Collaboration & Web 2.0


Ellucian Releases Colleague Intelligent Learning Platform for Blackboard Learn

Ellucian has released the latest version of its integration solution, Colleague Intelligent Learning Platform, which enables educational institutions to manage information from Colleague by Ellucian and their learning management system (LMS).

California University Deploys Open-Source LMS

A California university has implemented a new open-source learning management system after completing a review of the campus' needs.

Putting Pinterest to the Test

Two universities have found image sharing site Pinterest useful in very different ways—one in documenting a political convention, the other in sharing objects from its library archives. Both have succeeded in engaging students. See how.

Opening Up Learning Analytics for the Community College

The Open Academic Analytics Initiative, an NGLC grant recipient, is seeking to engender an ecosystem for learning analytics based on open source technologies. Its research includes scaling factors for learner analytics, the portability of predictive models among different types of academic institutions, and intervention strategies that leverage Open Educational Resources. Marist College, the lead institution on the grant, has partnered with two community colleges and two HBCUs to accomplish OAAI goals.

Graduate Institution to Offer Classes Through Facebook

Students at Saybrook University will soon be able to take classes through Facebook.



Strong Acids and Shakespeare Sonnets: Making Mobile Apps for Liberal Arts

Unimpressed by the digital textbooks their students are using more and more, these two profs have set out to augment learning with small but potent mobile apps.

Bridging the Gap Between Classroom Learning and Career Skills

An innovative sandbox at Bentley University encourages students to explore careers and other opportunities utilizing today's collaborative technologies.

City University of New York Adopts New LMS To Expand Online Learning

In an effort to grow its online learning program, a New York university will deploy a new learning management system across its 24 colleges and institutions, including its growing continuing education program.

Coker College Adopts New LMS To Improve Retention

South Carolina's Coker College has selected a new learning management system as part of an effort to improve enrollment and retention.

5 Business Schools Adopt New LMS

Five business schools have recently gone public with their decision to implement the same new learning management system because it complements the schools' emphasis on educational innovation.