If you haven't checked out Code School, it's a great self-paced tutorial site for learning how to code, similar to Codecademy, but with a much different look and feel. While…
Alright, we got it. The market stinks. There's never enough time. The digital divide is growing. And if you're looking to jump the chasm to the marketable promised land, it's…
If you are a librarian, you may be aware that it's Open Access Week. If you are a faculty member, you may have heard the term open access spoken to…
Marketplace recently did a story on massive online courses - nothing too earth shattering, but it did draw attention to the fact that some of the biggest players are for-profit…
This semester, I've worked with a number of faculty who are using teleconferencing technology in the classroom. So far, we've had faculty members simultaneously teaching sessions to their students and…
Right now, someone is doing something incredibly cool and you've never heard of it. Maybe, you've never imagined it. Even with our overly interconnected world, cool things can pass you…
As proof that the idea of online education is (one might say 'finally') gaining traction in many disparate fields, a recent episode of Econtalk discussed the topic: Arnold Kling, economist…
It's 2012 and the Space Shuttle Endeavour recently crawled through Los Angeles. Think the space race is over? Not according to Dropbox. The service launched a marketing strategy in the form…
This morning I read an article in the NY Times, "Google Wants to Join the Party, Not Crash It" in which ubiquitous computing was mentioned. The basic point of the article…
I've got a new post up on Eduhacker - Ubiquitous Computing and Cheating in the Classroom: Will the New Honor Code Be a Service Agreement?. Check it out!