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Pearson's MyEducationLab Equips Teachers-in-Training for Successful Careers
Pearson — Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Preparing education leaders is the foundation for Pearson's MyEducationLab -- a powerful new online program for pre-service teachers. MyEducationLab offers students powerful insight into how real-world classrooms work, plus a rich array of tools that will support them on the journey from college training to the classroom. Read More »
U.S. Colleges and Universities Partner with Bookshare To Expand Collection of Accessible Textbooks for Students with Print Disabilities
Bookshare — Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Bookshare announces partnerships with eleven U.S. universities and colleges today. The University Partnership Program will significantly increase the availability of accessible materials and textbooks on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. post-secondary students who have disabilities that keeps them from reading printed books. Read More »
Lone Star College System Adopts the ANGEL Learning Management Suite
ANGEL Learning, Inc. — Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Lone Star College System (LSCS) in Texas, one of the largest community college systems in the country, is adopting the ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS). LSCS will implement the ANGEL LMS through LSCS’ online learning division for support of web-enhanced courses and hybrid instruction and to power online learning Read More »
CDW-G Offers Virtualization Assessmentsl Free Online Tool Helps Institutions Understand the Benefits of Virtualization Technology
CDW Government, Inc. — Monday, April 27, 2009
CDW Government, Inc. (CDW-G) today announced new (and free) server virtualization assessment services designed to empower information technology (IT) departments at qualifying organizations with the facility-specific knowledge about the virtualization opportunity. Read More »
ShareCourseware.org - Free Lecture Notes and Course Notes Sharing Site Launched
Sharecourseware.org — Monday, April 27, 2009
Sharecourseware.org provides students, educators and researchers free lecture notes and course notes. The site is one of the largest depositories of university level course materials on the internet. It includes thousands of courses collected from various open courseware sources. Read More »
North Shore Community College Focuses on Teaching and Learning with ANGEL Adoption
ANGEL Learning — Thursday, April 23, 2009
North Shore Community College has adopted the ANGEL Learning Management Suite to support its online, blended, and classroom teaching. The college’s search for an LMS focused on choosing a system that provided a high quality teaching and learning experience and a company committed to service excellence Read More »
CQ Press and Soomo Publishing Release Integrated Online Text That’s Priced Right
SAGE — Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The College Publishing Group of CQ Press announced a partnership with Soomo Publishing. This partnership between two independent publishers will provide instructors and students in American Government courses with a low cost instructional package jam-packed with top-notch content and engaging new media. Read More »
Carnegie Mellon University Moves to Paperless Admission: Lean and Green
FolderWave, Inc. — Monday, April 20, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University has significantly enhanced its admission processes by implementing FolderWave's 'software as a service' (SaaS) infrastructure and Undergraduate Admission Module. Read More »
Community Colleges Turn to Oracle To Meet Increasing Constituent Demands while Reducing Costs
Oracle — Monday, April 20, 2009
More than 350 community colleges of all sizes use Oracle® applications to meet the ever-changing needs of their communities. Oracle is dedicated to providing community colleges with the reliable, flexible, affordable solutions they need to overcome many challenges... Read More »
Texas A&M University Deploys Advanced Communications from Verizon Business
Verizon Communications — Monday, April 20, 2009
Texas A&M University faculty, students and administrators will benefit from the reliability and flexibility of advanced communications services provided by Verizon Business. Under a three-year, $20 million renewal of its master services agreement, Verizon Business will provide traditional voice and data network services, cabling, and managed services. Read More »
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