DRM and e-textbooks.

Something to consider for your e-Learning materials, if you are an independent producer of content.

Copy-protection gear sneaks into products (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Controversial copy-protection technology is quietly being added to e-books, CDs, DVDs and other products. This fall, students can buy electronic textbooks. Once students download a book, software permits them just one back-up copy - and causes the books to expire after a year or more. [Yahoo! News: Technology News]

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"Non-traditional" students driving online tutoring.

Online Tutoring Part of Growing Trend . When students in Leslie Chernila's English class at the Art Institute of Washington write an essay about the work of Garrison Keillor, she has them send it off to a critic halfway across the country before turning it in. The paper soon returns, complete with comments about structure and word choice. By Mark Chediak. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews]

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