Stuff I Found Online

A new campus has been added to the University of Minnesota system, but it’s not in any physical location — it’s found on the Internet. The University Digital Campus, unveiled at the end of November, was created to centralize all of the University’s online offerings, ranging from degree completion to fully-online bachelor’s degrees. The program will partner with all the University campuses to

The Texas A&M University System is making it easier for soldiers and their families who are not Texas residents to obtain a college degree. Dr. Michael McKinney, chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, joined Fort Hood III Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch and members of the Mission Military Task Force at a press conference at Club Hood to announce the university system’s plan to become

A leading commentator says that children these days should not be forced to memorise facts and figures that are readily available on the Internet, insisting that it would be a waste of time. Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling book Wikinomics and a champion of the “net generation”, instead suggests that kids be encouraged to think creatively so that they could learn to interpret and apply the

Even in this dark hour of economic uncertainty, the Detroit region and Michigan possess the potential for a dramatic rebirth as a center of emerging technologies…. Michigan institutions of higher learning have made it their mission to enable adult students to pursue better opportunities. Evening and weekend classes are commonplace, and online courses have opened up educational opportunities to

A new UN e-Learning initiative, launched in Berlin, will offer developing countries opportunities to draw upon a rich array of training and capacity-building resources. Sixteen UN agencies, meeting at a forum organized by UNEP during the 14th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training in Berlin, agreed to establish UNeLearn – a UN-wide network on technology supported