South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum.

Preliminary results from a US military "digital tutor" project suggested the time needed to become an expert in information technology could be reduced from years to months, said the White House.

An unscrupulous government could relish the fact that everything a child learns is controllable through one, easily manipulated, digital portal.

Students long have complained about teachers with eyes on the backs of their heads. A New York University photography professor is going one further by implanting a camera in the back of his head.

The project is being commissioned by a new museum in Qatar. But the work, which would broadcast a live stream of images from the camera to museum visitors, is sparking a debate on campus over the competing values of creative expression and student privacy.

"Soon, cursive will only be used for your signature,"

The diminishing use of cursive handwriting often is used as a bellwether for the increased influence of technology in education and in society as a whole

A new study on the role of transformative technologies in Asian tertiary education reveals the critical technologies being prioritised by campus administrators – as well as why. Surprise findings demonstrate that conventional e-learning systems are being superseded by newer technologies aimed to deliver “pedagogical transformation”.

The Fedora Project announced the opening of the 2011 Fedora Scholarship program, an award that recognizes the contributions of college and University students toward the project

Recipients will receive $2,000 per year for each of the four years that they attend college or university.

the Free Technology Academy (FTA) and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) just announced this week that they've teamed up on an online Master's Program in Free Software and Free Standards

We already knew that the Kno, a tablet computer designed for college students, would be bigger and heavier than Apple’s iPad. It will also be pricier.

“When you do the math, it actually pays for itself and still saves $1,300 in digital textbook costs,” he said.

To be sure, the Kno is not just a fancy e-reader. It is also a platform that will allow students to take notes, manage projects and organize their college lives.

Microsoft's research into a "foot-based user interface" seemed somewhat novel in 2006, when I first wrote about the project. Now that the company has released its Kinect full-body motion control system for the Xbox 360, the idea of controlling a machine with your feet seems like only part of the picture.

Despite the fact that it seems outdated, or at least partial, the patent actually could be a notable win as the Redmond company expands the concept of motion-based interfaces beyond its video-game console into more general-purpose computing.

Facebook encourages us to create a social network including everyone we know

Much of these communications is increasingly channeled through one device: the smart phone

"We're building your true social network from all of your services on the phone, and your [social] graph grows with every new message,"

Google pulled all their ads on October 26th, due to TOS violations on the part of the wiki and forums — specifically "adult and mature content" on pages that carried Google Adsense ads. These ads provided far and away the majority of the site's operating budget.

Turn off anonymous editing in the wiki. This is so that we can tell Google, "See, we do have standards, and we can identify and take action against people who violate them." This has already been implemented.

Segregate "adult and mature content" behind some sort of barrier that you will have to explicitly agree to go through. This has been implemented

iTunes is not just a website used to download the latest pop song, it's also providing educators with free resources for professional development.

Schools will be able to offer educators free professional development resources that are produced primarily by districts and private education institutions throughout the state, O'Connell said.

Adams said the content will continue to grow as long as people continue to contribute information.

M State will be using EON Reality, Inc., software to commence its instructional program with a three dimensional interactive content.

EON Reality, Inc., provides interactive three dimensional software

It is critical in instructional content development to have the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) design the instructional component alongside a 3D developer who can then create and integrate the interactive digital content within a wide range of learning applications

even Nobel-winning economists procrastinate!

“each morning for over eight months I woke up and decided that the next morning would be the day to send the Stiglitz box.”

Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate

First the bad news: If you’re going to calculate the ROI of your social media campaign, you’re going to have to know math.

In fact, a recent survey by Econsultancy found that 47% of the companies it surveyed said they were “not able to measure” their campaigns and that “the jury is still out” on the value gained from their social media investment.

The most important formula in social media is your Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

THE GIST A mild electrical current improves a person's ability to learn math skills. The effect lasts up to six months. The technique could help students learn other skills besides math as well.

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Owen, 7, does not have the strength to maneuver a computer mouse, but when a nurse propped her boyfriend’s iPad within reach in June, he did something his mother had never seen before.

Over the years, Owen’s parents had tried several computerized communications contraptions to give him an escape from his disability, but the iPad was the first that worked on the first try.

ver the years, Owen’s parents had tried several computerized communications contraptions to give him an escape from his disability, but the iPad was the first that worked on the first try.

Innovation 101 is a unique and dynamic online education module that uses oral history interviews and assets of the Henry Ford's OnInnovation resource for active teaching and learning.

As the web and mobile continue to get more personalized, we’re seeing more and more services tailoring their offerings to individual users — Foursquare is no exception. Crowley discussed the possibility of a smarter algorithm that would make customized recommendations based on a user’s checkin history

The state of California is attempting this morning to defend a 2007 law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to anyone under 18

Ten minutes into the argument, Morazzini is barely visible beneath all the blood spatter. He's been assailed for the statute's vagueness, its overbreadth, and for the state's failure to show that playing violent video games is any more likely to engender violence in children

Earlier this month, Current TV announced its new tv series, Bar Karma, scheduled to debut in the first quarter of 2011. Created by game designer Will Wright, known for his popular video games including The Sims and SimCity,  Bar Karma’s production model promises to provide a high level of audience involvement with the show