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Analytics in Higher Education: Benefits, Barriers, Progress, and Recommendations The objectives of this research were to assess the current state of analytics in higher education, outline the challenges and barriers to using analytics, and develop a maturity index to provide a common means of assessing progress in analytics.

"Author Nancy Foasberg, looks into the use of E-Readers on a college campus. This article was published in the September 2011 issue of Information Technology and Libraries. To learn whether e-book readers have become widely popular among college students, this study surveys students at one large, urban, four-year public college. The survey asked whether the students owned e-book readers and if so, how often they used them and for what purposes. Thus far, uptake is slow; a very small proportion of students use e-readers. These students use them primarily for leisure reading and continue to rely on print for much of their reading. Students reported that price is the greatest barrier to e-reader adoption and had little interest in borrowing e-reader compatible e-books from the library. "

easily start a video chat, audio chat and screensharing all without signup or login. Tested with 3 people and worked great. really low barrier solution for students.

Wow - this goes against all we learned about Plain language / easy-to-read fonts etc. Good food for thought. Not sure if my experience agrees - but it sure makes me re-think.