The Chronicle of Higher Education | Technology http://chronicle.com/section/Technology/30/ News :: Technology Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:59:12 EDT <![CDATA[Reliance on 3rd-Party Data Creates Uncertainty for 'Altmetrics' Providers]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139537/ http://chronicle.com/article/Reliance-on-3rd-Party-Data/139537/ The companies that have sprung up to provide alternative measures of research impact believe in open access, but their sources may not.

]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[New Metrics Providers Help Keep Libraries in the Research Game]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139555/ http://chronicle.com/article/New-Metrics-Providers-Help/139555/ Companies like Plum Analytics and Altmetric are working with academic libraries to help them offer new services to researchers.

]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Rise of 'Altmetrics' Revives Questions About How to Measure Impact of Research]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139557/ http://chronicle.com/article/Rise-of-Altmetrics-Revives/139557/ New tools show who's sharing researchers' work online, but the data typically aren't considered by tenure panels.

]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Document: Coursera's Contract With the U. of Kentucky]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139531/ http://chronicle.com/article/Document-Courseras-Contract/139531/ Thu, 30 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[In Deals With 10 Public Universities, Coursera Bids for Role in Credit Courses]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139533/ http://chronicle.com/article/In-Deals-With-10-Public/139533/ The young company, until now known only for its massive open online courses, is seeking to help public institutions graduate students.

]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[Harvard Dean Steps Down Following Secret Searches of E-Mail Accounts]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139495/ http://chronicle.com/article/Harvard-Dean-Steps-Down/139495/ Evelynn M. Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, authorized the searches to find the source of a news leak about a huge cheating scandal.

]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Outsourced Lectures Raise Concerns About Academic Freedom]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139471/ http://chronicle.com/article/Outsourced-Lectures-Raise/139471/ As big names crowd into smaller classrooms via MOOCs, professors begin to wonder if their own teaching is at risk.

]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard Core' MOOC Students]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139367/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-Professors-Can-Learn-From/139367/ People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139243/ http://chronicle.com/article/Publisher-Threatens-to-Sue/139243/ Jeffrey Beall has criticized the publisher on his blog. The company, based in India, says his comments are criminal under Indian law.

]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 04:58:00 EDT <![CDATA[Ga. Tech to Offer a MOOC-Like Online Master's Degree, at Low Cost]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139245/ http://chronicle.com/article/Ga-Tech-to-Offer-a-MOOC-Like/139245/ The university and Udacity are partners in the project, with support from AT&T. Degree-seeking students will have to apply and will pay about $7,000.

]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Document: San Jose State U.'s Faculty Association Responds to MOOC Backlash]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139139/ http://chronicle.com/article/Document-San-Jose-State-Us/139139/ Thu, 09 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[The Memo: American U.'s Moratorium on MOOCs]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139137/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Memo-American-Us/139137/ Thu, 09 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[As MOOC Debate Simmers at San Jose State, American U. Calls a Halt]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139147/ http://chronicle.com/article/As-MOOC-Debate-Simmers-at-San/139147/ While a faculty union rips one university president over MOOC partnerships, a provost at another university defers action until a formal MOOC policy can be written.

]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[Partnership Gives Students Access to a High-Price Text on a MOOC Budget]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139109/ http://chronicle.com/article/Partnership-Gives-Students/139109/ Coursera and the textbook-rental site Chegg are teaming up to bring high-quality, mainstream textbooks into the low-cost, online learning environment.

]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Scholars Sound the Alert From the 'Dark Side' of Tech Innovation]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139103/ http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Sound-the-Alert-From/139103/ A group of scholars convened to discuss the lesser-noticed consequences of innovation.

]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[Faculty Backlash Grows Against Online Partnerships]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139049/ http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Backlash-Grows-Against/139049/ Faculty at several colleges have pushed back against online teaching collaborations with outside vendors, saying they want to use technology on their own terms.

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Sandel Responds]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139021/ http://chronicle.com/article/Michael-Sandel-Responds/139021/ Thu, 02 May 2013 17:03:00 EDT <![CDATA[Why Professors at San Jose State Won't Use a Harvard Professor's MOOC]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138941/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Professors-at-San-Jose/138941/ In an open letter, the San Jose professors worry that public higher education will suffer if scholar-student interaction is replaced with videotaped content.

]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 04:59:00 EDT <![CDATA[The Document: an Open Letter From San Jose State U.'s Philosophy Department]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138937/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Document-an-Open-Letter/138937/ Thu, 02 May 2013 04:59:00 EDT <![CDATA[Duke U.'s Undergraduate Faculty Derails Plan for Online Courses for Credit]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138895/ http://chronicle.com/article/Duke-Us-Undergraduate/138895/ The university's Arts & Sciences Council rejected a partnership with 2U, which had formed a consortium of top colleges to offer such courses.

]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:55:00 EDT <![CDATA[Why Some Colleges Are Saying No to MOOCs, at Least for Now]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138863/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Some-Colleges-Are-Saying/138863/ Amherst's rejection of edX could signal the end of the honeymoon phase for massive open online courses.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Herbert Richardson v. the World]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138497/ http://chronicle.com/article/Herbert-Richardson-v-the/138497/ Some librarians say the founder of Edwin Mellen Press is a bully for his legal threats against bloggers who criticize his company. But he says he's the one being bullied.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Behind the Webcam's Watchful Eye]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138505/ http://chronicle.com/article/Behind-the-Webcams-Watchful/138505/ "What we look for is eye movement," says one veteran of the online-test-proctoring industry. It's "almost instrusive," says another.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA['Social Entrepreneurs' Bring Hope and Contradictions to the College Market]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138365/ http://chronicle.com/article/Social-Entrepreneurs-Bring/138365/ Many founders of education start-ups share the optimistic belief that if you change the world, money will follow.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[You're Distracted. This Professor Can Help.]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138079/ http://chronicle.com/article/Youre-Distracted-This/138079/ David Levy's course at the University of Washington puts technology in its place—in the control of students.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[The Professors Behind the MOOC Hype]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137905/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/ In the largest survey of instructors who have taught massive open online courses, The Chronicle heard from critics, converts, and the cautious.

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