Educational technology startup Coursera has signed agreements with an additional 29 American and international academic institutions to provide free online courses.
Benedictine University at Mesa aims to improve student engagement and performance by moving away from traditional lecture-based instruction to a lecture-free learning environment.
Texas Instruments has released two new apps for iPad that bring the functionality of its TI-Nspire graphing calculators to iOS.
At the American Public University System, creating an online library course guide for every course the university offers (now numbering over 1,800) is just a first step. It's the application of metrics and data analysis for a higher level of quality assurance that will sustain the program into the future.
WizIQ has released an update to its virtual classroom plugin for the open source learning management system Moodle 2.4.
Eastern New Mexico University students—in particular non-traditional students and those living in rural areas—have a better way to take online courses, thanks to the school's new lecture capture tool.
Mississippi Virtual Community College will this summer begin offering its e-learning classes through a new cloud-based learning management system.
iPad programs are gathering steam in higher education, but there's a growing recognition that the key to success lies in building faculty support and adequate infrastructure first.
Trivantis has released a new version of its e-learning software, which includes a new interface, wizards, and tools.
Education software company Kno has debuted Advance, a new platform that can convert PDFs and other flat document files into interactive electronic textbooks at no cost.