Please Welcome Our New Chief Technology Officer Patrick Jay Masson
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce a distinguished colleague who has recently accepted our offer to serve as UMassOnline’s next Chief Technology Officer and joins us on May 3rd. I have had the opportunity to follow Pat’s career and to observe his role as a facilitator and catalyst for organic and emergent […]
At IBM Online ‘Jam’ Session, College Students Voice Ideas for More Innovation
Thanks to an insightful piece here at Campus Technology, we learn that IBM has issued its findings from its so-called Smarter Planet University Jam which it held in April and which involved more than 1,500 students. The session, which also included faculty and business people, had a wide-ranging scope of issues, but in one […]
The Cost of Ignoring the New Digital Distribution Systems
An article that references a recent IBM study, all about changes in the media being driven by digital technology, offers some stats you may want to quote next time someone asks you why you learn or teach online. While the article and the IBM study are not about online learning, per se, you come away […]
Textbooks versus Technology: The Right Debate?
Here’s a Texas-sized story about an ongoing debate in the Lone Star state over textbooks and technology. It is a K-12 story but it is all about a major question we at UMassOnline face all the time: what is the best allocation of funds for technology; what is the right balance of new and traditional?
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