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Lessons from American university education

I sometimes "relax" by logging on to PalTalk, a system designed for real-time voice chat, finding rooms where I can debate important issues related to politics or economics. I'm not always successful, as it's surprising how often those forums descend into free-for-alls where individuals take turns at the mic throwing...

Tags: Education, University, Europe, American University, University Of South Dakota, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-06-11

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Would you replace your email system with a social network?

Would you replace your email system with a social network?I don't think soTrying to understand why a lecturer would want to use it. Also "Facebook" is proprietary, so I would want a system totally under the control of the University, rather than farmed out to a third-party.Students can sometimes say...

Tags: e-mail, Facebook, social networking, email system, network

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Ninety Percent of University's Students Adopt New Web-Based Communication Services

Based in Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State University SDSU is well-known for its friendly campus community. However, SDSU's in-house e-mail solution was unreliable and only 5 percent of students used it. The university began looking for a reliable, hosted, Web-based e-mail service that would be popular with students and...

Tags: Web, Student, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Online Communications

Case studies 2008-04-01

Two more proposals in underground lab contest

Teams from four states are engaged in an increasingly hot battle to win a $300 million federally funded underground science lab. Groups from Washington state and Minnesota submitted proposals, joining Colorado and South Dakota, to the National Science Foundation in bids to run the Deep Underground Science and Engineering...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Science, National Science Foundation, DUSEL, team

Blog posts 2007-01-16

South Dakota gives laptops to all

A few states - Maine, Virginia and now South Dakota - are experimenting with providing students with laptops. The latest project is South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds' $4 million plan to put computers on the laps of 5,000 students. But Argus Leader reporter Brenda Wade Schmidt takes a look at...

Tags: laptop computer

Blog posts 2006-03-30