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January 23, 2012 |
Internet2 Partners With McGraw Hill and Courseload to Test eText Program Internet2, McGraw-Hill, and Courseload announced implementation of an eText Pilot Trial Pack to students and faculty at five universities for the Spring 2012 semester.   |
Information Today
July 25, 2011 |
CourseSmart Launches HTML5-Based Reader for Etextbooks CourseSmart announced the beta launch of its newest reader platform providing users with online, offline, anything, anywhere access to their eTextbooks. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011 |
Etextbook Provider CourseSmart Adds Nine New Publishers With these latest additions, CourseSmart's publishing partners now total 31, including the largest in the higher education space: Pearson; Cengage Learning; McGraw-Hill Education; John Wiley & Sons; and the Bedford, Freeman, Worth Publishing Group. |
Information Today
May 23, 2013 |
Blackboard and Vital Source Launch Etextbook Pilot Pilot programs with a number of colleges and universities will be launched to test-drive an integrated offering that makes the VitalSource Bookshelf platform available directly within Blackboard Learn. |
Information Today
March 19, 2012 |
CourseSmart Launches Enhanced Reading Platform The New CourseSmart Reader ensures that students and faculty have access to a superior digital reading experience on any device. |
Information Today
February 27, 2012 |
Cengage Learning to Provide Discounted Etextbooks to California State University This 3-year contract will allow more than 400,000 students on 23 campuses to access Cengage Learning eTextbooks at a substantial cost savings. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Stephanie Schomer |
Chegg: Saving College Kids Money Through Textbook Rental Aayush Phumbhra is reforming the dysfunctional world of college textbooks by renting them to students nationwide. |
Information Today
March 4, 2013
Paula J. Hane |
Etextbook Update The etextbook market is in such flux, that it warrants revisiting frequently. This is a review of some recent noteworthy developments and a discussion of a report on student acceptance. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2005 |
Adobe Creates New Licensing Program The Adobe Education Student Licensing Option enables institutions to purchase volume licenses of certain Adobe desktop software products for their students. |
Information Today
August 22, 2011 |
Textbook Rental Firm Chegg to Add Etextbooks In addition to textbook rentals, Chegg has rapidly enhanced its services, offering a fully integrated experience with digital services, including homework help, course selection, and class notes. |
Information Today
August 27, 2013 |
Chegg Unveils Updated Mobile App Chegg just released a redesigned version of its mobile app for etextbook reading. The app, which is available for Apple and Android devices, has more than 2.5 million guided solutions to help students. |
Information Today
February 16, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Etextbooks Attracting Involvement of the FCC, Education Department, and Higher Ed The focus on etextbooks continues as even the federal government makes major strides into taking the school textbook into the 21 st century. |
Information Today
March 14, 2013 |
EDUCAUSE and Internet2 to Launch Etextbook Pilot Courseload, CourseSmart, McGraw-Hill Education and more than 50 publishers are participating in a pilot in fall 2013 to further provide campuses nationwide an opportunity to explore, evaluate, and advance the transition from traditional media models, including textbooks, to electronic platforms. |
Information Today
March 14, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Cengage Learning Introduces New `MindTap' Personal Learning Experience MindTap is a new personalized program of digital products and services that engages students with interactivity while also offering students and instructors choice in content, platform, devices, and learning tools. |
Information Today
September 15, 2008 |
The New York Times Knowledge Network Expands Online Offerings The greatly expanded roster of fall programs covers a wide range of topics, including business, writing, history, health, and politics. |
Information Today
July 23, 2012 |
Desire2Learn Announces New Integration Partnerships Desire2Learn, Inc., a provider of teaching and learning platforms, and Cengage Learning, a provider of teaching, learning, and research solutions, announced the availability of enhanced interoperability of Cengage Learning's digital content and solutions within the Desire2Learn platform. |
InternetNews
April 26, 2011 |
Google Puts $6 Million Into Open Source Summer Google pushes forward on its Summer of Code effort, helping over a thousand students and 175 open source projects. |
Information Today
September 23, 2014
Woody Evans |
NISO on Ebooks: Dynamic, Open, and Cheap National Information Standards Organization hosted a webinar on E-books for Education, which explored definitions, content, access, and open access issues affecting the present state and future course of ebooks for education. |
Inc.
