Blog Profile / Wired Campus
| URL : | http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Education / Education Tech | |
| Posts on Regator: | 438 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.5 | |
| Archived Since: | July 6, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Carnegie Mellon U. Students Use Fingerprint Scans, Not ID Cards, for Payment
Four seniors who grew tired of scouring their backpacks to find their student-ID cards every time they wanted a bite to eat have found a new way to pay: their fingerprints.
Journal’s Editorial Board Resigns in Protest of Publisher’s Policy Toward Authors
The editor of the "Journal of Library Administration" says he and the board felt that under the publisher's terms, the "math just didn't add up" for authors.
For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity
Academic librarians discuss what roles they might play in the massive online phenomenon.
SUNY Signals Major Push Toward MOOCs and Other New Educational Models
The State University of New York also endorsed prior-learning assessment and "competency-based" programs to help students finish degrees in less time, for less money.
MIT to Release Documents on Aaron Swartz Prosecution, but With Redactions
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will disclose the records at the same time a professor releases the results of his investigation of the university's role in the case.
Group Aims to Help Conservative Parents Counter ‘PC Indoctrination’ at Colleges
FreeThinkU.org lets parents tie their children's tuition money to passage of short online courses that it says present a “more balanced” take on various issues.
Mozilla Releases Long-Discussed Software to Offer ‘Badges’ for Learning
The free software, two years in development, allows for a new way of recognizing educational accomplishment.
Harvard’s Search of Staff E-Mail Sparks Questions About Policies Nationwide
What expectations of privacy should university employees have when it comes to their work e-mail accounts? It depends, says one expert.
American Anthropological Assn. Will Experiment With Open Access
The journal "Cultural Anthropology" will switch to an open-access model next year, in recognition of what the association's executive director called "the remarkable changes in the publishing lineup out there."
Open-Education Company Helps Develop Textbook-Free Associate Degree
Colleges following the company's Textbook Zero model would offer sections with open-education alternatives for every required course and elective needed to earn the degree.
Free-Textbook Company Rewrites Its Content Following Publishers’ Lawsuit
The company's chief executive says its original textbooks were merely beta versions and no longer exist. The publishers' lawyer says the lawsuit will continue.
At South-by-Southwest Education Event, Tensions Divide Entrepreneurs and Educators
Who should lead innovation in education—teachers or entrepreneurs? That key question was in the air at this year’s four-day conference.
Stanford Research Project Uses Crowdsourcing to Organize Inboxes
Handing over your car keys to a complete stranger is an accepted risk for the benefit of valet parking. But what about handing over access to your inbox for the benefit of increased productivity?
With New Leader, Digital Public Library of America Prepares for Its Debut
Dan Cohen, currently at George Mason University, says he will make the digital library both a gatherer of information and a gateway to it.
Edwin Mellen Press Drops Lawsuit Against University Librarian
The publisher sued after the librarian wrote a blog post criticizing the press. Critics called the lawsuit an attack on academic freedom.
Campus Networks Feel the Pinch as Demand Rises and Budgets Shrink
A survey of technology and business officers finds concern that the trend of increasing bandwidth use shows no signs of slowing.
Online Courses Could Widen Achievement Gaps Among Students
In a study of students who took more classes online, those from underrepresented groups fell further behind than if they were taking face-to-face courses.
Of MOOCs and Mousetraps
Planning a massive open online course in freshman composition requires constant adjustments in course content—and expectations.
Competing MOOC Providers Expand Into New Territory—and Each Other’s
Coursera and edX are both expanding, bringing more American and foreign institutions into their folds. And, for the first time, their networks now overlap.
Oxford Blocks Google Docs in Response to Phishing Scams
The university blocked the popular service for several hours in an attempt to make students and professors more aware of an increase in fraudulent use.