eLearning/CMS
- Snapshot: Academic Computing Software To Hit $419 Mil. by 2010
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10/15/2007
Spurred by growth in collaboration and communications technologies, the academic computing market is forecast to hit $419 million by 2010, according to a forecast from education consultancy Eduventures.
- Wikis for Education: Angel Contributes Custom Code to Open Source Community
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10/12/2007
Angel Learning has contributed more of its source code to the open source community. The company this week made its TiddlyWiki customization technology freely available for development for educational purposes through Eduforge.
- Hitachi Whiteboard Adds Multi-Touch Interactivity
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10/11/2007
Hitachi Software Engineering America has debuted its new StarBoard FX 77 Duo, an interactive whiteboard that supports multiple simultaneous input. Targeted toward the education and presentation market, the whiteboard uses Hitachi Soft's StarBoard software to allow multiple users to interact with the device at the same time and to allow for gestural control of presentation materials.
- Moodle Primer Part 2: Administering a Course
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10/10/2007
Regulation drives a surge in innovative solutions for stormwater treatment. As fun as creating a course in Moodle is (the subject of part 1 of this two-part series), eventually it will go live, and the real excitement can begin as administration kicks in. The first thing you will come to realize is that while you believed you had thought through every single thing, you missed about half.
- British Universities Collaborate on Bio Sciences
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10/10/2007
Earlier this year, three universities in the U.K. formed an alliance for collaborating on biological and biomedical sciences called the South West London Academic Network. Now the collaborative alliance is deploying technologies to deliver a series of courses that share resources between the three participating universities.
- Digital Repositories: A Global Work Effort
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10/10/2007
Stanford University librarian Michael Keller will join other leading digital archiving experts November 14-16 in Paris for the inaugural meeting of the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, a group dedicated to working on the unique problems of storage and data management, workflow, and architecture for very large digital repositories. The Sun PASIG brings together a large group of organizations for an ongoing global discussion of their research and sharing of best practices for preservation and archiving. Here, CT asks Keller for his perspectives on the effort and the goals of the Sun PASIG.
- Seton Hall Embraces Assessment with Technology: A Case Study
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10/10/2007
It was more than two years ago that Blackboard Inc. approached Seton Hall University to join its product development partner program to work on the Blackboard Outcomes System. Now, technology leaders at the university expect that in the coming year the system will be in use across the campus for reporting and learning outcomes.
- Webinar: Classroom Capture and Academic Outcomes
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10/9/2007
Campus Technology will host a live Webinar Oct. 16 on the topic of classroom capture and its impact on enrollment and academic outcomes. The Webinar will present a case study on the University of Alabama, which has increased enrollment 30 percent over the last three years while also improving student retention and outcomes.
- Tegrity Provides Free Classroom Capture Trials
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10/4/2007
Education technology developer Tegrity has launched a new program for its flagship classroom recording system, Campus 2.0: free, semester-long trials for higher education institutions.
- Moodle Primer Part 1: Creating a Class
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10/3/2007
In a recent article, I mentioned my newfound affection for the open-source course management system Moodle. It's a great CMS, but there's not a lot of current information available on it. So, in this two-part tutorial, we'll walk through the use of it, starting in Part 1 with the creation of a class and setting up the resources needed for it.
- Wildform Debuts Hosted E-Learning Service
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10/3/2007
Wildform, a developer of multimedia tools primarily for online presentations, has unveiled a new hosted service for educators called Wildform Online. The service is designed to provide educators with tools that help them track how users interact with their learning materials and tests.
- INTEC Adopts Jenzabar ERP Suite
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10/2/2007
Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic is deploying an ERP solution from Jenzabar called Jenzabar EX Total Campus Management. INTEC, a non-profit university, had previously been using systems developed in house. The university will implement the Jenzabar EX student suite, as well as the Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution, over the next two years.
- Purdue NCN Nabs Nanotech Grant
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10/1/2007
The Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University has been awarded an $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The five-year grant will focus on expanding "capabilities and services for computer simulations," according to the university.
- Grand Canyon U Adopts Angel LMS
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9/28/2007
Grand Canyon University in Arizona has deployed Angel Learning Management System from Angel Learning to deliver classes to its students. The university made the switch to Angel after seven years with another CMS/LMS provider.
- 9 Best Practices for Implementing a CMS
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9/26/2007
Giving people the ability to update their slice of the campus website doesn't sound like a revolutionary idea--at least not in an era ruled by mass participation in social networks, the sharing of mashups, and the craze to add widgets to personal websites.
- Universities Add Voice to Blended, Distance Learning
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9/26/2007
A number of higher education institutions have recently added voice capabilities to their online learning programs, including blended and fully online courses, according to Wimba, an education technology developer. The company said that eight universities and colleges have augmented their Collaboration Suites with Wimba Voice implementations.
- Technology Institute Launches Open Educational Resource
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9/21/2007
The Monterey Institute of Technology and Education has launched HippoCampus, a website designed to supplement learning for high school and college students in order to assist with credit recovery and home schooling, as well as AP and general ed use. HippoCampus is an open education resource and is available free of charge to all users.
- Virtual LSAT Course Slated for Oct.
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9/20/2007
Test preparation company PowerScores' new Virtual LSAT Course will begin instruction in October for the Dec. 1 LSAT test. While PowerScore holds onsite test instruction, the online course offers students across the globe the chance to prepare remotely for the test from their homes or offices.
- Blackboard Supports Piracy ... Not That Kind
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9/19/2007
Blackboard today launched a new language pack for its course management systems in support of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, the day on which people across the globe can use expressions like "ahoy" and "yar matey" without fear of retribution.
- Novell To Launch Team Collaboration for Open Workgroup Suite
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9/19/2007
Novell next month will begin shipping two new workspace and collaboration tools for its Open Workgroup Suite: Novell Teaming and Novell Teaming + Conferencing. The tools are designed to boost team productivity and streamline processes involved in creating, managing, and sharing information.
- Western Oklahoma Serves Up Blended Math
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9/19/2007
At Western Oklahoma State College, students in a single classroom, with one instructor present, can be taking either of two introductory algebra classes. That's just one of the advantages the college has discovered in offering computerized online instruction to augment several of its developmental mathematics courses.
- Georgia Tech Librarian, Prof To Loan Land in Second Life
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9/17/2007
Georgia Tech librarian Brian Matthews has teamed up with GT computer science professor Blaire MacIntyre to develop a space in the Second Life virtual world from which students could "check out" land parcels in order "to hang out, explore, and learn the basics of the software."
- NVCC Implements Web-Based Math Curricula
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9/14/2007
Naugatuck Valley Community College in Connecticut has deployed online math curricula for 11 of its remedial math classes this fall. The school is using Academic Systems Algebra from Plato Learning.
- Med Schools Go 1:1 with Tablet PCs
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9/13/2007
Medical and pharmaceutical programs at three colleges have recently implemented 1:1 tablet PC initiatives for students and faculty through IT solutions provider CDW Government, which provided hardware, software, and consulting for the three deployments.
- Distributed Learning Expands Med School's Reach
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9/12/2007
A shortage of physicians in rural areas isn't a problem unique to Canada, but the highly sophisticated technology solution that the University of British Columbia has set up to solve it may well be.
