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Hilton, John, III; Wiley, David – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
With increasing frequency, authors in academic and non-academic fields are releasing their books for free digital distribution. Anecdotal evidence suggests that exposure to both authors and books increases when books are available as free downloads, and that print sales are not negatively affected. For this study we interviewed ten authors to…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Internet, Interviews, Longitudinal Studies
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Zaugg, Holt; West, Richard E.; Tateishi, Isaku; Randall, Daniel L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
Mendeley is a free, web-based tool for organizing research citations and annotating their accompanying PDF articles. Adapting Web 2.0 principles for academic scholarship, Mendeley integrates the management of the research articles with features for collaborating with researchers locally and worldwide. In this article the features of Mendeley are…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Cooperation, Word Processing, Internet
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Black, Erik W.; Beck, Dennis; Dawson, Kara; Jinks, Susan; DiPietro, Meredith – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
There are more similarities than differences among learning management system (LMS) software products. In a recent study, Carriere, Challborn, and Moore compared a variety of LMSs and went as far as to suggest that the only real differences between systems lie in marketing approaches. In addition, because LMSs have interchangeable parts, those…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Internet, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware