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4/20/2011

Spotlight

Ramping Up E-Portfolios at U Cincinnati
Even with backers among the faculty, e-portfolio initiatives can be slow to take hold across university and college campuses. What does it take to encourage adoption? One professor who's championing a faculty-driven e-portfolio initiative at the University of Cincinnati shares some of his insights.
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News & Product Updates

CourseSmart Launches E-Textbook App for Android
CourseSmart has released a new mobile electronic textbook app for Android OS-based smart phones and tablets, CourseSmart for Android 1.0.
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USC and 2tor Take Master's Program onto Apple Devices
The University of Southern California Rossier School of Education is providing a native application for Apple's iOS platform that allows online students to do their work on an iPhone or iPad.
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Equella 5 Digital Repository Adds Portlets, Dashboards
Pearson has released an update to Equella, a digital repository for higher education and K-12. The latest release, version 5.0, gains new interface enhancements, as well as support for customizing dashboards and building portlets.
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Blackboard and McGraw-Hill Go Live with Combined Course System
Sooner than expected, a course system has been launched from Blackboard and McGraw-Hill Higher Education that blends course management from one company with content from the other.
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Instructure Raises $8 Million To Add Staff
Instructure, the relative unknown that swooped in last December and won learning management system business away from entrenched competitors at the Utah Education Network, has just finished a new round of financing that will help the company scale up its staffing.
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CourseSmart, Pearson eCollege Team Up To Provide Digital Materials
CourseSmart and Pearson eCollege have partnered to provide more than 20,000 electronic textbooks, custom products, and other digital materials through a single sign on.
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Brief: Pearson Releases CourseConnect 2.0
Pearson has launched CourseConnect 2.0, the newest version of the company's suite of online courses for higher education.
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