Technology

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By the end of June, we will have policies, insurance, etc. in place for the iPads. Between now and then, please check out the following if you have “iPad fever”: […]