April 1, 2010
Sarah Kessler |
The Race for E-textbook Readers Carrying hefty textbooks may soon be history. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000
Linda Cooper |
Online Courses - Tips for Making Them Work |
Information Today
May 23, 2011
Nancy Herther |
McGraw-Hill eBook Library Debuts As Its Etextbook Platform Company officials plan appearances at library-related conferences throughout the coming year to demo the new ebook service, geared to the needs of professional and academic markets. |
Information Today
April 25, 2011 |
Flat World Knowledge Releases 'Make It Your Own' Platform for Textbooks The fully-automated system gives professors greater control over textbook content, and the ability, with one click, to make their modified book available to students free online or in multiple, low-cost digital and print formats. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2003
Linda Cooper |
Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Online Courses Provide a Global Education Experience In an attempt to improve students' understanding of global issues, schools are seeking new ways to incorporate international education into their curriculum. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
Practical Tips for Using Web-based Assessment Systems Computer-based homework systems are both praised and derided because they allow faculty members to be less involved with the student homework process... |
InternetNews
March 16, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Google to Take More Students For Summer of Code Originally set for 600 participants, Google is now planning on taking 800 for 2007. It marks the third year of the program that offers students and open source organizations cash grants for developing open source projects. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2002
Christopher Hons |
Big Ten School in Cyberspace Penn State University's "World Campus" initiative has grown steadily -- not only in terms of its size and scope, but also in the level of respect accorded it... |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2003
Sylvia Charp |
Engaging the Tech-Savvy Generation It's the job of every educator to use all technological resources available to keep students engaged in the classroom. But a true tech-savvy educator is continually learning from his or her students. |
Information Today
February 23, 2012 |
Social Media Data Available for ebrary Student E-book Survey ebrary, a ProQuest business, announced that the social media data of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey is now publicly available online along with the full report. |
Information Today
August 23, 2010 |
Cengage Learning Enhances CengageBrain.com The website, which allows students to purchase or rent textbooks, ebooks, or individual echapters and download study tools, features a more intuitive interface for students |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2004
Mary Fran Breiling |
SJSU Gets Creative With Laptop Initiative San Jose State University's Wireless Laptop Pilot Project was crafted by a vision to create a dynamic and collaborative educational environment and to enhance teaching and learning, creativity, scholarship, and global connectivity. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2002
Kevin T. McNulty |
Fostering the Student-Centered Classroom Online There are many ways to maximize use of the Internet to benefit student instruction. On my classroom Web site I publish tutorials to assist with classroom instruction, and students use the site as a launchpad to research information... |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2000
Nancy M. Short |
Asynchronous Distance Education A Five Step Approach to Eliminate Online Problems Before They Happen |
Information Today
August 24, 2009
Barbara Quint |
Cengage Learning Rents Textbooks, Re-Brands iChapters.com Net newbies such as BookRenter.com and Chegg offer used textbooks for rental over their websites. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2001
Becky A. Snyder |
Seeking Value on the Internet With so many free Web sites available, is there still value in purchasing a subscription to a curriculum or reference Web site? |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2005
Kandy Claybaugh |
Colorado Springs District Creates Digital School in Local Mall for 'Disenfranchised' Students The collaboration of the district, Adelphia Communications, and the Citadel Mall provides its roughly 140 students an opportunity to reconnect with the school environment and engage in self-directed learning. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004 |
Wireless Plan Generates Revenue for Higher Ed. The program allows schools to offer select Sprint PCS rate plans to faculty, staff and students while collecting service-plan fees directly from the users, often as a supplementary charge with tuition. |
CAUSE/EFFECT
Vol 22 Num 2 1999 |
Technology and Its Ramifications for Data Systems Technology's impact on education: remote learning, multiple education providers for one student, unbundling of education services, impact on teachers, education credentials. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Why Banks Paid Millions to Get on Campus A Fed report discloses who paid how much to gain access to college borrowers. |
Information Today
November 5, 2015 |
McGraw-Hill Education Studies Students and Technology Students see greater potential for technology in college than is currently being used. |
CRM
February 2012
Leonard Klie |
IVR Identifies At-Risk Students Vocantas IVR helps Avila University reach out to students in danger of transferring or dropping out. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2004 |
NetDay Lets Students Speak Up About Technology NetDay's Speak Up Day for Students 2004 gives students a chance to have their voices heard on the subject of using technology and the Internet. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000
Sylvia Charp |
The Role of the Internet The internet in education. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000
Sue Shelton |
Breathing New Life into a Dead Language: Teaching Latin Online |
Information Today
July 16, 2013 |
Vital Source Debuts Building Block for Blackboard Learn Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group's etextbook solution, launched the Building Block etextbook platform, which integrates its VitalSource Bookshelf with Blackboard Learn, Blackboard's learning management system. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2002
Judy A. Serwatka |
Improving Student Performance in Distance Learning Courses This article concentrates on the problems encountered and the solutions developed while teaching two college networking courses in the distance learning format... |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2005
Chris Balsano |
School Libraries Go Interactive An Illinois high school library uses online forms to stay in contact with the needs and requests of students and teachers. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2004
Kim Jones |
2005: The Year of the Digital Campus Today, learning is no longer bound to a fixed location such as a classroom. Thanks to some innovative technology trends, the educational landscape is transforming into a "digital campus." |
Information Today
February 24, 2015 |
APA Temporarily Suspends New Programs for PSYCAS Service Released in January, PSYCAS streamlines the psychology program application process for students, faculty members, and departments. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2004
Cecile M. Arquette |
A University-Public School `Key-Pal' Partnership Thoughtful teachers must find time to fit technology into their crowded schedules. One way to accomplish this task is to combine pen pals, an old technique, with the Internet to create electronic pen pals called "key pals." |
