Category: New Tech

Technology Outlook Community Colleges

What’s On the Horizon for Community, Technical, and Junior Colleges?

According to the newest Horizon Report, a lot of really cool stuff is coming to the community college world within the next few years. What are the biggest trends?

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E-Textbook Matchmaking: Assessing Compatibility Between Hardware and Software

Because of the rising ubiquity of e-textbooks, devices like tablets, and e-readers are becoming necessary for college students to have. But not all devices are compatible with the e-textbook software options on the market.

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Using ExamTime to Help Students Make Studying an Active Process

Students need to know that studying is a “do” activity. This is where ExamTime makes a difference.

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Purdue Mobile Apps

How Purdue University’s Mobile Apps are Increasing Student Engagement

Purdue’s faculty and students have access to a range of creative, new tools. Here’s an overview of mobile apps the school has developed to increase student engagement.

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BenchPrep

Moving Test Preparation to the Mobile Revolution

A Chicago startup is bringing more than 250 remedial courses on everything from chemistry to cosmology to where college students want to learn — on their computers, iPhones, Androids and iPads.

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Global Learning Online

International Students and MOOCs: The French Perspective

Kirsten Winkler is back from her European travels with a perspective on how countries like France are approaching the MOOC madness.

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Phoenix: Smart City or Wild West?

Openness to new ideas, smart impact investors, new school models, and a few high capacity districts suggests that Phoenix may be on the rise.

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Will Windows 8 Take Your Campus to the Cloud?

Windows 8 can offer great mobility features that will let your faculty, staff, and students use their existing technology to collaborate and store their data.

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Berklee College of Music Revamps the Recruitment Process with New App

Here’s how Berklee College of Music shifted its focus to a new web-based mobile app for recruitment.

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Virtual Desktops and BYOD at Lone Star College

Lone Star College System is addressing the difficulties of providing access to software and data to far-flung students by allowing BYOD, and building a virtual desktop to support it.

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