nagel, Campus Technology
05/19/2011:
Oregon Community Colleges Collaborate on Healthcare Distance Ed,
by Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
05/18/2011:
Online Ed Trends at Community Colleges, by David Moltz,
Inside Higher Ed
05/15/2011:
The Quiet Revolution in Open Learning, Commentary by Kevin
Carey, The Chronicle of Higher Education
05/14/2011:
Why Buy Into Blackboard's Jungle?, by Lawrence C. Strauss,
Barron’s.com
05/08/2011:
The Rise of Teaching Machines, by Josh Fischman, The Digital
Campus
05/08/2011:
No Cellphone? No Internet? So Much Less Stress, by David M.
Levy, Daryl L. Nardick, Jeanine W. Turner, and Leanne McWatters,
The Digital Campus-The Chronicle of Higher Education
04/20/2011:
Blackboard Considers Sale of Company, by Helen Thomas and
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, FT.com
04/17/2011:
Colleges Rehab Their Web Sites for Major Payoffs, by Josh
Keller, The Chronicle of Higher Education
04/13/2011: Trying
to Take On the For-Profits, by David Moltz Inside Higher Ed
04/11/2011:
To Tweet or Not to Tweet, by Zachary Karabell,
Time.com
04/07/2011:
Gates Foundation Gives $10.6-Million to Improve
College-Completion Rates with Technology, by Ben Wieder,
Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education
04/05/2011:
More Pupils Are Learning Online, Fueling Debate on Quality,
by Trip Gabriel, The NY Times, Education
04/2011:
The State of the Mobile Web in Higher Ed, by Karine Joly,
University Business
04/2011:
Shrinking the Desktop, by Ann McClure, University Business
04/2011:
Wave I Grant Winners: Profile - Abilene Christian University,
Learning Challenges News
03/24/2011:
Comparing Online Programs,
by
Steve Kolowich,
Inside Higher Ed
03/08/2011:
College Advances Emergency Notification System, Campus
Technology
02/15/2011:
Moberly Area CC Contracts with Pearson for Digital Resources,
by Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
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Reports &
Articles:
05/01/2012:
Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher
Education, by Lawrence S. Bacow, William G. Bowen, Kevin M.
Guthrie, Kelly A. Lack and Matthew P. Long, Ithaka S+R
04/29/2012:
So You've Got Technology. So What? , by Richard A. DeMillo,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Digital Campus
04/29/2012:
Cloud Technology Can Lift the Fog Over Higher Education, by
Gordon Freedman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Digital
Campus
04/23/2012:
Education Unplugged: Learning Through Conversation, by
Michael Roth, HuffPost, College
04/21/2012:
The Flight From Conversation, by Sherry Turkle, The New York
Times, Opinion
04/18/2012:
Mobile Relevance: Moving More Quickly on Implementation, by
Mary Grush, Campus Technology
04/13/2012:
Digital Differences, by Kathryn Zickuhr and Aaron Smith, Pew
Internet
04/09/2012:
iPad for Academics, 2 Years Later, by Alex Golub, Inside
Higher Ed
03/27/2012:
Blackboard's Open-Source Pivot, by Steve Kolowich, Inside
Higher Ed
03/23/2012:
The Tech Savvy Presidency, by Lucy Apthorp Leske, Inside
Higher Ed
03/19/2012:
IT-Based Transformation in Higher Education: Possibilities and
Prospects, by Gregory A. Jackson, EDUCAUSE.
03/11/2012:
Now You See It: Gamification of FYC? , by Lee Bessette,
Inside Higher Ed, College Ready Writing
03/08/2012:
Curating the World of Educational Apps, by Toni Fuhrman,
Campus Technology
03/05/2012:
Technology Helps Personalize the College Experience for SOCCD
Students, eCampus News
03/01/2012:
The Digital Landscape's Blurry Boundaries, by Steve
Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, EdTech Industry
03/2012:
Transformation in Teaching: Social Media Strategies in Higher
Education, eds. Cheal, C., Coughlin, J., & Moore, S., and
artist, Bonger, N. 2012, eBook published by Informing Science
Press. The digital version is free at GoogleBooks. There are 19 chapters from
around the world that discuss case studies and experiments in
using social media in college courses.
