SmartClassroom
SmartClassroom
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10/13/2010
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  • Distance Education Reaches Out

    An Iowa community college is taking a four-pronged approach to using technology as a retention-boosting tool for its expanding distance learning program.

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News & Product Updates

  • Duke Latest To Sign Journal Open Access Compact

    Pricey subscription journals will take another hit with news that Duke University has joined a group of kindred research institutions in signing a Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity (COPE).

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  • Blackboard Brings Collaborative Tools to Moodle, Sakai, D2L

    Following up on a commitment made at the time it acquired the two companies, Blackboard has announced that Collaborate, its new collaborative learning suite that taps into technology from Elluminate and Wimba, will work with competing learning management systems. This will allow Collaborate to pull user, course, and enrollment data from the various LMSes.

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  • New Blackboard and K12 Project to Tackle CC Remediation

    Two major education software players--Blackboard and K12--have announced plans to jointly develop a learning platform specifically targeting students taking remedial courses. Under the agreement, the project will deliver K12's adaptive courses through Blackboard Learn.

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  • ReelSurfer Takes Video Search to the Cloud

    A company that specializes in technology for doing video search has taken its product to the cloud. ReelSurfer has begun showing its Cloud Video Search Platform, which consists of multiple tools that enable users to search for targeted dialog segments within a larger video and to create clips for easy distribution online.

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  • Blackboard Expands Consulting Services into Mobile Arena

    Blackboard is expanding the parameters of its professional services beyond technical services and training. The company recently announced that it would offer its clients consulting help specifically in planning and deploying mobile solutions. The company also announced version 9.x of Learn, launched in January 2009, has been more widely adopted than any other version of its learning management system and is now in use by 1,000 organizations.

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