eLearning/CMS
- Study: Online Degree Program Preferences
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4/5/2007
What are the most popular online programs in higher education? According to a report from education consulting firm Eduventures, most students enrolled in programs online are participating in bachelor's degree programs, followed by associate degrees.
- Classroom Recordings Augment Lectures at U of Alabama
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4/4/2007
Products that can record a classroom lecture and make it available after the fact sometimes raise concerns that class attendance will drop off as a result.
- Audio in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
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4/3/2007
As with any higher educational institution, the University of Advancing Technology seeks to engage students on a multitude of levels. In the Summer of 2006....
- U Michigan Unveils Master's Degree in 'Social Computing'
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4/3/2007
The University of Michigan's School of Information (SI) announced a graduate-degree specialization in "social computing" through a Master of Science in Information. The university said the program is the first in the country to focus on social computing, the term describing the wave of open technologies that enable masses of people to interact and exchange and sort information.
- Serving the Online Learner
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4/1/2007
Systems and services for recruiting, advising, and support of online students have seldom been at the top of the list when planning online and distance learning programs. That is now changing: Forces pushing advising and support services into the foreground include recognition of the student learner as “customer” and the increasing expectations and demands of government and business in our global information economy.
- UMassOnline Credits Record Enrollment with Program Offerings
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3/29/2007
UMassOnline yesterday announced record enrollment and revenues for fiscal 2007. UMassOnline is the online learning division of the University of Massachusetts. The organization said it credits the record enrollment with "the depth and breadth of our program offerings," according to David Gray, CEO.
- Invest Locally
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3/28/2007
Sakai, Kuali, uPortal, Moodle, and others are taking advantage of a better way to build software through open source communities....
- IBM, Universities Expand Accessibility Project
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3/27/2007
IBM is working with several universities to expand a repository of reusable learning materials that will make it easier for student developers to make software more accessible to people with disabilities. The repository will help change a culture in which the majority of faculty respondents do not teach accessibility in the classroom, IBM said.
- Stewardship of SCORM Moving to International Arena
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3/27/2007
The Defense Department is relinquishing the stewardship of SCORM, a collection of standards for e-learning interoperability, so that the initiative can more readily fulfill its purpose as an international e-learning standard.
- Lomonosov Moscow State University and Vemics Launch Russian Language Courses Online
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3/22/2007
Vemics, a provider of real-time learning technology, has launched its first project with newly acquired company e-Learning Desktop at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia. The company, e-Learning Desktop, will be offering an online Russian language curriculum scheduled to begin in September.
- National Instruments' NI LabVIEW Available for Engineering Education
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3/22/2007
National Instruments recently announced the availability of NI LabVIEW, a version of LabVIEW graphical programming environment for The Infinity Project. The LabVIEW program is designed to aid The Infinity Project in providing curricula for high school and early college engineering education.
- Elluminate Launches Free Web Conferencing Tool
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3/20/2007
E-learning technology provider Elluminate has rolled out the final release of its new, free Web conferencing system, vRoom. The company has also announced version 2.0 of its Blackboard Building Block extension for Elluminate Live!, a distance learning tool.
- U Manitoba Opens Learning Technologies Wiki
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3/20/2007
The Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba has created a wiki of "Net Technologies for Teaching and Learning."
- U Mary Washington Partners with KZO Networks for E-Learning
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3/15/2007
The University of Mary Washington (UMW) in Virginia has launched into an e-learning partnership with KZO Networks, a developer of interactive learning tools. UMW will deploy KZO's tools to enhance its e-learning capabilities with Flash-based presentations, both live and archived.
- Turnitin: Fighting Plagiarism and Saving Time at Fresno State
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3/14/2007
CSU Fresno has implemented Turnitin for combating plagiarism on campus. But one professor is using its modular features to save time with grading and record keeping as well.
- More Than Open Source: A Second Look at Sakai
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3/14/2007
Because it often gets the most press for being "open source" software, you may not know that Sakai has unique features--many not found in other course management systems.
- Research: Blended Versus Online Learning
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3/12/2007
A report released this week by Eduventures, Sloan Consortium, and Babson College, shows a slow but steady decline in the percentage of blended courses offered by colleges and universities, while purely online courses continue to grow. At the same time, the report found that colleges and universities have not been meeting consumer demand for online course offerings.
- Digication Rolls Out Integrated e-Portfolio Tool
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3/12/2007
Digication has released an update to its e-Portfolio tool, bringing integration with the company's eponymous online classroom suite. The newly revamped suite continues to be free for up to 1,000 users at accredited institutions in the United States.
- Offline Management of Online Courses at Ivy Tech
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3/7/2007
Ivy Tech is a large Indianapolis-based community college with 23 campuses across the state, along with some 100,000 students and 8,000 instructors.
- East Carolina U Supports Distance Learning with Saba
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3/7/2007
East Carolina University in Greenville, NC is implementing Saba-Centra Live from software provider Saba to support distance learning through the university's academic outreach program.
- Black Colleges Study Distance Learning Patterns
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3/6/2007
A recent survey by the Digital Learning Lab at Howard University shows that 40 of 103 historically black colleges and universities are offering distance courses this year, up from 29 a year ago.
- Second Life To Get 3D Voice
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3/1/2007
Second Life, the virtual world that's becoming increasingly popular in education, will soon add proximity-based 3D voice capabilities, according to developer Linden Lab.
- Angel Learning Previews Angel LMS 7.2
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3/1/2007
Education software developer Angel Learning has announced a new version of its learning management system, Angel LMS 7.2.
- First Look: Desire2Learn Essentials
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3/1/2007
This week Desire2Learn introduced a new course management/ learning management system targeted toward smaller institutions.
- VoIP for Synchronous Learning
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3/1/2007
The challenge facing every university that supports an online curriculum is creating engaging materials that make online courses more than glorified textbooks.