Jan-Feb/2012:
A Post-LMS World , by Lou Pugliese, EDUCAUSE Review
02/29/2012:
Web 2.0 -- at Your Own Pace, by Roger McHaney, Inside Higher
Ed
02/16/2012:
Keeping Institutional Decision-Making Up With New Learning
Platforms, by Phil Hill, WCET Learn
02/16/2012:
4 Ways to Augment Campus IT Budgets, by Bridget McCrea,
Campus Technology
02/15/2012:
Building Books for Mobile, by Anastasia Salter, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, ProfHacker
02/13/2012:
Instructional Designers Wanted: No Experience Necessary, by
Alan J. Reid, Inside Higher Ed
02/05/2012:
Developing a Mobile Learning Strategy, Elearning!
02/01/12:
10 Tips for Controlling IT Costs, by Dian Schaffhauser,
Campus Technology
02/2012:
User Virtualization: Solving IT Challenges in Higher Education,
Campus Technology
01/31/12:
Smartphones: Teaching Tool or Brain Candy? , by Mark
Frydenberg, Wendy Ceccucci and Patricia Sendall, Campus
Technology
01/29/2012:
Is Technology Making Your Staff Obsolete? , Elearning!
01/16/2012:
6 Tips For Building a High Quality Blog Following, by Jeff
Ogden, Social Media Today
01/15/2012:
Rio Salado College Predicts Student Success, by Mary Beth
Faller, 12 News
01/04/2012:
Episode 91: Students Want Colleges to Go Mobile Now, Even if
Services Aren’t Perfect, by Jeffrey R. Young, Chronicle of
Higher Education
01/01/2012:
Strategies for Blog-Powered Instruction, by Jennifer Demski,
Campus Technology
01/2012:
NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition, New Media
Consortium
12/27/2011:
Editorial: Curbing College Costs -- State Senator Campaigns for
Online Textbooks, Press-Telegram
12/19/2011:
Open-Textbook Idea Is Gaining Steam, by Alexandra Rice, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus
Nov-Dec/2011:
The Force of Technology in the Transformation of Education,
by Barry Mills, EDUCAUSE Review
Nov-Dec/2011:Developing
an Information Strategy, by Terry Hanson, EDUCAUSE Review
Nov-Dec/2011:Evolving
Technologies: A View to Tomorrow, by Molly Tamarkin and
Shelley Rodrigo, EDUCAUSE Review
11/21/2011:
The Future of the College Bookstore, by Audrey Watters,
Inside Higher Ed, Hack Higher Education
11/06/2011:
From Homeric Writings to Cellphone Forensics, Some Favorite
Online Resources, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Online
Learning
11/06/2011:
A Social Network Can Be a Learning Network, by Derek Bruff,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Online Learning
11/2011:
Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher
Education, Commonwealth of Learning & UNESCO
10/31/2010:
YouTube U. Beats YouSnooze U., by Salman Khan, The Chronicle
of Higher Education, Online Learning
10/24/2011:
The Path Forward from an ANGEL Learning Perspective, by
Kelley Hamilton, Blackboard Blogs
10/20/2011:
Google, Apple and Higher Ed's Future, by Mark Weedman,
Inside Higher Ed, Views
10/19/2011:
Google+ Hangouts: Six Practical Uses for Online Education,
by Jeremy Vest, Learning Solutions Magazine
10/17/2011:
Regaining Your Faculties, by Joanna F. DeFranco and Eric
Malm, Campus Technology
10/12/2011:
A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector: Analysis and
Surprising Trends, by Trent Batson, Campus Technology
10/06/2011:
Leading Open Source in the Community College, by Mary Grush,
Campus Technology
10/06/2011:
Episode 88: Why Universities Should Experiment With 'Massive
Open Courses', by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Tech Therapy
10/06/2011:
Online Higher Education's Individualist Fallacy, by Johann
