Students and Contributed by Organizations or Campuses

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Encouraging Colleges to Look Within

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Title:Encouraging Colleges to Look Within (ID: CSD5546)
Author(s):David Moltz (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/10/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

The National Survey of Student Engagement — an annual report providing comparative data on student experiences at four-year institutions nationwide — is entering its 10th year. Now that the survey is reaching what some consider a critical mass of participants, this year’s report finds that variations in educational quality are more prevalent within institutions than among them. As a result, NSSE officials argue that holistic assessments, such as theirs, provide a more accurate comparison than do those using institution-wide averages.

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Understanding Students Who Were ‘Born Digital’

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Title:Understanding Students Who Were ‘Born Digital’ (ID: CSD5521)
Author(s):Andrew Guess (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (10/02/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Authors of a new book from the Berkman Center at Harvard talk about technology in the classroom, digital literacy and changes in the library.

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Sharing Your Notes Online — and Getting Paid for It

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Title:Sharing Your Notes Online — and Getting Paid for It (ID: CSD5505)
Author(s):Andrew Guess (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (09/19/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

A new Web site brings social networking and ad revenues to the traditional note-taking service, but the model could raise copyright issues.

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Keeping Track of Students, and Staying in Touch

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Title:Keeping Track of Students, and Staying in Touch (ID: CSD5478)
Author(s):Andrew Guess (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/15/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

A start-up company from a former Blackboard executive is positioning itself to help colleges boost retention with communication tools ... and lots of data.

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Textbook Piracy Grows Online, Prompting a Counterattack From Publishers

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Title:Textbook Piracy Grows Online, Prompting a Counterattack From Publishers (ID: CSD5468)
Author(s):Jeffrey R. Young (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (07/01/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

College students are increasingly downloading illegal copies of textbooks online, employing the same file-trading technologies used to download music and movies. Feeling threatened, book publishers are stepping up efforts to stop the online piracy.

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What the Army Taught Me About Teaching

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Title:What the Army Taught Me About Teaching (ID: CSD5396)
Author(s):Martha Kinney (Suffolk County Community College)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (07/21/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

The author has found that her military experience has proven to be good training for teaching ill prepared students.

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Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does Investment Yield Interest?

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Title:Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does Investment Yield Interest? (ID: CSD5383)
Source:JISC
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (04/24/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

The first decade of the 21st century is already on the wane and we stand at an interesting point as regards the use of technology to support and enhance learning and teaching. The fact that we still refer to much of this enhancement as e-learning (and still disagree about what the term actually means) signals that the relationship between technology and learning is not as yet an entirely comfortable one. e-Learning still carries with it a sense of something 'other' and few institutions can say that a sound understanding of available technologies, their capabilities and current examples of appropriate usage, forms a cornerstone of the curriculum design process.

Within the academic community there remains a sizable proportion of sceptics who question the value of some of the tools and approaches and perhaps an even greater proportion who are unaware of the full range of technological enhancements in current use. Amongst senior managers there is a concern that it is often difficult to quantify the returns achieved on the investment in such technologies.

On the other hand those in the vanguard of technical developments are already signalling the 'Death of the VLE' (Stiles 2007) and heralding a new set of approaches based on a different pedagogic outlook and on the underlying technologies and social and collaborative tools that are collectively labelled the Web 2.0 phenomenon.

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Growing up with Google - what it means to education

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Title:Growing up with Google - what it means to education (ID: CSD5375)
Author(s):Diana G. Oblinger (EDUCAUSE)
Source:Emerging technologies for learning
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (03/27/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Diana Oblinger explores the 'net generation' who can seamlessly move between their real and digital lives. Their behaviours, preferences and expectations may be very different from those of their teachers. Diana examines the characteristics of these learners, the possibilities offered by new technologies and the skills that an education system needs to provide for the 21st century. She also argues that we need to adapt to this rapidly evolving context and goes on to explore the implications for learning space design, assessment and learning and teaching.

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U.S. Proposes New Rules on Student Privacy

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Title:U.S. Proposes New Rules on Student Privacy (ID: CSD5370)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (03/24/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"The federal law designed to protect the privacy of students’ educational records has been under scrutiny and stress from a variety of angles in recent years, most recently from those concerned (in the wake of last year’s shootings at Virginia Tech) about whether the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act gives college officials sufficient latitude to report their fears about mentally ill students. "

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Ten IT Goals: Information Technology Goals for Liberal Arts Students

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Title:Ten IT Goals: Information Technology Goals for Liberal Arts Students (ID: CSD5412)
Source:George Mason University
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (03/06/2008)
Type:Programs and Projects
Abstract:

George Mason University's Technology Across the Curriculum Program has established ten technology goals that have the greatest relevance for liberal arts students. These goals were developed with input from faculty, students, technology professionals, and prospective employers.

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