Expansion of the E-Textbook: Implications for Learning
This is somewhat in-depth post about a tiff between an app developer “Kno” who produces a tool that generates supplementary digital content from textbooks, and one of the publishers they […]
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Emerging Battles Over Textbooks: Options from Apple to Open Initiatives
The curse of living in interesting times is no more evident than in the disruptive world of etextbooks/digital publishing/mobile computing/tablet/higher education discussion. Linked below is a post on the Open […]
Tablets: At the Tipping Point?
This Pearson survey (Pearson the publisher), “Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets,” provides some interesting data on students who own tablets already, and also what students are thinking about […]
About Infographics
It seems that Infographics are sprouting like proverbial fungi around the Internet lately. COMMENTS PLEASE: How have you used, or could you see using, infographics in the classroom? The godfather […]
Digital Education Infographic
Rich in information! Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
Summertime: A Visit to the Khan Academy
I have posted some KA videos before in this blogspace, but this resource bears pointing out again. Mr. Khan created some algebra videos to help out his cousins back in […]
TLT Blog added
The Teaching, Learning & Technology Group (http://www.tltgroup.org) now has a blog. This resource provides access to this non-profit group’s expertise and common sense in teaching with technology. TLT has pioneered […]
Open Education Practice and Potential – A Harvard Open Course
If you have any interest in open educational resources or the open source movement, visit this course site. The site offers a wealth of resources on the topic. You may […]
New Open Ed Resource from NBC
NBC has organized their video and primary source archives of news stories under discipline topics for higher ed. This appears to be a great resource for topic-specific reporting. They also […]
Ping – In School Systems, Slow Progress for Open-Source Textbooks – NYTimes.com
Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems weighs in on the Open Textbook movement… Ping – In School Systems, Slow Progress for Open-Source Textbooks – NYTimes.com.
