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Cyberscope.(personal digital assistants in education)
Pocket-Size Education
Imagine a day when students can interact with holographic professors who pop up out of handheld devices. That's a long way from today's personal digital assistants, with four-inch screens that have a hard enough time making text readable. Nonetheless, U.S. colleges are beginning to experiment with courses that can be taken entirely on PDAs.
While some critics may liken online education to "fast food" learning, more than 1.4 million people now get at least part of their education on the Internet. According to InterEd, a company that advises universities on new educational technology, 75 percent of all colleges and universities now offer some type of online course.
But why on PDAs, which lag behind the efficiency and cost effectiveness of textbooks? Proponents argue that more ...
- Write on!(personal digital assistants and young children)
- Magazine article from: Instructor (1990) Lang, Moira May 1, 1999 700+ words
Even your most reluctant young writers will feel empowered by personal digital assistants I first learned about PDAs (personal digital assistants) almost two years ago, when I was part of a group of teachers piloting a writing...
- HIPAA & Handhelds: personal digital assistants (PDAs) are the coming thing, but...
- Magazine article from: Nursing Homes Jacob, Dan January 1, 2003 700+ words
...HIPAA will impact new technologies, including personal digital assistants,(PDAs, i.e., handheld devices such as...in facilities to record patient information. Personal digital assistants offer enormous convenience and flexibility to...
- Tender Notice: Madhya Pradesh Police Seeks Personal Digital Assistants,...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 14, 2009 700+ words
...Police said it had a requirement for the supply of personal digital assistants, electronic batons, dragon light torches and...description: "Tenders are invited for Supply of : 1) Personal Digital Assistant (P.D.A.) With GPS 2) Anti...
- 724 Solutions Selects Neomar to Help Speed Up Delivery of WAP-based Wireless...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 12, 2000 700+ words
...based services for personal digital assistants (PDAs), today announced...PocketPC devices. "Personal digital assistants are a convenient choice...digital mobile phones, personal digital assistants, two-way pagers and...
- HARDWARE HARDSHIPS.(protecting data on laptop computers and personal digital...
- Magazine article from: Entrepreneur ELLIOTT, CHRISTOPHER April 1, 2000 700+ words
...to worry about. New personal digital assistants are getting so small...and heavy as bricks. Personal digital assistants were more cumbersome...on another computer. Personal Digital Assistants may be "synced" to...
- Working Without Wires.(the effect of cell phones and personal digital...
- Magazine article from: CMA Management McDougall, Diane July 1, 2000 700+ words
With personal digital assistants and cellular phones, you...comes to cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), the options can...million subscribers here. Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are incredibly convenient...
- NPD Intelect Predicts Retail Sales of Personal Digital Assistants Will More...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 24, 2000 700+ words
...Market Tracking, sales of personal digital assistants (PDAs) through retail...According to NPD INTELECT, the personal digital assistant category finished...Total dollar sales of personal digital assistants reached $436.5 million...
- Pocket PCs.(personal digital assistants)(Product Announcement)
- Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics Fenton, Brian C. May 1, 1997 700+ words
The newest crop of personal digital assistants put more power in your pocket than ever before...machines are nothing like the first-generation personal digital assistants (PDAs). Old, established platforms continue...
