Describes how at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the first top-level research institution to mandate laptop computers, professors are still seeking a role for them in class. The requirement for laptops has yielded savings for the institution, but educational gains are evolving and hard to measure. (EV)

This article presents an excerpt of the responses of two experts, Gene I. Maeroff, a senior fellow at the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Columbia University's Teachers College and author of "A Classroom of One: How Online Learning Is Changing Our Schools and Colleges," and Robert Zemsky, chairman of the Learning Alliance for…

This article describes how researchers work with military to create the next generation of training technology. This article also describes the features of Flatworld, a virtual military training technology. Flatworld is one of many projects under development at the Institute for Creative Technologies, a research group that is supported primarily…

Students of Coppin State University are using a system that merges video recordings of class lectures with a digital version of the students' own notes. The system, sold by Tegrity Inc. is unusual in its use of an electronic pen along with digital recordings, with administrators and faculty members believing that the technology would improve…

Asserts that while prospective distance educators are flocking to certification programs, some academics question their value. Although certification programs, which can differ significantly in nature and intensity, go well beyond simple technology training, many newly certified distance educators have found that the certification does not…

A conference on "Teaching and Technology" held near Earlham College is discussed. The changes that colleges must make to help students take advantage of the "information explosion" were examined. Access to information, it is suggested, would interest students in seeking bridges between disciplines. (MLW)

Demands from students with disabilities and regulations from the federal government are prompting colleges to seek new designs in software and hardware. Many colleges are buying computer workstations and designing Web sites that meet the needs of students with disabilities. The university's attitude and organization tends to be the main stumbling…

Although universities are using sophisticated computer technology to advance research, community colleges are using computers to improve instruction. Community college faculty are working both independently and cooperatively to develop computer-based curricula and instructional techniques, and community colleges are more likely to make computers…

"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 9, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Learning Communities Can Be Cohesive-And Divisive" (Jaffee, David); (2)…