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10/27/2016

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  • State University System of Florida Looks to Double Online Enrollment

    The Board of Governors' Innovation and Online Committee has set a goal to increase student enrollment in online classes over the next ten years, while making distance education programs more affordable for learners.

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  • D2L Teams with Amazon Web Services

    D2L is partnering with Amazon Web Services in an effort to better serve customers and to accelerate expansion and innovation.

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  • $1 Billion U of Oregon Complex Aims to Accelerate Scientific Impact

    The University unveiled its plans to build a $1 billion science complex in Eugene, OR that will help increase research by 30 percent and generate an estimated $80 million in annual economic activity when its fully operational.

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  • Blackboard Acquires Accessibility Platform

    Blackboard today announced the acquisition of Fronteer, a UK-based educational products and services company whose flagship Ally software helps institutions and instructors make course content more accessible.

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  • A Return to Best Practices for Teaching Online

    Is the distinction between online learning and campus-based instruction disappearing? Asking faculty to move their courses online may be deceptively simple. That's why co-authors Judith Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad have refined a list of 14 best practices based on core learning principles to help faculty succeed in creating effective online courses.

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