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video about e-learning and the need for change in the classroom.

"And, any use that is not a fair use, such as ripping the entire DVD, remains both a copyright infringement and a violation of the DMCA." Fair use and recommended amounts have not changed. The only thing that has is the ability to circumvent security protocols on a DVD.

Changes that are HERE for teachers and librarians.

Is there a difference in the way the brain takes in or absorbs information when it is presented electronically versus on paper? Does the reading experience change, from retention to comprehension, depending on the medium?

how does Twitter change the truth?

George Fox University story about a change in their laptop program, moving away from distributing mobile devices to building a better infrastructure

This is part of a Pew Research Center series of reports exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of the teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millennial Generation

See especially items 6-10

you know what hits me about this is that we need to consider lowering our sights on the technology that we promote campus wide to faculty and use the peer tutoring method to engage more faculty in the common easy to use technologies. Still work on the emerging tech with the tech savy and work more one-on-one with the biggest chunk of faculty using/exploring other technology. Did I just define 3 levels of engagment with faculty? hhmmmm

Khan Academy - hadn't heard of this before but I LOVE the way instructors are using this to "flip" the classroom.  Using these short videos to deliver the content (lecture) and using the class time to do the homework where students can receive the help they might need.