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Educational affordances of the iPad

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For a very quick and preliminary review of possible educational uses or affordances of the Apple iPad, see Elliott Masie's 10 minute video at:...

More studies on the Kindle as a learning tool

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Kolowich, S. (2010) Highlighting e-Readers Inside Higher Education, February 23 Reports are now in from three universities with student feedback on the use of the...

Five reasons why the iPad won’t change higher education

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Slattery, B. (2010) Five reasons why the iPad won't change higher education PC News, February 3 As a dedicated Mac user, in fairness I am...

Review of e-learning possibilities and limitations of Apple’s iPad

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Brandon, B. (2010) Apple's iPad: what does it offer for e-learning? Learning Solutions Magazine January 27 I was wondering how to comment on the iPad...

The Horizon 2010 report on emerging technologies for education

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Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). The 2010 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium The New Media Consortium's annual...

Electronic textbooks to be compulsory in California

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Moore, J. (2010) State law requires digital college textbooks by 2020 VCStar.com, January 11 The article states: Companies that sell textbooks to California universities must offer...

New edition of the Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

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The TOJDE is always an interesting compilation of papers by researchers mainly from outside the Western Anglo-Saxon culture. Volume: 11 Number: 1 can be...

Great expectations for e-learning in 2010

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In the Globe and Mail on December 19, Leah McLaren wrote: 'We are living in an Era of Perpetual Advice - and almost none of...

Are e-books at the tipping point?

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Johnson, T. (2009) Electronic text books set to take over? University Affairs, December 7 An interesting article that explores the pros and cons of e-books,...

Pros and cons of e-books vs analog books

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Lee, H. (2009) Kindle yet to woo university users The Daily Princetonian, Sept 28 A report by the university newspaper of Princeton University's very early...