6 Technologies That Will Impact Higher Ed
Wearable gadgets, gamification, and learning analytics are three of six technologies that will have a major impact on strategic technology planning in higher education in the next five years, according to the latest NMC Horizon Report released by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative.
MoreedX, Harvard, MIT To Improve Educational Access for Boston Residents
edX and the city of Boston are teaming up to launch BostonX, a pilot project that joins the city with edX founding partners Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MoreGoogle Extends Android's Lead by 20 Points, but Not at Apple's Expense
Google further solidified the lead of its Android mobile operating system in the last quarter of 2012. Android's worldwide market share jumped nearly 20 points, while its chief rival, Apple's iOS, remained essentially flat. Both platforms saw significant increases in total units shipped.
MoreResearch: Traditional Outreach Still Has Impact in College Recruiting
Money talk and institutional reputation dominates student choice in deciding which colleges and universities would make a good fit for them.
MoreStanford U Solves Fluid Dynamics Problem with 1.5 Million-Core Supercomputer
Researchers in Stanford University's Center for Turbulence Research have used a supercomputer with more than 1.57 million processing cores to "solve a complex fluid dynamics problem--the prediction of noise generated by a supersonic jet engine," according to information released by Stanford's School of Engineering.
MorePrinceton University Opens New Energy Efficient HPC Research Center
Princeton University has opened its new High-Performance Computing Research Center on its Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, NJ.
MoreRennselaer Polytechnic Adds IBM's Watson to Research Team
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) became the first university in the world to obtain a version of IBM's Watson computing system Wednesday.
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