SmartClassroom :: Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Case Study

Offline Management of Online Courses at Ivy Tech
By Linda L. Briggs
Ivy Tech is a large Indianapolis-based community college with 23 campuses across the state, along with some 100,000 students and 8,000 instructors. For the fall 2006 semester, 23,000 Ivy Tech students were enrolled in distance learning courses, a number that has been climbing steadily since distance learning options were introduced at the college five or so years ago....

News & Product Updates

Second Life To Get 3D Voice
Second Life, the virtual world that's becoming increasingly popular in education, will soon add proximity-based 3D voice capabilities, according to developer Linden Lab....
Angel Learning Previews Angel LMS 7.2
Education software developer Angel Learning has announced a new version of its learning management system, Angel LMS 7.2....
Villanova U Rolls Out Meru Wireless LAN System
Pennsylvania's Villanova University has upgraded and expanded its WLAN infrastructure, replacing its legacy network with Meru Networks' Wireless LAN System....

Tech Notes

First Look: Desire2Learn Essentials
By David Nagel
Last week Desire2Learn introduced a new course management/ learning management system targeted toward smaller institutions....(Campus Technology)

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