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    Overview

    As online college courses have become increasingly prevalent, the general public and college presidents offer different assessments of their educational value. Just three-in-ten American adults (29%) say a course taken online provides an equal educational value to one taken in a classroom. By contrast, fully half of college presidents (51%) say online courses provide the […]

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    II. Educational Hardware and Content

    In addition to expanding access to educational opportunities through online learning, digital technology shows promise in revolutionizing other aspects of education. College texts are big business, with the higher education market estimated at more than $8 billion annually.[6. numoffset=”6″ Source: “Total market size based on Eduventures Textbook Market Study and the National Association of College […]

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    Occupy Wall Street Protests Inspire Digital Defense

    A pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis set off a viral video on YouTube and critical commentary on blogs. In addition, conservative commentator David Frum received rare kudos from liberal bloggers.

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    The local topics people follow and the information sources they use

    The local news and information environment is changing in ways that most people believe makes it easier for them to get the specific information they want about their communities. More than half of Americans (55%) say it is easier today to get the local information they want than it was five years ago. Just 12% […]

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    Part 2: The local topics people follow and the information sources they use

    Overview The local news and information environment is changing in ways that most people believe makes it easier for them to get the specific information they want about their communities. More than half of Americans (55%) say it is easier today to get the local information they want than it was five years ago. Just […]

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    Quotes, Tributes and Puns About the Steve Jobs Resignation Fill Twitter

    The resignation of the admired businessman and inventor dominated Twitter for the week, far outpacing a pair of natural disasters on the East Coast. On YouTube an international basketball brawl drew significant attention while bloggers were stunned at the size of our national debt.

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    The Digital Revolution and Higher Education

    As online college courses are becoming more prevalent, the public is skeptical about their educational value. According to a recent Pew Research survey, only 29% of Americans say online classes are equal in value to classes taken in person.

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    The Digital Revolution and Higher Education

    As online college courses have become increasingly prevalent, the general public and college presidents offer different assessments of their educational value.

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    Tablet News Users Have Strong News Habits on their Devices

    The survey also looked more closely at the habits of those users who get news on their tablets at least weekly (77% of all tablet users). The findings may offer some encouragement to the news industry. For many, the tablet has meant more time spent with news, new sources for news and a better overall […]