academic publishers should make digital copies of their books available...
attention academic publishers. a new article by david wiley in the chronicle of higher education‘s ‘wired campus’ section entitled ‘giving away academic books online can actually help print sales‘...
View Articlemeeting students where they are: using twitter to teach
one of my many hats is that of instructional technologist at ucla. part of my job is to seek out new technologies and new uses of existing technologies for use in improving university instruction. a...
View Articlewhy online universities will never take the place of real ones
according to a recent chronicle of higher education report by marc parry entitled, ‘unmuzzling diploma mills: dog earns m.b.a. online,’ a dog successfully received an m.b.a. degree from an online...
View Articlechronicle of higher ed asks what’s best done with the dead sea scrolls
a new article by jennifer howard of the chronicle of higher education asks an important question: ‘what’s best done with the dead sea scrolls?’ in the article, howard examines the pros and cons of...
View ArticleOn Using Digital Course Material to Publish Textbooks
There’s an article in the October 8, 2010 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Ed by Jeffrey R. Young entitled, “As Textbooks Go Digital, Will Professors Build Their Own Books?,” that discusses using...
View ArticleThe Chronicle of Higher Education: Matthew Kalman on the James Ossuary Verdict
Matthew Kalman at the Chronicle of Higher Education has the scoop on the verdict in the trial of Oded Golan, accused of forging the inscription on the James Ossuary: In a case that has roiled scholars...
View ArticleWell Done! University of Iowa to Include Optional Question about LGBTQ...
Eric Hoover writes for the Chronicle of Higher Education: Last week the University of Iowa added an optional question to its application for undergraduate admission: “Do you identify with the LGBTQ...
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