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Young, Jeffrey R. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Not long ago, it seemed absurd for academics to carry around a computer, camera, and GPS device every where they went. Actually, it still seems absurd. But many professors (and administrators) now do just that in the form of all-in-one devices. Smartphones or tablet computers combine many functions in a hand-held gadget, and some users are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Programming
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Blackboard has become the Microsoft of higher-education technology, say many campus-technology officials, and they do not mean the comparison as a compliment. To them the company is not only big, but also pushy, and many of them love to hate it. This article reports that a growing number of colleges are switching to Moodle, a free, open-source…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Management Systems
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
North Carolina State University may never build another computer lab. Instead the university has installed racks of equipment in windowless rooms where students and professors never go. This article describes a project called the Virtual Computing Lab. Users enter it remotely from their own computers in dormitory rooms or libraries. They get all…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Educational Technology, Computer Centers
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Recently, Microsoft Corporation has become more aggressive in its attempts to sell products on college and university campuses, promising new licensing deals for colleges, free Microsoft training for computing officials, and advice on structuring university information-technology budgets. Critics are concerned that the trend will reduce…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Competition, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education