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Breaking Stories in Higher Ed 3/16/2017

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  • UC Berkeley, Immerex to Open Lab for Ongoing VR, AR Research

    The University of California, Berkeley has received a corporate gift from a nearby virtual reality company to open a new collaboration space dedicated to research in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), as well as support faculty and students through making scholarships available.

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  • JoomlaLMS 2.1.0 Twice as Fast, Offers Enhanced Reporting

    JoomlaLMS has released an update to its learning management system. JoomlaLMS 2.1.0 is compatible with PHP7, is twice as fast as its previous version and features improved performance and reporting.

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  • edX Retiring Original MIT Circuits and Electronics Course

    Starting this week the original course that thrust MIT into the annals of MOOC history will exist no longer — although an updated version will continue being available.

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  • Kansas State U Working on Centralized Video Repository

    An effort at Kansas State University seeks to preserve thousands of hours of video content amassed over the last three-plus decades. The legacy content, including historical footage, guest lectures and more, is being imported to Sonic Foundry's Mediasite video content management platform, which will serve as a central repository for all academic video files on campus.

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  • University at Buffalo Upgrades to Gigabit WiFi

    A new gigabit wireless network is delivering high-speed WiFi to students, faculty and administrators at the University at Buffalo, the largest institution in the State University of New York system.

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  • D2L Intros Brightspace Spring17

    D2L is rolling out a number of enhancements to its flagship learning management system.

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