iPad leads in accessible e-readers
This short piece describes the failings of the Kindle, Note, and other e-readers in terms of support for the blind. Apple dodges the bullet on this one by learning from […]
June 2010
Voicethread as powerful digital storytelling
Below is an example of a photo journalism project on Chernobyl. Click any of the side icons to hear/see the dialog and comments, both in Russian and English, or just […]
At Community Colleges, Open Access Is Latest Cutback – NYTimes.com
As community college enrollments increase dramatically, students are facing cut sections and limited schedules. [Editorial opinion follows] If community colleges are “the answer,” then funding MUST follow. The students cannot […]
News: Seed of Doubt
This is a report of a study to “refute” the Dept of Ed meta-study that student results of online (particularly hybrid) courses is superior to on-campus courses. Unfortunately, the authors […]
Horizon report 2010
As many know, the Horizon Report comes out each year to capsulize technology trends that are significant to the academy. This year, the keywords are “data sense-making, the cloud, and […]
What is the “Internet of Things”?
Basically, if you can imagine putting a radio frequency-emitting barcode on an object, and then being able to track that object’s location anywhere in the world via GPS and display […]
Blogging to Improve Student Learning
“Most universities press their faculty to add technology to their classroom by adopting the Learning Management System—Blackboard, Moodle, etc. This is a mistake. Faculty often end up spending hours learning […]
UMass Amherst: New England Conference for Student Success
UMass Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences: News and Events—New England Conference for Student Success.
Student Smartphone Use Doubles
This Chronicle report on a Ball State U. research study showed that students are increasingly moving to the iphone/android world. Note the study found that text messaging is overtaking email […]
Summer Reading on the Human Mind
The New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange, Spring 2010, includes a great list of readings about the Human Mind, put together by G. Christian Jernstedt: humanmind
