http://chronicle.com/section/Technology/30/ News :: Technology Wed, 23 May 2012 05:27:49 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131846/ http://chronicle.com/article/Building-a-Digital-Map-of/131846/ The project is meant to make the paper chase easier for researchers by showing which collections hold the documents they want.

]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131789/ http://chronicle.com/article/Hot-Type-Elsevier-Experiments/131789/ Working with an open-access advocate, the publisher has hammered out a deal with the University of British Columbia.

]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131755/ http://chronicle.com/article/Barnes-NobleMicrosoft/131755/ The new partnership is expected to "accelerate the adoption of e-reading in the college space," an official with the bookseller said.

]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131726/ http://chronicle.com/article/Social-Networks-for-Academics/131726/ "It's basically Facebook for nerds," says one participant, who likes the access to research papers. But some scholars, feeling communication overload, can't be bothered.

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131615/ http://chronicle.com/article/Debate-at-NY-Public-Library-/131615/ Critics say that the system doesn't work well in practice and that taking books out of the heart of the library sends the wrong message to users.

]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131609/ http://chronicle.com/article/Big-Screen-Research-Helps/131609/ High-resolution video walls let students and researchers show images in greater detail and collaborate on projects better.

]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131552/ http://chronicle.com/article/Portable-Education-Data-One/131552/ Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131551/ http://chronicle.com/article/Unlocking-Student-Data-Could/131551/ Start-up companies want to pry the information loose from campus servers in order to offer personalized services that could transform the student experience.

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131395/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-Makes-a-Top-Tier-Online/131395/ 2tor builds online degree programs for selective colleges, including top-quality videos.

]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131390/ http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Endlessly-E-Mail/131390/ Piazza works like an online study hall, allowing students to pose questions to their professors and to one another.

]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131397/ http://chronicle.com/article/Hot-Type-An-Open-Letter-to/131397/ Dear publishers: Are you nervous? Some of you should be.

]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131329/ http://chronicle.com/article/No-Financial-Aid-No-Problem/131329/ New Charter University sets the low tuition rate so that students shouldn't need to borrow, and they can take as many classes as they can finish in a semester.

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:55:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131300/ http://chronicle.com/article/Social-Media-Blasphemy-An/131300/ An application that allows Facebook users to "enemy" people is meant to make us think critically about social media, its creators say.

]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131229/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Boom-Time-for-Education/131229/ After years of avoiding the education sector, venture capitalists are scrambling to bet on the emerging market.

]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131109/ http://chronicle.com/article/Google-Begins-to-Scale-Back/131109/ The company has been quietly slowing down, according to librarians involved with the vast digitization project.

]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:56:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130840/ http://chronicle.com/article/Technology-Innovators-/130840/ Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:16:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130926/ http://chronicle.com/article/Rebooting-the-Academy-12-Tech/130926/ College leaders are trying new approaches to teaching and research with digital tools, and some of those approaches could be transformative.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130937/ http://chronicle.com/article/Technology-Director-Turns/130937/ Laura Czerniewicz responds to students' reality in South Africa.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130936/ http://chronicle.com/article/One-Researchers-Solution-to/130936/ François Grey wants to invite the public to help analyze data.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130917/ http://chronicle.com/article/Self-Described-EduPunk-Says/130917/ Jim Groom, an instructional technologist at the University of Mary Washington, points out the limits of learning-management software.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130933/ http://chronicle.com/article/Software-Evangelist-Wants-to/130933/ Adrian Sannier says his new product, OpenClass, can transform systems that run college-course sites.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130934/ http://chronicle.com/article/Treating-Higher-Eds-Cost/130934/ Candace Thille pitches team-built, online classes that serve many institutions.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130913/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Business-Professor-Turned/130913/ Bradley Wheeler says colleges should be more aggressive with providers and drive a hard bargain to trim costs.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130923/ http://chronicle.com/article/An-Outsider-Calls-for-a/130923/ Salman Khan wants to end the lecture as we know it.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130918/ http://chronicle.com/article/Entrepreneur-Finds-a-Way-to/130918/ Burck Smith, chief executive of StraighterLine, wants to unbundle the university.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130914/ http://chronicle.com/article/An-Academic-Hopes-to-Take-the/130914/ Kathleen Fitzpatrick envisions a scholarly world with blogs where ideas are openly shared and books are reviewed by peers.

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