http://www.ednetinsight.com en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Central by Imulus (http://imulus.com) info@ednetinsight.com http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/2014-ged-test-aligned-with-new-national-ccr-standards-for-adult-education.html GED Testing Service recently released The Climb to Alignment which shows the alignment between the 2014 GED test and specific standards that are most important to indicate college and career readiness. For example, the adult education CCR standards require adults to demonstrate basic computer skills, and the ability to build arguments based on evidence-the same kinds of skills that employers expect. ]]> Thursday, May 23, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/2014-ged-test-aligned-with-new-national-ccr-standards-for-adult-education.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/new-course-frameworks-offer-blueprints-for-teaching-with-oer.html Lumen Learning and Instructure broke new ground for open education today with the introduction of six open course frameworks that make teaching with open content easier and more effective than ever before. Now freely available for anyone to access through the Canvas platform, these frameworks serve as blueprints instructors can use for designing and teaching general education courses based exclusively on open educational resources (OER). ]]> Wednesday, May 22, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/new-course-frameworks-offer-blueprints-for-teaching-with-oer.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/unicon-updates-open-source-support-program.html Unicon, Inc. announced that it has updated its Open Source Support program to add more value and flexibility. The program is designed to cost-effectively support select enterprise open source projects, to assure the reliability of supported environments, and to drive the progress of the open source projects. ]]> Wednesday, May 22, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/unicon-updates-open-source-support-program.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/coursesmart-etextbooks-now-includes-online-and-offline-capabilities.html CourseSmart® announced CourseSmart eTextbooks, a significant upgrade to its dedicated mobile application specifically designed for the Android Operating System (AOS). In response to customer demand, CourseSmart's new Android app features both online and offline access to digital course materials, ensuring that students and faculty who rely on their Android mobile devices are never without the materials they need ]]> Monday, May 20, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/coursesmart-etextbooks-now-includes-online-and-offline-capabilities.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/pearson-sees-continued-growth-and-expansion-of-online-learning-programs.html More than 200 schools are working with Pearson to address the ongoing demand and desire for results-oriented online learning programs. Increasingly, students who need a flexible path to earning a degree are looking to online learning programs to access quality higher education. ]]> Monday, May 13, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/pearson-sees-continued-growth-and-expansion-of-online-learning-programs.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/jenzabar-introduces-new-elearning-platform.html Jenzabar, Inc. announced today the release of its new learning management system (LMS), Jenzabar eLearning. Representing a significant evolution of the company’s academic product line, Jenzabar eLearning is a collaborative platform that offers the most innovative tools at a low total cost of ownership. ]]> Saturday, May 11, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/jenzabar-introduces-new-elearning-platform.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/wiley-and-snapwiz-to-bring-adaptive-learning-technology-to-wileyplus.html John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Snapwiz, a Fremont CA based company that specializes in adaptive and personalized learning solutions, announce the launch of WileyPLUS with ORION, the initial offering to come out of a new partnership aimed at giving students highly personalized experiences that improve learning outcomes and go further to creating adaptive, collaborative, and interactive learning spaces than anything currently on the market. ]]> Saturday, May 11, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/wiley-and-snapwiz-to-bring-adaptive-learning-technology-to-wileyplus.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/coursera-partners-with-chegg-to-deliver-digital-content.html Chegg, the student hub, today announced a new strategic partnership with Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, to provide digital content such as eTextbooks and other supplemental tools to students taking Coursera courses online. This collaboration will provide students improved access to a more informative learning experience. ]]> Wednesday, May 08, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/coursera-partners-with-chegg-to-deliver-digital-content.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/st--petersburg-college-goes-live-with-student-success-plan.html Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider specializing in open source for the education market, announced the deployment of the open source Student Success Plan (SSP) at St. Petersburg College (SPC). SSP is a holistic intervention coaching and counseling model, with case management software. ]]> Monday, April 22, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/st--petersburg-college-goes-live-with-student-success-plan.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/adapt-courseware-releases-student-performance-tracking-metrics.html Adapt Courseware is introducing new student performance tracking features within its system, which provide a wealth of insights into student progress, performance, concept mastery, and academic achievement. The powerful metrics, dashboards, and reports, which the company will be showcasing at the AACC Annual Conference, provide instructors and administrators at colleges and universities with real-time access to detailed learning outcomes... ]]> Saturday, April 20, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/adapt-courseware-releases-student-performance-tracking-metrics.