Author Archives: Justin Henry
What Is the Purpose of an Electronic Portfolio?
SmartClassroom Margaret Price, Director of Spelman’s newly-instituted Electronic Portfolio Project (SpEl.Folio) discusses the questions, challenges and goals of the successful implementation of e-portfolios. “…I’ve come to realize that a central question of our project is, “What is an electronic portfolio?” … Continue reading
The Future of DIgital Education (Virtual Conference)
How will higher education evolve to accommodate digital technologies in the classroom, changing sensibilities among students and new forms of knowledge, learning and expression? This panel discussion will address some emerging challenges posed by the use of digital media, social … Continue reading
Zotero: The End of EndNote?
Just before the web burst into public consciousness, historian Roy Rosensweig demonstrated the power of multimedia to make history come alive with his CD-ROM “Who Built America.” Continuing to explore the possibilities of applying technology to scholarship, in 1994 Rosezweig … Continue reading
The School of Second Life
Wagner James Au, writing in Edutopoia, 2006.11.08, “The School of Second Life: Creating new avenues of pedagogy in a virtual world” writes … For those who grew up on computer and video games over the past thirty years, it’s no … Continue reading
Chicago Manual of Style Goes Online
After 100 years as a print publication, the Chicago Manual of Style has finally made it online. It will not be free, but I expect the UVM library will get a subscription. In addition to the manual itself, the web … Continue reading
Social Software for Teaching and Learning : Insights from Early Adopters
Where: University of Massachusetts, Amherst When: November 14, 2006 What: This NERCOMP workshop will consider how social software (weblogs, wikis, social networking websites, and virtual worlds) can alter and expand the dynamics of classroom and distance education interactions. Presenters will … Continue reading
Professor Asked to Stop Selling His Lectures
Robert L. Schrag, a professor of communication at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, had been offering his students an MP3 copy of his lectures; the lectures were sold via an online company, Independent Music Online, for $2.50, with … Continue reading
Microsoft creates future workers
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has famously called high schools “obsolete” and warned about their effect on U.S. competitiveness. Now, his company has a chance to prove that it can help fix the woes of public education. … Continue reading
At $9.95 a page, you expected literature ?
Yesterday’s New York Times contains an article [2] by Charles McGrath investigating the custom essay and term paper marketplace. Using his real name and real credit card, he purchased 3 essays from commercial firms specializing in custom wiring. He then … Continue reading
‘Dr Is In’ Back in Session
With the return of the students comes the return of our regular Dr Is In schedule. The Dr Is in Program offers faculty one-on-one help in using instructional technologies in their teaching. Activities that faculty receive help with include: – … Continue reading