Web/Portals
- Top Digitally Dedicated Community Colleges Recognized
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4/10/2007
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Center for Digital Education honored the top 30 most technology-aware community colleges in the country, according to a survey of administrators at 200 community colleges. They were asked a set of 24 multiple-choice questions and five written questions regarding technology services for students, faculty, and their host communities.
- 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.
- Google Desktop (Beta) Comes to Mac
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4/5/2007
Google brought its Google Desktop to the Mac Wednesday, marking the first time the application has been available on that platform. The new release is still in beta form, though it is fully functional.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tulane U Launches LiveWorld Community Center
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3/29/2007
In an effort to reach out to newly admitted high school seniors, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, has expanded its online community presence with the launch of its new Tulane Community Center. The new service is built on the Community Center platform from LiveWorld.
- 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.
- Online Tutorials Grab the Attention of Philadelphia U
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3/28/2007
"As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway."
- Taylor University Expands Online Event Communications
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3/28/2007
Indiana's Taylor University has selected Seattle-based Trumba Corp.'s Trumba Connect to enhance its event calendar to help students, alumni, faculty, and staff communicate.
- 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.
- B-School Grads Recruited in Virtual Open House
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3/27/2007
Management consultancy Bain & Co. has opened a recruiting center in the Second Life virtual environment. Earlier this month the firm held an open house in Second Life, at which students attended from Harvard Business School, MIT's Sloan School of Business, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and the Kellog School of Management at Northwestern University.
- CMU and Microsoft Establish New Center for Computational Thinking
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3/26/2007
Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft today announced the establishment of the Microsoft Carnegie Mellon Center for Computational Thinking. Started with a three-year, $1.5 million grant from Microsoft, the center will support research into emerging areas of computer science, with a particular focus on those that influence thinking in other disciplines.
- Cal State Universities Strive for Web Accessibility
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3/21/2007
As part of its Accessible Technology Initiative, the California State University (CSU) system will implement software from Nashua, NH-based HiSoftware to monitor the accessibility of its websites, Web content and Web applications for people with disabilities.
- 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."
- Web Surfing is Elephant in Harvard Faculty Room
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3/20/2007
At a meeting to discuss the findings of a university task force on teaching and career development, Harvard professors called student apathy for learning--expressed by classroom Web surfing and lack of energy--an "elephant in the room" contributing to a decline in the quality of classroom and general education at the university.
- CafeScribe Unveils Student Collaboration Tools
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3/15/2007
Salt Lake City-based CafeScribe, an e-textbook marketplace and social network for students, has announced MyScribe, a new way for students share information, collaborate and communicate.
- 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.
- Book Preview: Generation MySpace
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3/13/2007
With more than 130 million members (and growing at a rate of 150,000 new members each day), MySpace.com is undeniably a cultural phenomenon. Not only is a whole new generation of teenagers coming of age on MySpace, but adolescents are also interacting with individuals of all ages via the internet--for better or worse.
- Yale Blog Study: Linking to Rivals Can Benefit Businesses
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3/13/2007
Researchers at the Yale School of Management say a business can potentially increase its market share by referring customers to competitors via blogs and other social media tools.
- 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.
- 3 Universities Adopt Trumba for Event Communications
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3/8/2007
University of Maryland Law School, Taylor University, and William Patterson University have all recently adopted Trumba Corp.'s Trumba Connect technologies to enhance event-based communications on their websites.
- U Virginia Business School Deploys Ektron CMS400.NET
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3/8/2007
The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business has adopted Ektron CMS400.NET for Web content management.
- 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.
- Berners-Lee Lectures Congress on U.S. Digital Future
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3/6/2007
World-wide Web "inventor" Tim Berners-Lee made a rare public appearance last week to talk to federal legislators about the "digital future of the United States."
