The Digital Campus 2011
The Mobile Revolution?
Not so fast. When Stanford's School of Medicine lent iPads to new students, a curious thing happened: Many didn't like them.
Teaching With Technology: How to Engage Your Students
Making It Work: Tomorrow's Academic Library
Commentary: Helping Students Unplug
Going Mobile
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The Slow-Motion Mobile Campus
Getting iPads and smartphones into the hands of students is the easy part. Rebuilding campus infrastructure to support mobile devices is far tougher.
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Smartphones on Campus: the Search for 'Killer Apps'
Although it's too early to tell how effective smartphones are as learning tools, they already have smart uses for universities.
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When One Person's Tech Treasure Is Another's Trash
Some academics say gee-whiz technology that gets in the way of social contact might not be best for classrooms.
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Twitter Meets the Breakfast Club
On the Internet, everyone can find you, a professor who incorporates Twitter and Flickr into assignments warns his students, and that fact improves their work.
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The Digital Campus: Browse the Full Special Issue
Making It Work
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Tomorrow's Academic Libraries: Maybe Even Some Books
As patterns of use change, some universities are trying new approaches that have information specialists leaving the building.
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In Learning, the Lasting Value of Place
Online education will be part of the future, but on-site instruction brings benefits beyond the obvious.
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The Humanities, Done Digitally
What is digital humanities? Or more important, what are they?
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Let's Give the Blind Better Access to Online Learning
Even as colleges embrace diversity, simple solutions to help the visually impaired are overlooked.
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Understanding the Risks of Campus Data Breaches
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Embracing the Cloud: Caveat Professor
Teaching With Technology
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The Rise of Teaching Machines
Adaptive learning, the hot new concept in online education, is getting ready for its close-up at several colleges
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New Technologies to Get Your Students Engaged
Online tools can help with teaching while allowing student to engage with one another and with larger academic communities.
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A Seminar Connects Law Students Around the World
Through a virtual classroom, students engage with those in the field to discuss challenges facing the profession and develop creative responses.
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Using 'Mind Maps' to Explore Teaching Resources
An instructor at Muskegon Community College shows aspiring teachers how to build a library of tools for their classroom careers.
- Legos and Robots Help Student Designers Learn Computing Skills
- College's History Comes Alive in Student's Mobile Approach
- Law-Student Bloggers Track Entertainment Law
By the Numbers
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Info Tech on Campuses
Students’ views about how technology is applied on campus are mixed.
