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Institutions Partner with Pearson to Improve Management and Sharing of Digital Learning Content
Pearson — Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Educational institutions are partnering with Pearson and choosing the EQUELLA® digital repository to easily identify, manage and provide shared access to high quality course content that enhances the learning experience for students, improves outcomes and helps to support accreditation requirements. Read More »
OpenClass from Pearson Breaks Through to Learning at Scale
Pearson — Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Last year Pearson introduced OpenClass, a dynamic, scalable, fully cloud-based learning environment that stimulates social learning and enables the distribution of content at massive scale. OpenClass is available to faculty, students, and institutions at no cost, meaning zero hardware costs, licensing costs, or hosting costs. Read More »
Ellucian Previews New Mobile Solution
Ellucian — Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Ellucian is previewing a new mobile solution that demonstrates momentum toward delivering on its recently announced Ellucian Extensible Ecosystem vision. Ellucian Mobile evolves the company's previous mobile solutions into one that spans the three core administrative systems and unites the entire Ellucian customer community. Read More »
Unicon Announces New Services and Support for the Student Success Plan
Unicon, Inc. — Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider specializing in open source for the education market, today announced its new services and support for the Student Success Plan (SSP), a Jasig project. The open source SSP case management software supports a holistic coaching and counseling model which expedites proactive interventions for students in need. Read More »
Jenzabar Now Serving More Than 1,000 Campuses Worldwide
Jenzabar, Inc. — Monday, November 05, 2012
Jenzabar®, Inc., a leading provider of software, strategies and services for higher education, announced today that the company has hit a new milestone with over 1,000 higher education campuses now using Jenzabar. New clients include institutions of all sizes, community colleges, consortiums, continuing education-focused programs, and schools overseas. Read More »
Pearson Announces Project Blue Sky
Pearson — Monday, November 05, 2012
Pearson announced Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based, content service that provides instructors with easy access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson is partnering with Silicon Valley non-profit Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, and will leverage Gooru’s powerful search capabilities to build applications that seamlessly integrate high-quality learning resources on the web, including OER, with instructor-created and Pearson content Read More »
Turning Foundation Launches Community College Grant Program
Turning Foundation — Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The Turning Foundation, in collaboration with Turning Technologies, announced the Fall 2012 Community College Classroom Improvement Technology Grant. The goal of this effort is to help instructors develop 21st century classrooms and improve student outcomes by providing effective, engaging technology from an industry-leading company. Read More »
Colgate University Selects Ellucian
Ellucian — Saturday, October 20, 2012
Colgate University has selected Ellucian's Technology Management Services to help optimize its use of data and analytical tools for more efficient and informed decision making across the university. The move is an important part of Colgate's ongoing initiative to maximize the use of technology for operational efficiency and long-term financial health. Read More »
Cengage Learning To Provide Book Content Through edX
EdX — Wednesday, October 17, 2012
EdX, the not-for-profit online learning venture founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), today announced its collaboration with Cengage Learning, a leading educational content, software and services company, to provide licensed content to edX students at no cost. Read More »
Learning House Publishes Report on Developing Online Faculty
Learning House, Inc. — Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Online students are playing a significant role in higher education, with 13.5 percent of college students enrolled in a fully online degree program. But according to a new report, Best Practices in Online Faculty Development, teaching online poses different challenges than face-to-face instruction. Read More »
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