Five Oregon community colleges have selected the full suite of Campus Management's CampusNexus solutions to transform the way their institutions use technology to enhance their students’ experience and modernize business processes. More...
Can you get a refund if you're unhappy with a university course?
It’s one of the biggest decisions of your life – here’s what you can do when courses fail to deliver. More...
I'll Take Social Software for $1,000 Please, Alex
I'll Take Social Software for $1,000 Please, Alex
This criticism of the concept of social software is based on the premise that, for social software to be useful, people have to use it, and that there is a disincentive for major users - the "social entrepreneur" - to use it. More...
Audiobooks for College Students?: A Q&A With the Co-Founder of Libro.fm
By Joshua Kim. How should higher education approach audiobooks, and what are the alternatives to Audible / Amazon. More...
Adobe Says LiveMotion is Dead
Adobe Says LiveMotion is Dead
Here's another reason to opt for open source: you won't be left in the lurch like this. More...
Alexa: Why Can't Higher Education Have Nice Things?
By Eric Stoller. First of all, full disclosure...I don't have an Amazon Echo*, Google Home, or Apple HomePod. I've never tried out a Google Home. The HomePod seems like a great speaker, but I can't stand Apple's Siri** (it's just awful). Although, Alexa on an Amazon Echo does work well as a music player. More...
9.6 Billion
Outrage Over University's $999 Online Textbook
By Lindsay McKenzie. An online textbook priced at almost $1,000 has infuriated students trying to navigate an already confusing textbook marketplace, but Louisiana-Lafayette officials insist they had "good intentions." More...
Adobe Opens E-book Store
Adobe Opens E-book Store
Adobe has opened an e-book store, offering selections from major publishers such as HarperCollins Publishers, Simon & Schuster and Random House along with electronic versions of publications such as Popular Science and The New York Times. More...
Natural Deselection: Not Even Microsoft Will Last Forever, but They Plan to Try
Natural Deselection: Not Even Microsoft Will Last Forever, but They Plan to Try
Good article advancing one theory about Microsoft's proposed DRM system (I say 'one theory' because I think this is only an aspect of the overall strategy, not the whole thing as the article implies). More...