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When Florida's Daytona State College set out to implement an all-electronic textbook program two years ago, its goal was to drive down the cost of textbooks by 80 percent. The school is well on its way to achieving that goal, and along the way it made some discoveries about what it takes to make a successful transition to e-texts. MoreWhat's the future of the learning management system? What's its place in higher education environments of the 21st century? Will it even have a place in the coming years? More
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The University of Southern Mississippi will distribute Android-based tablets to outstanding students as part of a pilot program to determine the impact of the devices on academic achievement. MoreAcer has started shipping a sub-$1,000 DLP short-throw projector that can act as an interactive whiteboard and project images from 19.2 inches from the screen. MoreEd tech developer SoftChalk has released an update to its authoring suite for education, SoftChalk 7, and launched a premium version of its learning object repository, Connect Plus. MoreTechSmith has released a free digital whiteboard app, ScreenChomp, for the iPad. MoreWolfVision has rolled out a new portable HD visualizer with camera, lighting system, and controls built directly into the unit's arm. MoreInFocus has rolled out a new series of entry-level 3D-ready projectors with a total of six models, two of them selling for less than $400. More
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