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Technology may be making us better people. Literally. According to University of Queensland's Phillip D. Long, technology, in particular social media, may have already begun to augment the innate capabilities of human beings in new and profound ways, "not as a crutch or a proxy, but as an actual integrating force," as he explains in this interview with Campus Technology. More
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Digital textbook reader startup Kno plans to release its collection to Facebook, allowing its campus customers to buy and read e-books through a social networking service where, according to researchers, they already spend a lot of time. MoreIn an effort to close a "real gap" in its social and collaborative technology offerings for students, Lehigh University in Pennsylvania has been piloting Mahara, an open source tool that links with its learning management system, Moodle. MoreInFocus has started shipping two new models in its 1100 series of portable DLP projectors, both weighing in at less than 3 pounds. MoreiParadigms has integrated Educational Testing Service's e-rater grammar checking tool with its online grading solution, GradeMark. MoreWright State University, with nearly 20,000 students between two campuses, has wrapped a year-long migration to a new learning management system (LMS). MoreA team of academic and corporate researchers has come to the conclusion that, when given a choice, humans aren't quite ready to replace face-to-face interaction with completely virtual contact. More
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