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READERS' CHOICE
Northwest Missouri State University's experiment with e-textbooks has yielded half a dozen lessons and some surprises. Kevin Green (above), a junior studying business management, enjoyed using an e-book in a marketing class but said he would rather use printed versions in his number-heavy accounting courses. (Photograph by Daniel Johnson)
A Calculating Web Site Could Ignite a New Campus 'Math War'
A new Web site called WolframAlpha not only solves complex math problems, but also can spell out the steps leading to those solutions. For professors, it reopens a debate that started back with the first handheld calculators. Audio: Adam Smith on What's Next for Google Book Search 6 Lessons a Campus Learned About E-Textbooks Tech Therapy: Help! My Boss Is an Idiot Online Educators Won't Have to Spy on Students, New Rules Say Blog Software Could Be a 'Blackboard Killer' STOW THAT FEDORA: A new federal rule says distance educators won't have to behave like private investigators, using expensive tactics to ensure that students are who they say they are. |
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