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The Case For Making Online Textbooks Open Source [INFOGRAPHIC]

via Mashable “As companies compete to digitize the textbook market, there is one approach that shakes the traditional publishing business model: open source textbooks, whose proponents believe online educational tomes should be free. Many universities, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon, post course lectures online for free use. A New York Times article last year explained […]

6 Reasons Why Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom

via Mashable “Since the debut of the iPad, tablets have captured the imagination of consumers. In just one year, the iPad surpassed even the most optimistic of projections to define a brand new product category and become the best-selling gadget of all time, and Forrester analysts project that in 2011, tablet sales will more than […]

Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using Social Media

via New York Times ‘Wasn’t it just the other day that teachers confiscated cellphones and principals warned about oversharing on MySpace? Now, Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, is among a small but growing cadre of educators trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion. Last Friday, as some of her […]

How Can Cloud Computing Help In Education?

via Cloud Tweaks “Whenever we talk of cloud computing, we always talk about its impact on business. In all my previous articles, I have done the same, speaking about how cloud computing can improve efficiencies, cut costs, save time and in general, give businesses a great return on investment. However, today I am going to […]

iPad, Tablet Users Prefer Digital Texts

via Campus Technology “Acceptance of digital texts is way up, especially among users of iPads and other tablets. In fact, according to research released this week, time spent reading texts in digital formats now just about equals the time spent on paper-based texts. According to the report, released by market research firm Gartner, a full […]

6 Companies Aiming to Digitize the Textbook Industry

via Mashable “The world’s readers purchased an estimated $966 million of ebooks in 2010, and Amazon has been selling more ebooks than paper books since January. But students have yet to catch on to the digital book revolution with the same fervor. A 2010 study by OnCampus Research found that 74% of college students surveyed still prefer to […]

Why Career & Technical Education Should be a Priority for the U.S.

via Mashable “For today’s students, the experience of going to school can feel like flying in an airplane, minus the excitement of travel. Students enter a world cut off from their own where they are asked to turn off all electronic devices. They can feel trapped, simply staring straight ahead for hours. Without a clear […]

CampusCE Adds University of Minnesota OLLI

Seattle, WA – Campus CE is pleased to welcome The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Minnesota to the CampusCE Lifelong Learning Family. CampusCE also supports the OLLIs at Furman University, Kennesaw University, University of Texas Medical Branch, and Yavapai College. Our commitment to lifelong learning is stronger than ever, and we will […]

Global Corporate College Corporate Education Powered By CampusCE

Global Corporate College, a provider of corporate training to more than 45 colleges and universities worldwide, continues to expand its clientele and is now offering its corporate education services to American Greetings through the CampusCE Education Management System. The CampusCE system enables Global Corporate College to offer real-time online registration and administration for its corporate […]

How Can Cloud Computing Help in Education?

Via Cloud Tweaks – For support staff, a distributed management system can substantially reduce their load, leveraging efficiencies across the nationwide or statewide school network. The problem of tiny classrooms can be surmounted through virtual classrooms, with students attending class in their own homes on their own computers, with the teacher being present hundreds, even […]