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  Trinity College, Melbourne, releases iPad usage report

  2941 readersHere are the key findings and recommendations from the report.  You can find the full report here. KEY FINDINGS:Pilot project staff and August Entry students overwhelmingly recommend iPads for use byother TCFS staff and students: 76.2% of staff and 80% of studentsiPads are effective, durable, reliable and achieve their educational aims of going further, fasterand

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  Community College Students are Less Likely to Have an eReader

  1543 readersThe Pew Research Center released a report last week that showed students who attend a community college are less likely to have an eBook reader than students at traditional universities. The report was based on the collated results of 4 surveys conducted in 2010, with a total of nearly 10 thousand college students polled. CC students

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  University of Kentucky To Adopt iPad Curriculum

  3533 readersThe University of Kentucky’s Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce is working with Apple to run an 18-month trial in which students, faculty and staff will all use iPads to complete course work. The department will use iPads fo...

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  Buena Vista University to go with the iPad

  2749 readersAccording to Campus Technology, Buena Vista University conducted a pilot program with the iPad and liked it enough so that every one of the 1,100 students at the university will receive an iPad 2 along with a laptop. The institution said that the pilot, begun this spring, has affirmed the iPad’s usefulness in the students’

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  E-Textbook Use Down Among College Students

  1895 readers By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Fewer college students bought and used e-textbooks in the 2011 academic year than in the year prior, according to a new report. While about 6% of the textbooks students bought for courses in the 2010 academic year were digital books, only 3% were digital in 2011, according to

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  Expense of iPads could make Apple’s tablet-based learning future problematic for high schoolers

  1264 readersOn TechCrunch, MG Siegler looks at the new education programs launched by Apple and what they really mean for high schoolers. In Siegler’s opinion, not much. While they might give college students incentive to get iPads, he finds it doubtful that most high school students will be able to get their own, in keeping with

• Schools Forcing Students to Buy E-Textbooks Despite Increased Costs

  550 readers According to a report in USA Today, some universities are forcing their students to buy e-textbooks despite that they cost more in some cases. For instance, an organic chemistry e-textbook costs $100 when the print version only costs $15, according to the report. Universities are pressing ahead, citing cost and efficiency: Indiana University was the first college to

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  Students Still Not Taking to E-Textbooks, New Data Show

  149 readers Despite the benefits of lower costs, lighter backpacks, added features and convenience, students just aren’t taking to e-textbooks, a new study shows. About 6% of students are using a “core digital textbook” as their main course material, according to a new study from the Book Industry Study Group, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of four-year

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  Pearson Signs New Deal With Private Canadian School Network

  1547 readersThe Eminata Group announced Tuesday that it had inked a deal for Pearson Education to provide a complete iPad based digital textbook solution. Beginninng this fall, students at 3 Eminata Group campuses, CDI College, Vancouver Career College and Reeves College, will be able to get all of their course content via Pearson’s iPad app.These 3 campuses

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  Private School in Massachusetts Issues iPads to its 6th Grade Students

  2197 readersThe Cambridge Friends School in Massachusetts has given iPads to both its 6th grade teachers and each of its sixth-grade students. This is an expansion of the pilot program that the teachers, Sandra Rojas and Brooke Chandler, had been running since February. Students are assigned an iPad solely for use in the classroom, and the iPads