Campus Technology: The Wait is Over: The LMS and the ePortfolio Merge to Serve a Culture of Learning

Strategic Discussions on Technology

5/16/2012

Executive View

The Wait is Over: The LMS and the ePortfolio Merge to Serve a Culture of Learning
There's ample evidence of a cultural shift in focus in higher education, from teaching to learning, from classroom-centric to learning-centric, from lecture to activity. These and other examples, especially the shift from learning in courses to continuous learning, represent areas that may have an impact on the LMS. Is it possible that the values of the LMS will become more aligned with those of the ePortfolio? Will these two previously distinct technologies merge to serve more common purposes?
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Worth Noting

Boston University Medical Campus Virtualizes Backup Systems
Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) has virtualized its backup and recovery systems so personnel can now manage backups of its heterogeneous IT infrastructure through a unified interface.
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Case Western Reserve Tightens Research Administration with Help from Huron
Case Western Reserve University will be implementing a $2 million to $2.8 million pre-award grant system to manage the processes involved in research proposal generation and submission as well as award management.
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SIIA 2012 Ed Tech Survey Deadline Nears
The Software & Information Industry Association is calling on educators to participate in its 2012 Vision K-20 Survey, part of the SIIA's Vision K-20 initiative that focuses on developing a technology-based educational framework for K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
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Golden Gate U Adds 'Conversation Channels' to Web Site
A redesign of Golden Gate University's Web site home page now ties the California institution's various programs in with social media conversations.
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IBM and Desire2Learn Take On Education Data Challenge
IBM and Desire2Learn are teaming up to deliver a solution intended to help K-12 and higher education schools make use of the mass of data collected on students to improve the outcome of educational efforts
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Indiana U Signs Pearson into eTexts Program
Indiana University has signed a deal with Pearson as part of the institution's sizable eTexts@IU initiative.
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U Minnesota Bookstores Partner with McGraw-Hill To Reduce Textbook Costs
Students at the University of Minnesota (U of M) will soon have access to their course textbooks through their e-readers and tablets at a reduced cost.
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Virginia Community Colleges Implement Incident Reporting Platform
Twenty-three community colleges in Virginia have deployed a Web-based software platform to provide a single location for threat assessment, incident reporting, and prevention services.
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CampusCruiser Launches Academic Alert
CampusCruiser has released Academic Alert, a cloud-based platform designed to help colleges and universities identify at-risk students.
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