“ The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research, is “What do managers want?” On the one hand I am confronted with...
Harvard is releasing descriptive information, or metadata, on each of 12 million items in its 73 libraries. Some items have perhaps 100 descriptors.
The world of university research has long been held to ransom by academic publishers charging exorbitant prices for subscriptions – but that may all be about to end, writes John Naughton...
The study on usage of social media by students already engaged in social networking, conducted by University of Minnesota, revealed that they could benefit if it was incorporated in the curriculum. 
Among many great observations regarding teaching with iPads: Digital Natives still need training in digital tech http://t.co/XDZM5P9W...
I love to use technology in my classroom! I like to show images and videos, send students on digital scavenger hunts or give them access to video cameras to present information and thinking.
In ... (Wii Mote Tech is an awesome resource... 
Editor's Note: Today's guest post comes from Mark Babbitt from YouTern. We are thrilled to have Mark and his team as regular contributors for Balanced WorkLif (Has Social Media Become Our Higher Education?
Mary Meeker (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) (RT @markcoker: Don't miss: Mary Meeker's always-excellent Web 2.0 Summit presentation on Internet trends: http://t.co/yhYWgwV0...)... 
(2011). When talking less is more: exploring outcomes of Twitter usage in the large‐lecture hall. Learning, Media and Technology: Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 215-233. |
Since the earliest days of the Web, there has been an obvious ‘digital transformation’ which is about cutting out the middlepeople. Until the mid 1990s, for example, many people booked holidays via a travel agent, which seemed normal and fine. 
T. Mills Kelly encourages his students to deceive thousands of people on the Web. This has angered many, but the experiment helps reveal the shifting nature of the truth on the Internet. 
University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls...
Academics have protested against Elsevier's business practices for years with little effect. These are some of their objections: They charge exorbitantly high prices for subscriptions to individual journals. In the light of these high prices, the only realistic option for many libraries is to agree to buy very large "bundles", which will include many journals that those libraries do not actually want. Elsevier thus makes huge profits by exploiting the fact that some of their journals are essential. They support measures such as SOPA, PIPA and the Research Works Act, that aim to restrict the free exchange of information. 
Marcomms professionals are the intermediaries between the researcher and their audiences.
What Does Game-Based Learning Offer Higher Education? (RT @judithway: What Does Game-Based Learning Offer Higher Education? 
5 Misconceptions of Blended & Online Learning http://t.co/bmkat3eR via @zite...
RT @ampeeza: Peter Thiel: We're in a Bubble and It's Not the Internet. It's Higher Education.
I'm set to speak on developing social media strategies that'll improve student engagement within residential life.
Two journals published by the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) are available online by institutional subscription.
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF JOBS AND THE WORKFORCE Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution Irreversibly Transforms Employment and the Economy E... This talk is based on my short ebook with Andrew McAfee called "Race Against the Machine". More information is at http://raceagainstthemachine.com including a blog. |
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