Technology and Learning
A space for conversation and debate about learning and technology
A space for conversation and debate about learning and technology
September 11, 2011 - 8:30pm
Thank you Tony Sanfilippo , Assistant Press Director at Penn State Press, for laying out the challenges faced by university presses so clearly in his post "Price and printruns" on 9/8/11.
Can we brainstorm some solutions to the high price of University Press books together?
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September 8, 2011 - 9:31pm
Is the promise of a shift from physical to digital content stalled? By academic year 2011-2012 I expected to discover, receive, and consume most content digitally. And while I always thought that our academic curricular content would lag somewhat behind the move to digital in our consumer/entertainment content, I did not expect things to be so static.
Evidence For A Stall:
September 7, 2011 - 9:15pm
Randy Martin's new book, Under New Management: Universities, Administrative Labor, and the Professional Turn looks like an important contribution to the debate about the changing nature of higher ed.
September 6, 2011 - 9:15pm
Last week I participated in a type of web meeting that I hope becomes the norm for academic / vendor coloration.
The discussion was a "client-led Blackboard Mobile Learn Enhancement Requests," with participation from both the folks who run the Blackboard mobile division and clients (and prospective clients) worldwide.
A discussion between academic clients (existing or potential) and a vendor is nothing unusual. Nor is it noteworthy to hold this discussion using web meeting tools. What I think was innovative, and worth repeating, was that this discussion was:
September 5, 2011 - 9:45pm
3 reasons to read Cathy Davidson's Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn:
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