Episode 7 – Rough Start for the iPad




Higher Ed Review show

Summary: For the week of April 10th, 2010: iPads may be getting off to a rough start on some campuses. Princeton blocks some iPads from campus network. Reported in The Chronicle in the Wired Campus section on April 14, 2010. Blackboard and SunGard team up and make nice on April 8, 2010. http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Blackboard-Makes-Nice-With/22399/ Professor promotes his class on YouTube with a lot of success. From npr.org on April 15, 2010, TV's 'The Wire' Gets New Life In College Classrooms Capella University's Latest 'Inside Online Education' Podcast: These regular podcasts feature interviews with Capella students, faculty and staff who share the experience of online education from a first-person point of view. They are typically about 15 minutes long and are available at http://www.capellacommons.com. Virtual Campus Tour with Bill Gates The talks will also simulcast live on TechCrunch (UC Berkeley, 4/19) and Mashable (Harvard, 4/21). I’ll tweet more details about the live webcasts next week and will be active on Twitter The University of Washington is leading an expedition deeper into social media and web 2.0. Inside Higher Ed explores along with them on April 14, 2010. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/14/hosein From USAToday on April 15, 2010 LSU removes tough professor, raises students' grades