eCampus News Digital - April 2012

Vol. 5, No. 4 Technology News for Today's Higher-Ed Leader April 2012
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http://subscriptions.eschoolmedia.com/ecn040512isu/ Top News TextYard takes on campus bookstores Company offers its source code to students for building their own low-cost textbook sites. Technologies Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad's rise Latest OS could spawn a new breed of hybrid machines: part tablet, part laptop. http://subscriptions.eschoolmedia.com/ecn040512isu/ Best Practices Campus websites becoming key recruitment and retention tools Features such as interactive maps, self-service portals help keep students in the fold. Funding Colleges seek cash for educational technology as budgets shrink Six innovative ways to fund lecture-capture systems and other technologies. Research Facebook pages for college classes? Students say yes, please College students have continually chosen Facebook as the best site for class collaboration, despite other choices.		http://subscriptions.eschoolmedia.com/ecn040512isu/ Speed puts community colleges front and center Job training programs are gaining traction as White House pushes for partnerships.
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eCampus News Digital - April 2012