Could Google Wave Replace Course-Management Systems?
The Wired Campus October 07, 2009, 08:27 AM ET Could Google Wave Replace Course-Management Systems? By Jeff Young Google argues that its new Google Wave system could replace e-mail by […]
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Ethnomusicology Event at Williams
Teaching and Learning 2.0
A small group of BCC faculty met today for the first session of this faculty learning group on teaching and new technologies. The discussion ranged through a number of topics, […]
Tips to Reduce Cheating
On this subject, I am still looking for some data on the prevalence of cheating – is this endemic, or occasional? How do we know, when it is a secret […]
Call for PD Grant Proposals
The calls for Service-Learning, Student Research Success Grants, Online/Hybrid Course Development Grants, Travel Grants, and Mini-Sabbaticals have gone out via email, and are available here on the Blog under the […]
Peer Interaction for At-Risk Students
Many at-risk college students with low literacy skills must pass a required reading test to demonstrate their level of proficiency in handling college-level material. This study investigated the effectiveness of […]
Dialog on online identity verification
Here are some faculty voices on online verification: Just as with any rule, regulation, or policy, those determined can find a way around it. Identification and accountability with the means […]
More Affluent and More Urban More Likely to use Social Networks | Nielsen Wire
The More Affluent and More Urban are More Likely to use Social Networks | Nielsen Wire Shared via AddThis
The Argument for Kindles in Schools
The Argument for Kindles in Schools “The Kindle’s proprietary document format means textbooks can’t be ported easily, and its browser is inadequate for anything but cursory use. And, as the […]
White-Collar Workers Turn to Community Colleges
More White-Collar Workers Turn to Community Colleges By STEVEN GREENHOUSE New York Times When Wendy Scarbrough lost her job after 10 years as a television news producer for NBC, she […]
