News Update :: Tuesday, September 12, 2006

News

Most Wired Class Returns to Campus for 'Mob-learning'

A survey of the media habits of college students now returning to campus puts numbers to what’s readily apparent to anyone within a stone’s throw of a college campus...

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Yale Management School Debuts Integrative MBA Curriculum

Yale School of Management opened its academic term by introducing a MBA curriculum that replaces traditional courses in finance and marketing with multidisciplinary courses that provide management education in what school leaders called “a richer, more relevant context.”...

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Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, to Develop Tech for Elderly, Disabled

Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh received $15 million from the National Science Foundation to develop robotics and computer science technologies to help the elderly and disabled live more independently, the Associated Press reported...

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Georgia Tech Device Would Block Unwanted Photography

Georgia Tech researchers have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera functions in a given area...

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U. Texas at Austin Ranked First in Top U.S. Gaming Colleges

The Global Gaming League, a video game tournament organizer, has named the Top 10 Gaming Colleges...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Perot in $200M Deal to Overhaul Fed Student Aid Delivery

The U.S. Department of Education awarded Perot Systems two information technology contracts with a combined value of more than $200 million to outsource data center operations and re-engineer management under the office of Federal Student Aid...

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C.U.N.Y. Making Student Info Available Via Cell Phone

City University of New York’s Baruch College has launched a service that allows students to access...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2006 Conference on Educational Technology
in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 22-25, 2006

Events Calendar

Featured

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    3 Ed Tech Shifts that Will Define 2026

    The digital learning landscape is entering a new phase defined by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, rising expectations for the student experience, and increasing pressure to demonstrate quality and accountability in online education.

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    Anthropic Criticizes OpenAI Ad Strategy

    Anthropic recently launched a multi-million dollar Super Bowl advertising campaign criticizing OpenAI's decision to start showing ads within ChatGPT.

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    Tech Outlook 2026: What Higher Ed Tech Leaders Expect this Year

    We asked higher education technology leaders for their predictions on how the tech landscape will change for colleges and universities in the coming year. Here's what they told us.

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    Open Source: Advancing Our Digital Commons

    IT leaders are recognizing the benefits of a return to open strategies. CT asked Jack Suess, VP of IT and CIO at UMBC, for his views on returning to the digital commons of open source.