On Instructional Technology and Face-to-Face Interaction

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Princeton faculty approves grade-rationing plan

Under the guidelines, which go into effect in the fall for Princeton’s 4,600 undergraduates, faculty are expected to restrict the number of A’s to 35 percent in undergraduate courses; for junior and senior independent work, the percentage receiving A’s will be capped at 55 percent. —Princeton faculty approves grade-rationing plan (CBS/AP) Similar:Turnitin's slick new iPad app…

Primetime Cheating

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More Blog. Less Talk.

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Whatever happened to Dungeons and Dragons?

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Montfort on Narratology vs. Ludology

Colorado-based independent scholar Marie-Laure Ryan, author of Narrative as Virtual Reality and editor, most recently, of Narrative across Media: The Languages of Storytelling, who has offered comments here at GTxA, spoke about the ludology vs. narratology debate, admitting that she was preaching to the converted, not to the heathens… She took on the anti-narrativst arguments…

The PageRank 100 Incident

PageRank 100. Apparently, his little blog achieved a PageRank of 100. And after a coffee, Josh realized what this must mean. He called up one of his friends, a search engine affiniciado who took computer class. Matt arrived quickly, because he too never saw anything like this, and equally quickly Matt checked the rankings for…

Physics Goes to Hollywood

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Articles on the Cherry Sisters

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Outsourcing didn't pay off for Conseco

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