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Tempering the Rise of the Machines
Report identifies potential barriers to the widespread adoption of "machine guided" learning software at colleges and universities.
Getting (Digital) Respect
MLA issues new guidelines on how work with new media should be counted in hiring, tenure and promotion decisions.
Opinion
R.I.P. Civility, 0000-2012
With Maria Shine Stewart out of pocket, a guest author offers an alternative point of view on kindness. Me first!
Pinning Down a New Medium
Colleges consider the pros and cons of Pinterest, the fast-growing, image-based social media website, as a marketing platform.
Proto-MOOC Stays the Course
Open course in digital storytelling, a holdover from before open learning was associated with massive tools wielded by celebrity professors, remains content with its modest but devoted following.
Opinion
Professorial Discretion
Young academics need to learn when to share information and when not to, writes Nate Kreuter.
Pacing Themselves
Pearson announces new self-paced, general education courses in hope of catching overflow from crowded colleges. Ivy Tech cautiously becomes its first partner.
Elite Universities' Online Play
With help from venture-backed company, Princeton, Penn and U. of Michigan announce they will become the latest high-profile universities to offer free, interactive courses to massive online audiences.