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Friday, 9th November 2012

Online Universities: Why They Still Don't Measure Up

Online Universities: Why They Still Don't Measure Up

"I hate to sound like a snob, but call me back when Harvard Business School offers an online MBA."

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Wednesday, 24th October 2012

Can't Make The Meeting? Send Your Robot Instead

Can't Make The Meeting? Send Your Robot Instead

Remotely piloted telepresence robots could be the beginning of another tech revolution. Some observers are already predicting that they will be the first robots to go mainstream. But it won't happen right away.

Mobile Antone Gonsalves comments

Tuesday, 23rd October 2012

ReadWrite DeathWatch: One Laptop Per Child

ReadWrite DeathWatch: One Laptop Per Child

One Laptop Per Child puts computers in the hands of the world's most vulnerable children to help educate them out of poverty. It's a noble cause championed by our brightest minds - but it doesn't seem to work.

Cormac Foster comments

Friday, 5th October 2012

The Dark Side Of The Online Struggle Against Plagiarism

The Dark Side Of The Online Struggle Against Plagiarism

College students are under a lot of pressure, what with classes, resident activities, helicopter parents and a none-too-rosy job market waiting for them after graduation. Add the ease of cut-and-paste to the need to grab the almighty A and it's no surprise that many students turn to plagiarism. Unfortunately, I've seen that the technological war…

Brian Proffitt comments

Tuesday, 25th September 2012

Brain Training: Taking A Look At Lumosity

Brain Training: Taking A Look At Lumosity

An unusual idea for improving mental capabilities continues to gain investments and fans. I might be one of the new fans, too. A small firm called Lumosity says that in the last year, it has doubled -- to 25 million -- the number of people subscribing to its cognitive games.

Adam Popescu comments

Thursday, 20th September 2012

Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom

Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom

The proper place of social media in the classroom remains a mystery to most people, with Wikipedia standing as the biggest, baddest new media nemesis of them all.

Jonathan Obar comments

Wednesday, 12th September 2012

Why Wikipedia Doesn't Belong In The Classroom

Why Wikipedia Doesn't Belong In The Classroom

Wikipedia's stated goal to be a neutral fact-based encyclopedia has enabled it to accumulate an incredible amount of useful information. But the service's very nature makes it unsuitable for classroom use in the minds of many teachers and professors - no matter how much students want to rely on it.

Brian Proffitt comments

Tuesday, 10th July 2012

Microsoft's Imagine Cup Student Software Contest Holds Lessons for Startups

Microsoft's Imagine Cup Student Software Contest Holds Lessons for Startups

The 10th annual student software contest, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, is wrapping up in Sydney, Australia, and there are some important lessons that all entrepreneurs, young and old, can glean from the process. The contest challenges hundreds of thousands of people - mostly college students - from around the world to come up with a new idea, code it…

David Strom comments

Friday, 29th June 2012

ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Barnes & Noble

ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble remains a big player in a growing industry, and until Google changed everything this week, it made fantastic hardware for the money. But as with Nokia, a changing market and financial problems are driving a proud Number Two into a subordinate role that threatens to choke it out of existence.

Cormac Foster comments

Thursday, 7th June 2012

Millennials: They Aren’t So Tech Savvy After All

Conventional wisdom has it that kids and young adults now coming of age have been so steeped in everything from video games to social networking that they bring amazing new technology skills to the workforce. The truth may not be so rosy.

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