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GoingOn Announces First Community Platform for Education at EDUCAUSE 2009
GoingOn — Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The GoingOn Community Platform integrates the latest social networking, collaboration and publishing technologies to enable schools to create vibrant online communities and transform silos of information into an open social knowledge network. Read More »
“Academic and Work-Readiness” Certification from ETS and Certiport Better Prepares Students for Employment
Educational Testing Service — Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The iCritical Thinking assessment features real-time, scenario-based tasks designed to measure a student’s ability to navigate, critically evaluate, and analyze the wealth of information available through digital technology. The certification provides portable, verifiable credentials that prepare students for academic and career advancement. Read More »
Turning Technologies Joins Forces with Respected Professors To Support Effective Classroom Use of Student Response Systems
Turning Technologies, LLC — Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Turning Technologies, LLC, a leader in the student response industry, today at EDUCAUSE unveiled their Distinguished Educator Program designed to assist higher education professionals and institutions effectively implement student response and proven pedagogical strategies. Read More »
Three Institutions of Higher Education Choose Jenzabar’s Retention Management Solution
Jenzabar, Inc., — Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Three higher education institutions have chosen Jenzabar’s Retention Management Solution (Jenzabar RMS). Dominican University, Edgewood College, and Flagler College plan to utilize Jenzabar RMS to identify at-risk students and increase retention rates. Read More »
Pearson Launches a Bold New Approach to Online Learning
Pearson — Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Pearson LearningStudio combines the power of two existing platforms serving over nine million students worldwide--Pearson eCollege and Fronter--allowing institutions to create a flexible learning environment that best aligns with their academic mission and goals. Read More »
Wimba Collaboration Suite™ 6.0 Now Available for Moodle
Wimba Inc. — Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The robust integration between the Wimba Collaboration Suite 6.0 and Moodle ensures a seamless user experience. Using a single sign-on, students and faculty can access the Wimba Collaboration Suite 6.0 the same way they would any other tool in Moodle... Read More »
Dell and SunGard Higher Education Expand Relationship To Help Improve Interoperability and Lower Total Cost of Ownership for Academic Institutions Worldwide
Dell and SunGard Higher Education — Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The expanded relationship supports SunGard’s new Open Digital Campus strategy and gives campuses and universities wider access to open, scalable products to build out their solutions, based on Dell PowerEdge servers and Intel Xeon Processors. Read More »
New CDW-G Survey: 21st-century Campus Defined by Access
CDW Government, Inc. — Monday, November 02, 2009
CDW Government, Inc. announced the results of its annual 21st-Century Campus Report, which examines the current and future role of technology in higher education. CDW-G surveyed more than 1,000 students, faculty and IT staff members to understand how technology is shaping American campuses and the educational experience. Read More »
Jenzabar Releases New Version of Continuing Education Software
Jenzabar, Inc. — Monday, November 02, 2009
Jenzabar®, Inc. announced a new version of Jenzabar's Non-Traditional System, a flexible software solution developed to manage the multifaceted needs of continuing education, certificate, and workforce development programs. Read More »
Blackboard, Northwestern University Partner on Google Apps Integration
Blackboard Inc. — Monday, November 02, 2009
Blackboard Inc. and Northwestern University have partnered on an integration to make Google Apps(TM) Education Edition available to students within the Blackboard Learn(TM) platform with a single sign on. Read More »
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