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Freakonomics: Those Cheating Teachers!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Ian Aberle

From Freakonomics.com: This year alone has seen teacher-cheating scandals in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Atlanta, and elsewhere; in this week’s Times, Sharon Otterman reports how New York State is trying to curtail cheating and offers some specific instances of past … Continue reading →

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The Future of Textbooks is in Using a Tablet

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Ian Aberle

With all the rumors of an Apple branded tablet device, some textbook publishers have produced a demo video of how they would like to use the device. The video is created by Coursesmart, a joint venture of five textbook publishers … Continue reading →

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College Textbooks Now Available on the iPhone & iPod touch.

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Ian Aberle

College students can now argue that the iPhone is required for college. CourseSmart, a revolutionary online subscription service for textbooks, has released a new iPhone app. The “eTextbooks for the iPhone,” allows users to access more than 7,000 titles from … Continue reading →

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Is The College Bubble Next?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Stephen Snider

From The Chronicle Review: POINT OF VIEW Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst? By JOSEPH MARR CRONIN and HOWARD E. HORTON The public has become all too aware of the term “bubble” to describe an asset that … Continue reading →

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What plagiarism looks like

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Stephen Snider

From the blog ORANGE CRATE ART: Michael Leddy of Orange Crate Art writes: Some enterprising readers (faculty? student-journalists?) have gone through the dissertations of Carl Boening and William Meehan, highlighting every passage in Meehan’s that can be found, word for … Continue reading →

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Cobocards Is an Impressive, Collaborative Flash Card Webapp

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Stephen Snider

From LifeHacker Cobocards is a free, web-based flash card application with an emphasis on collaboration, so you can create and study a set of flash cards alongside your friends or fellow students. We’ve covered several flash card apps in the … Continue reading →

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iPhone Apps for the Autodidact in Your Life

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Stephen Snider

Learn-gasm post 100 Best iPhone Apps for Serious Self-Learners

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Ending the University as We Know It

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Stephen Snider

From Open Culture… April 28th, 2009 The most popular article in yesterday’s New York Times was an Op-Ed calling for a thoroughgoing overhaul of the traditional university. For Mark Taylor (chairman of the religion department at Columbia University), it’s time … Continue reading →

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Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — via Twitter

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Stephen Snider

From The Chronicle of Higher Education… “Cole W. Camplese, director of education-technology services at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, prefers to teach in classrooms with two screens – one to project his slides, and another to project a Twitter … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Video Site…

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Stephen Snider

The Mike Wallace Interview From Harry Ransom Center at the University Of Texas at Austin. Back before 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace had his own TV interview show, The Mike Wallace Interview, which aired from 1957 to 1960. And what you … Continue reading →

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