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/the-tambellini-group-s-sis-report.html Campus Management Corporation and Ellucian were the preferred student information systems (SIS) of choice among private for-profit institutions and public and private non-profit institutions respectively, according to a new research report, "2013 Student Information Systems: U.S. Higher Education Market Share, Trends and Leaders." ]]> Saturday, April 20, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/the-tambellini-group-s-sis-report.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/sophia-announces-five-online-courses.html SOPHIA Pathways for College Credit™ – a self-paced program that offers online courses for college credit at a significant savings over traditional college classes – today announced that the American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®) has evaluated and recommended college credit for five online courses. ]]> Wednesday, April 17, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/sophia-announces-five-online-courses.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/kaplan-university-to-participate-in-national-mooc-pilot-program.html Kaplan University has been selected to participate in a national pilot program that will examine the potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs), including how these courses could be integrated into traditional degree completion programs. Funded through an American Council on Education (ACE) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the pilot program will help determine how students succeed at higher education institutions after having received credit for a MOOC. ]]> Monday, April 15, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/kaplan-university-to-participate-in-national-mooc-pilot-program.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/ellucian-expands-new-integration-with-desire2learn-and-instructure.html EllucianTM is expanding its relationships with Desire2Learn and Instructure to provide higher education institutions with seamless, real-time integration between the valuable information in their Ellucian administrative systems and their choice of learning management systems. This agreement extends the current relationships to include a long-term, strategic commitment to all three Ellucian administrative systems by two of the fastest-growing LMS companies. ]]> Saturday, April 06, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/ellucian-expands-new-integration-with-desire2learn-and-instructure.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/announcing-ellucian-payment-center-by-touchnet.html Ellucian™ and TouchNet® today announced availability of a centralized payment system that will help institutions of higher education streamline their accounts receivable and payments processes. Campuses throughout the world will now be able to offer synchronized and secure payment processing through a new payment engine, the Ellucian Payment Center by TouchNet. ]]> Thursday, April 04, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/announcing-ellucian-payment-center-by-touchnet.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/ellucian--and-nsc-enable-cost-effective-electronic-transcript-processing-and-delivery.html Ellucian™ and the National Student Clearinghouse® announced a strategic alliance to enable real-time electronic authentication, production, and transfer of transcripts between the Clearinghouse and Ellucian’s administrative systems through the Ellucian eTranscripts interface. The alliance and solution are designed to reduce the workload of the registrar’s office and improve the service quality to students and alumni. ]]> Thursday, April 04, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/ellucian--and-nsc-enable-cost-effective-electronic-transcript-processing-and-delivery.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/ellucian--announces-next-generation-mobile-solution.html Ellucian™ announced general availability of its second-generation mobile solution with out-of-the-box integration to the company's three administrative solutions. The flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-implement solution provides faculty, prospects, students, staff, and other constituents with access to key campus information and services from their mobile devices. ]]> Wednesday, April 03, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/ellucian--announces-next-generation-mobile-solution.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/i-clicker-integrates-with-sapling-learning.html i>clicker released i>clicker and i>grader version 6.2.4. This latest version of the i>clicker software gives instructors the time-saving capability of exporting scores in a file specifically formatted for Sapling Learning, a leading provider of interactive homework and learning software for higher education and high school in the areas of science, economics and other STEM disciplines. ]]> Monday, April 01, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/i-clicker-integrates-with-sapling-learning.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/mcgraw-hill-learnsmart--now-available-for-use-with-any-course-content-.html McGraw-Hill Education launched a new version of the company's market-leading adaptive learning program, McGraw-Hill LearnSmart®, which enables students and professors to take advantage of LearnSmart's proven benefits regardless of whether the content used in the course was produced by McGraw-Hill Education. ]]> Thursday, March 28, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/mcgraw-hill-learnsmart--now-available-for-use-with-any-course-content-.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/intelecom-announces-nursing-video-on-demand-collection.html INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications®, in partnership with Insight Media, today announced a new video streaming collection. Nursing Video on Demand, the newest content collection on the INTELECOM Online Resources Network®, is designed to provide 24/7 access to fully captioned streaming media in support of nursing education. ]]> Tuesday, March 19, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/higher-ed-market-headlines/intelecom-announces-nursing-video-on-demand-collection.html