Media Mention

Accredited Online Colleges on the Rise

Accredited Online Colleges.net

Dec 20, 2011

The Internet is revolutionizing higher education: accredited online colleges are growing in size, traditional colleges are adopting online programs, and all trends indicate that distance learning is not only here to stay, but that it will make an unp...

Read More

More in: Education

Presentation

The new education ecology

Nov 9, 2011Lee Rainie

Lee Rainie discusses Pew Internet's most recent findings about Americans use the internet and their mobile devices to learn, share, and create information.

Read More

More in: Education

Presentation

As learning goes mobile (slides and video)

Oct 20, 2011Lee Rainie

Lee Rainie spoke about “As learning goes mobile” at the Educause 2011 annual conference. He described the Project’s latest findings about how people (especially young adults) use mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet computers.

Read More

More in: Education, Mobile

Media Mention

Steal this report: College plagiarism up, says Pew report

Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com

Aug 30, 2011

You may know of it among your college friends, or if you're a parent, among your kids' friends: plagiarism is becoming as common as Wi-Fi connections at coffee shops.

The Pew Research Center, in conjunction with the Chronicle of Higher Education, ...

Read More

More in: Education

Report

The Digital Revolution and Higher Education

Aug 28, 2011Kim Parker, Amanda Lenhart, Kathleen Moore

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

Read More

More in: Education

Report

College students and technology

Jul 19, 2011Aaron Smith, Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr

By every key measurement, college students lead the way in tech and gadget use. But community college students do not use digital tools as much as four-year college students and graduate students.

Read More

More in: Mobile, Web 2.0, Education

Presentation

Grounding Digital Information Trends

Apr 7, 2011Kristen Purcell

Kristen Purcell's keynote address at the Museums and the Web annual conference, held April 6-10 in Philadelphia, PA.

Read More

More in: Education, Mobile, New Media Ecology, Web 2.0

Presentation

Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools | YALSA Pre-Conference

Jun 25, 2010Kristen Purcell

Kristen Purcell will be speaking at the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) ALA pre-conference in Washington DC, as part of a panel entitled “Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools.”

Read More

More in: Teens, Education, Web 2.0

Presentation

Networked Learners

Dec 2, 2009Lee Rainie

How technology has affected the way “digital natives” search for, gather and act on information.

Read More

More in: Education, Web 2.0, Teens, New Media Ecology

Presentation

The New Information Ecology

Nov 20, 2009Lee Rainie

Recent trends in Internet and mobile use and how information seekers come in different shapes and sizes.

Read More

More in: Teens, Education, Libraries, New Media Ecology