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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Students

Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees

June 5, 2012

Certificates have grown to become the second most common postsecondary award in the U. (over 1 million are awarded each year). This report looks at certificates in the context of rising colle…

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy

May 21, 2013

According to this May 2013 Pew Survey,  teens share more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-te…

Bigfoot, Goldilocks, and Moonshots: A Report from the Frontiers of Personalized Learning

April 1, 2013

The creativity of higher education innovators has produced three categories of solutions with the potential to break the "iron triangle" of cost, quality, and access.   …

Using Google+ to Enhance Student Learning, Engagement, and Communication

April 1, 2013

Key Takeaways The social media tool Google+ lets students participate in a protected online environment that facilitates communication and information sharing about development…

2012 CDS Executive Summary Report

January 24, 2013

This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…

A Study of Mobile Learning Trends at the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School

January 28, 2013

Key Takeaways To plan for future mobile learning two military educational schools conducted a study of current mobile device ownership and use by their students. Survey re…

Concentrating Class: Learning in the Age of Digital Distractions

December 10, 2012

Key Takeaways The "Are Machines Making Us Stupid? " course challenged students to explore technology's impact on their learning and their lives — and also tau…

Technology Enhancement Tools in an Undergraduate Biology Course

December 10, 2012

Key Takeaways This single-class study sought to evaluate technology-enhanced student engagement by comparing the experiences of students using only an e-textbook with the exper…

Dream On: An Acting Class Explores the Digital Landscape

December 10, 2012

Key Takeaways For the actor, today's digital technology provides career and business support while — thanks to the increasing use of digital acting counterparts such as …

How Teens Do Research in the Digital World

November 1, 2012

According to a survey of teachers, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, the inte…