Higher-Education Technology News

All news articles from the CT editorial team, in chronological order.


MIT Media lab To Help Design Contest Winners Develop Mobile Apps

Ten teams of middle and high school students have won a national mobile app design competition and will now work to refine their creations with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.

New Web Site Launched Offers Software and Systems Training

John Wiley and Sons and the American Graphics Institute have partnered to launch a new subscription Web site, digitalclassroom.com, designed to serve as an online education and training resource for learning about software apps, operating systems, Web design and development, and graphic design techniques.

Collegefeed Career Marketplace for Students and New Grads Launches Beta Program

Collegefeed, a new social site designed to connect students and recent graduates with employers, has begun its beta launch, which is open to students and new grads from the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley.

Cal State University, Northridge Adopts Cloud-Based Backup

California State University, Northridge, has switched its offsite data backup protection from a tape- and disk-based system to a cloud-based system.



Florida International University Selects Hosted Online Learning Platform for MOOCs

Florida International University has implemented an online learning platform to offer its own massive open online courses.

NYU-Poly Professors Awarded Grant To Research Methods of Improving Internet Traffic Speed

Two professors at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, H. Jonathan Chao and Kang Xi, have been awarded a two-year, $366,700 grant to support their research of Internet routing, load balancing, and resilience design.

North Carolina State U To Offer MOOC for School District Leaders

The Alliance for Excellent Education and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University have launched a massive open online course for educators called Digital Learning Transition, which is designed to help school district leaders develop a set of digital learning goals and strategies to meet the needs of their students.

NComputing Revs Desktop and Application Virtualization Platform

NComputing has updated its vSpace Desktop and Application Virtualization Platform with new versions of vSpace Server and vSpace Management Center and the introduction of two new support and subscription programs.

Moodle Gets Quick Fix to Server Access

Moodle HQ has released Moodle 2.4.3 one week after the release of version 2.4.2. The update addresses a regression that accidentally made its way into 2.4.2, preventing teachers from accessing server files in some circumstances.

Clemson University Looks for Increased Efficiency with New Workforce Management Tools

Clemson University has recently decided to implement additional workforce management tools in an effort to increase employee productivity, decrease costs, and minimize risks associated with compliance.