Campus Technology: Does Technology Improve Learning Outcomes

Presentation, Display, CMS, and eLearning

3/25/2009

Spotlight

Can We Gauge Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes?
Recently, some universities have decided to end their laptop programs for students because of the economic challenges facing those institutions. But what has been the effect on students? There's no clear or consistent answer.More

News & Product Updates

U Bath Extends Reach of Green Education with Lecture Capture
A British university has selected a lecture capture platform from a Carnegie Mellon spinoff to help it deliver new distance learning classes on carbon footprinting.More
BCIT Pilots Desire2Learn LMS, Repository, ePortfolio
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Canada is piloting Desire2Learn's learning management system. The rollout began this winter, and a campus-wide deployment is expected to be completed in fall 2009.More
Microsoft To Make NASA Content Available Through WorldWide Telescope
Microsoft announced this week that it's partnering with NASA to develop and deploy technology to deliver planetary images and data over the Internet. According to Microsoft, the partnership will allow space information to be housed on the company's WorldWide Telescope, an online virtual telescope that incorporates Web 2.0 technologies.More
Sony Launches High-Light-Output Network Projector for Education
Sony has introduced a new model in its lineup of LCD-based network projectors for education, the VPL-FW41, a high-light-output model designed for fixed installations.More
U Minnesota Adopts Oracle Web Content Management System
The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and St. Paul has deployed Oracle Universal Content Management to allow those departments that have adopted it to manage content on their public Web sites. More
Epson Debuts 4 Sub-$1,000 LCD projectors
Epson has introduced four new sub-$1,000 LCD multimedia projectors for education. The new models are designed to provide up to 6,000 hours of lamp life and include features for classroom use like microphone input, blackboard and whiteboard modes, and support for computer-free PowerPoint presentations.More
Canon Launches LCD Education Projectors
Canon USA is expanding its line of projectors for education. The company this week introduced three new LCD-based classroom models, each designed for high light output with resolutions up to WXGA.More

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