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5/27/2009
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Spotlight

  • Justice Department Looks Into Blackboard's Angel Acquisition

    The United States Department of Justice is apparently taking an interest in Blackboard's recent acquisition of Angel Learning. DOJ has been asking questions about the controversial buyout, according to Blackboard's chief rival in the commercial LMS space, Desire2Learn.More

News & Product Updates

  • Cal State Long Beach Pushes iClicker for Student Response

    Starting this fall, California State University, Long Beach will roll out iClicker as its preferred student response system. Clickers were already popular at Cal State Long Beach, and the student senate, representing 38,000 students, voted to encourage faculty to incorporate iClicker in the instruction, mostly because they liked the instant feedback.More

  • Moodle 1.9.5 Gets Gradebook Enhancements Security Improvements

    Moodle has released an update to its open source learning management system. Moodle 1.9.5 adds a number of gradebook improvements, new administration features, and several security enhancements. Moodle has also released an update to the 1.8 branch, version 1.8.9, which includes several fixes and security improvements.More

  • SoftChalk V5 Integrates Online Content Creation

    Ed tech developer SoftChalk has released SoftChalk V5, an update to the company's authoring suite for instructional content. More

  • Bryant & Stratton To Hold Graduation in Second Life for Online Students

    Bryant & Stratton College graduates will receive their degrees where they earned them--online. In what may be a first, the college will host a fully online, Second Life college graduation ceremony June 10, 2009. About 40 graduates from Bryant & Stratton's online degree programs have committed to receive their hard-earned degrees in their avatar form on the college's virtual campus.More

  • Southwestern Oklahoma State Rolls Out Public Digital Repository

    Southwestern Oklahoma State University has launched a new publicly accessible online digital repository, providing access to the university's historical documents.More

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