eLearning/CMS
- University of California Picks LMS for System-Wide Staff Training
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4/30/2007
The University of California signed a contract to purchase a learning management system to host the delivery of compliance training materials and services throughout the UC systems. The university purchased the LMS from SumTotal Systems Inc., along with software for creating training content called TotalLCMS. The system will track and deliver compliance training for the system's 170,000 faculty and staff across 10 campuses.
- Dutch University Develops Online Learning Solutions
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4/26/2007
Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands said it plans to develop online learning solutions with Virage's Rich Media Management software from Autonomy, a developer of software to support infrastructures. The technology will be used to satisfy the new requirements to support advancements in education by the Dutch government.
- Autodesk Student Engineering and Design Community Wins CODiE
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4/25/2007
Autodesk Inc. was presented April 17th with the Software & Information Industry Association’s CODiE award for best postsecondary instruction solution, for the company’s Student Engineering and Design Community.
- Software Boosts Math Success Rates at Black Hills State U
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4/25/2007
An artificial-intelligence based tutoring system that gauges student understanding of math and helps them learn at their own pace has greatly boosted student progress and retention in college algebra at Black Hills State University.
- Medical Reference Website Launches for PhD Students
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4/25/2007
Silverchair Science plus Communication, a developer of medical technology, and McGraw Hill, recently launched AccessPharmacy, part of a series of medical Web applications. The site is designed to complement the curricula for medical students pursing pharmacy doctoral degrees and hosts interactive resources and a reference library.
- Blackboard Honors University Customers for Innovations
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4/23/2007
Blackboard Inc. last week held its annual conference for users of its electronic commerce platform, the Blackboard Commerce Suite. During the program, two of its academic customers were recognized with Greenhouse "exemplary service" awards: Duke University and the University of Alabama.
- U Miami LiveAccess Classes Debut Next Week
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4/19/2007
University of Miami's Global Business English live classroom courses debut April 23 using Vemics' LiveAccess software. Students at the University of Moscow will be among the first participants to use the university's video collaboration technologies.
- Outsourcing CMS in Iowa
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4/18/2007
The Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC), made up of seven community colleges, is using an outsourced LMS to offer its online courses to students across Iowa....
- Drexel Online Reaches, Teaches Hospital Staff
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4/16/2007
Philadelphia, PA-based Drexel University Online, a subsidiary of the well known Philadelphia technical university, has begun providing special-rate distance learning services to Montgomery Hospital Medical Center (MHMC), a 210-bed hospital serving central Montgomery County, PA.
- Top Digitally Dedicated Community Colleges Recognized
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4/10/2007
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Center for Digital Education honored the top 30 most technology-aware community colleges in the country, according to a survey of administrators at 200 community colleges. They were asked a set of 24 multiple-choice questions and five written questions regarding technology services for students, faculty, and their host communities.
- Study: Online Degree Program Preferences
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4/5/2007
What are the most popular online programs in higher education? According to a report from education consulting firm Eduventures, most students enrolled in programs online are participating in bachelor's degree programs, followed by associate degrees.
- Classroom Recordings Augment Lectures at U of Alabama
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4/4/2007
Products that can record a classroom lecture and make it available after the fact sometimes raise concerns that class attendance will drop off as a result.
- Audio in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
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4/3/2007
As with any higher educational institution, the University of Advancing Technology seeks to engage students on a multitude of levels. In the Summer of 2006....
- U Michigan Unveils Master's Degree in 'Social Computing'
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4/3/2007
The University of Michigan's School of Information (SI) announced a graduate-degree specialization in "social computing" through a Master of Science in Information. The university said the program is the first in the country to focus on social computing, the term describing the wave of open technologies that enable masses of people to interact and exchange and sort information.
- Serving the Online Learner
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4/1/2007
Systems and services for recruiting, advising, and support of online students have seldom been at the top of the list when planning online and distance learning programs. That is now changing: Forces pushing advising and support services into the foreground include recognition of the student learner as “customer” and the increasing expectations and demands of government and business in our global information economy.
- UMassOnline Credits Record Enrollment with Program Offerings
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3/29/2007
UMassOnline yesterday announced record enrollment and revenues for fiscal 2007. UMassOnline is the online learning division of the University of Massachusetts. The organization said it credits the record enrollment with "the depth and breadth of our program offerings," according to David Gray, CEO.
- Invest Locally
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3/28/2007
Sakai, Kuali, uPortal, Moodle, and others are taking advantage of a better way to build software through open source communities....
- IBM, Universities Expand Accessibility Project
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3/27/2007
IBM is working with several universities to expand a repository of reusable learning materials that will make it easier for student developers to make software more accessible to people with disabilities. The repository will help change a culture in which the majority of faculty respondents do not teach accessibility in the classroom, IBM said.
- Stewardship of SCORM Moving to International Arena
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3/27/2007
The Defense Department is relinquishing the stewardship of SCORM, a collection of standards for e-learning interoperability, so that the initiative can more readily fulfill its purpose as an international e-learning standard.
- Lomonosov Moscow State University and Vemics Launch Russian Language Courses Online
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3/22/2007
Vemics, a provider of real-time learning technology, has launched its first project with newly acquired company e-Learning Desktop at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia. The company, e-Learning Desktop, will be offering an online Russian language curriculum scheduled to begin in September.
- National Instruments' NI LabVIEW Available for Engineering Education
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3/22/2007
National Instruments recently announced the availability of NI LabVIEW, a version of LabVIEW graphical programming environment for The Infinity Project. The LabVIEW program is designed to aid The Infinity Project in providing curricula for high school and early college engineering education.
- Elluminate Launches Free Web Conferencing Tool
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3/20/2007
E-learning technology provider Elluminate has rolled out the final release of its new, free Web conferencing system, vRoom. The company has also announced version 2.0 of its Blackboard Building Block extension for Elluminate Live!, a distance learning tool.
- U Manitoba Opens Learning Technologies Wiki
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3/20/2007
The Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba has created a wiki of "Net Technologies for Teaching and Learning."
- U Mary Washington Partners with KZO Networks for E-Learning
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3/15/2007
The University of Mary Washington (UMW) in Virginia has launched into an e-learning partnership with KZO Networks, a developer of interactive learning tools. UMW will deploy KZO's tools to enhance its e-learning capabilities with Flash-based presentations, both live and archived.
- Turnitin: Fighting Plagiarism and Saving Time at Fresno State
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3/14/2007
CSU Fresno has implemented Turnitin for combating plagiarism on campus. But one professor is using its modular features to save time with grading and record keeping as well.
