{"id":1369,"date":"2013-08-25T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamediqbalp.wordpress.com\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2013-08-25T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T11:55:00","slug":"1369","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/08\/25\/1369\/","title":{"rendered":"At Lynn University, No Textbooks &#8212; All Students Get iPad Minis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"primaryCategory\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#fcfcfc;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;line-height:16px;\"><a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/technology\/\">Technology<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entryHeadline\" style=\"margin:0 0 10px;padding:5px 0 0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#fcfcfc;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.15em;float:left;width:560px;\">At Lynn University, No Textbooks &#8212; All Students Get iPad Minis<\/h1>\n<div class=\"byLine\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#fcfcfc;float:left;color:#999999;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;line-height:16px;\"><span class=\"bylineAuthor\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">By&nbsp;<a 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mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;display:inline;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"image left\" style=\"margin:0 10px 10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;float:left;width:560px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">\n<tr style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outlin<br \/>\ne:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;&#8221;><\/p>\n<td style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/ipad_mini_lynn.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/assets_c\/2013\/08\/ipad_mini_lynn-thumb-560x420.jpg\" alt=\"ipad_mini_lynn.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">\n<td class=\"credit\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:10px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:right;height:15px;color:#888888;font-weight:bold;line-height:13px;\">Photo by Mike Licht\/NotionsCapital.com via Flickr CC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Lynn University projects that about 600 students will start school there next week &#8212; the largest incoming class since 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">And every one of those kids will have iPad Minis, which they have to buy for $475.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">They will not use textbooks this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Lynn calls this move &#8220;one of the most extensive tablet-based learning efforts in all of American higher education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:#31639c;\" name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Lynn says the move saves students &#8220;hundreds of dollars&#8221; on books.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">The core curriculum will be provided on &#8220;e-readers enhanced with custom multimedia content,&#8221; and the machines will come with &#8220;at least 30 education, productivity, social and news-related iOS apps &#8212; some free and some paid for by the university.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2013\/01\/15\/lynn-university-require-all-new-students-buy-ipads\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Higher Education reported&nbsp;<\/a>that other universities have experimented with iPad use &#8212; mostly just in certain departments, not the whole school &#8212; but Lynn is different in that its custom curriculum is part of the package.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">As for worries that students will just play Candy Crush instead of taking notes for biology lab, faculty say that kids already do that with their phones &#8212; so the school is trying to take advantage of that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">There will be an&nbsp;<a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lynn.edu\/about-lynn\/news-and-events\/news\/lynn-university-launching-one-of-higher-education2019s-most-extensive-tablet-based-learning-programs\" target=\"_blank\">iPad distribution session on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Lynn has something of a reputation as a&nbsp;<a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Lynn%20University\" target=\"_blank\">school for rich white kids<\/a>&nbsp;who couldn&#8217;t get in other places (tuition is $32K a year, and there&#8217;s a 63 percent acceptance rate), but with FAU embarrassing itself left and right all year long, Lynn might just be the cool kid on the South Florida campus now. Students who go there&nbsp;<a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unigo.com\/lynn_university\/\" target=\"_blank\">seem to like it&nbsp;<\/a>all right, and in addition to the iPads, it&nbsp;<a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/debate2012.lynn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">hosted a presidential debate<\/a>&nbsp;last year. (Because hosting required the school to upgrade its wireless network, the school was well-positioned to launch the e-learning initiative.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">I dunno, Lynn&#8230; Do you<a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/2013\/08\/pi_kappa_alpha_frat_suspended.php\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;have any fraternities<\/a>? (<a style=\"margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:#31639c;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lynn.edu\/life-at-lynn\/things-to-do\/clubs-and-organizations\" target=\"_blank\">It does<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology At Lynn University, No Textbooks &#8212; All Students Get iPad Minis By&nbsp;Deirdra Funcheon&nbsp;Fri., Aug. 23 2013 at 7:01 AM 7 Comments Categories:&nbsp;Technology &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}