Engineering students and educators have a new approach to learning. A professor from Kettering University, Dr. Bassem Ramadan, has teamed up with fellow colleagues Dr. Merle Potter and Dr. David Wiggert, both Professor Emeritus at Mich...
The Sacramento Bee has a new article about California school districts cutting textbook funds. The Bee reports that textbook funding in the four county region around Sacramento has been significantly decreased. The cause of this is said...
Do you own an iPad? Well, if you ever have thought of using one for school than you are in luck. Major textbook publishers McGraw-Hill and Pearson have announced recently that they have invested in a new iPad application called Inkling. This...
The following story by Chloé Morrison at Nooga.com reflects the "student attitudes" towards skyrocketing textbook prices across the world. Students are often left spending their time reading websites all day trying to compare textbo...
Just had a really good article by Mercy Pilkington over at http://www.goodereader.com pop up on my radar discussing Inkling and all of the benefits that this start-up is going to bring students and the education industry as a whole. If you d...
I highly recommend checking out the University System of Georgia's webpage on open source textbooks at: http://www.usg.edu/facultyresources/resources/open_textbooks/ I feel that they really capture the true definition of — AND — t...
I was in the middle of my daily online textbooks reading. I came across an article by Rosa Golijan at digitallife.today.com, and it looks like the Barnes and Noble NOOK Simple Touch Reader beat out the Kindle in a recent Consumer Reports show...
Kno's CEO is Osman Rashid. His name might sound familiar as he is the co-founder Chegg. Kno originally had created a dual-screen tablet, but eventually let the hardware project go in order to focus on providing digital textbooks that are af...
Came across a great article by By Bertha Coombs over at CNBC.com: "Tablets make digital textbooks cool on campus". Inkling and McGraw Hill partnered with Abilene Christian University and provided several of their classes with iPads and i...
The Encinitas Union School District (in California) is taking exciting new steps for students, with a proposal pushing for new technology in the classroom. The school district plans on introducing iPads to grade schoolers throughout th...
Santa Monica College students may be receiving new textbooks for their library’s reserve soon! A great article at The Corsair documents how an A.S. (Associated Students) board meeting heard a proposal by the school's Director of Instr...
Oak Harbor School District in Washington is facing unfortunate stalls in replacing old, outdated textbooks. The school district, like so many others across the nation, has been experiencing widespread budget cuts due to federal and sta...
When I first read the press release by Pearson discussing their new “learning management system†– called OpenClass – I found myself both excited and doubtful at the same time. Excited because new learning technologies are needed...
Most people are aware that South Korea is an industry-leader in modern technological advancements and implementation. South Korea has taken their innovative spirit directly to the classroom in an effort to provide reliable and conveni...
I'm surprised that it took me a few weeks to hear about this GREAT news coming out of Sacramento, California. As we've discussed a few times before, Kno is an educational software company that is truly "walking the walk" in terms of getting in...
In my daily browsing I came across an article on MSN by Liz Weston. In this article, she brings up some really good points about the textbook publishing model as a whole. What I found particularly interesting was her statements about textboo...
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, we are starting to see a fair amount of established textbook companies partner with newer tech startups. I'd imagine these publishers realize digital learning is quickly becoming a classroom reali...
Amazon has just announced that they are expanding upon the Kindle platform with Kindle Textbook Rental. This is an exciting new turn for Amazon and students who own and utilize Kindles for academic use. Renting textbooks is something that...
Anyone that has gone through higher education at some larger public universities has probably encountered a professor or two that has written their own textbook. The problem that most people have with this is that they believe it could...
I've discussed on here before about the HUGE need for digital learning training programs that are catered to school administrations specifically. Current trends are suggesting that students of all ages are seeing the value in using eTex...