N. Neem, Inside Higher Ed, Views
10/06/2011:
New Higher Education Model, by Jeb Bush and Jim Hunt, Inside
Higher Ed, Views
10/05/2011:
Hiding in the Cloud: Great Classroom Tools, by Jennifer
Skelly, Campus Technology
10/2011:
ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information
Technology, 2011 Report, by Eden Dahlstrom, Tom de Boor,
Peter Grunwald and Martha Vockley, ECAR
10/2011:
The 'Personalization' of Higher Education - Using Technology to
Enhance the College Experience, by Louis Soares, Center for
American Progress
09/2011:
Moving Outside the LMS: Matching Web 2.0 Tools to Instructional
Purpose, by Charles Hodges and Judi Repman, Educause
09/26/2011:
Cloud Email: The Good, the Bad, and the Uptime, by David
Geer, University Business Magazine
09/26/2011:
Why You Should Root for College to Go Online, by Clayton
Christensen and Henry Eyring, The Atlantic, Business
09/19/2011:
Americans and Text Messaging, by Aaron Smith, Pew Research
Center's Internet & American Life Project
09/16/2011:
Teaching Students to Search with 'Google Search Education
Evangelism', by George Williams, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, ProfHacker
09/14/2011:
4 Web 2.0 Technologies To Inspire Students, by Chris-Rachael
Oseland, Campus Technology
09/13/2011:
New Mentality Entering LMS Market, by Phil Hill, e-Literate
09/08/2011:
A Community Cloud Strategy for the Education Enterprise, by
Mary Grush, Campus Technology
09/07/2011:
Could Professors' Dependence on Turnitin Lead to More
Plagiarism?, by Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Wired Campus
08/28/2011:
The Digital Revolution and Higher Education: College Presidents,
Public Differ on Value of Online Learning, by Kim Parker,
Amanda Lenhart, and Kathleen Moore, Pew Social & Demographic
Trends
08/22/2011:
Survey Shows Decline in U.S. Educational Technology Progress,
by Tim Sohn, The Journal
08/16/2011:
Improving Online Success, by Rob Jenkins, The Chronicle of
Higher Education, On Hiring
08/15/2011:
How Open Educational Resources are Changing Higher Education,
by Shai Reshef, HuffPost Education
08/11/2011:
College Websites, by Dean Dad, Inside Higher Ed, BlogU
08/08/2011:
Technology Today: Experts Advise on Moderating Online
Discussions, by Reid Goldsborough, Community College Week
08/08/2011:
3 Things I Don't Know about the Datatel and SunGard Deal, by
By Joshua Kim , Inside Higher Ed, Blog U
08/01/2011:
Online Learning: Final Concerns, by Frank Donoghue, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, Innovations
07/24/2011:
Bridging the Generational Tech Gap, by David D. Perlmutter,
Great Colleges to Work For 2011, The Chronicle of Higher
Education
07/19/2011:
10 Guidelines for Running Synchronous Web Teaching Sessions,
by Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed, Blog U
07/18/2011:
The Strengths of Online Learning?, by Frank Donoghue, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, Innovations
07/12/2011:
Higher Ed Cautiously Embraces the Cloud, by Dennis Carter,
eCampus News
07/11/2011:
Redesigning Learning Spaces for Digital-Age Students, by
Larry Conrad, eCampus News
07/11/2011:
Finding and Funding What Works: Next Generation Initiative Aims
To Expand Technological Innovations, by Paul Bradley,
Community College Week
07/11/2011:
POV: How Can Technology Support Today’s Community College
Students, by Gerardo de los Santos, Community College Week
07/01/2011:
The Future of Blackboard, by Diane Schaffhauser, Campus
Technology
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