eLearning/CMS
- More Than Open Source: A Second Look at Sakai
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3/14/2007
Because it often gets the most press for being "open source" software, you may not know that Sakai has unique features--many not found in other course management systems.
- Research: Blended Versus Online Learning
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3/12/2007
A report released this week by Eduventures, Sloan Consortium, and Babson College, shows a slow but steady decline in the percentage of blended courses offered by colleges and universities, while purely online courses continue to grow. At the same time, the report found that colleges and universities have not been meeting consumer demand for online course offerings.
- Digication Rolls Out Integrated e-Portfolio Tool
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3/12/2007
Digication has released an update to its e-Portfolio tool, bringing integration with the company's eponymous online classroom suite. The newly revamped suite continues to be free for up to 1,000 users at accredited institutions in the United States.
- Offline Management of Online Courses at Ivy Tech
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3/7/2007
Ivy Tech is a large Indianapolis-based community college with 23 campuses across the state, along with some 100,000 students and 8,000 instructors.
- East Carolina U Supports Distance Learning with Saba
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3/7/2007
East Carolina University in Greenville, NC is implementing Saba-Centra Live from software provider Saba to support distance learning through the university's academic outreach program.
- Black Colleges Study Distance Learning Patterns
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3/6/2007
A recent survey by the Digital Learning Lab at Howard University shows that 40 of 103 historically black colleges and universities are offering distance courses this year, up from 29 a year ago.
- Second Life To Get 3D Voice
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3/1/2007
Second Life, the virtual world that's becoming increasingly popular in education, will soon add proximity-based 3D voice capabilities, according to developer Linden Lab.
- Angel Learning Previews Angel LMS 7.2
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3/1/2007
Education software developer Angel Learning has announced a new version of its learning management system, Angel LMS 7.2.
- First Look: Desire2Learn Essentials
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3/1/2007
This week Desire2Learn introduced a new course management/ learning management system targeted toward smaller institutions.
- VoIP for Synchronous Learning
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3/1/2007
The challenge facing every university that supports an online curriculum is creating engaging materials that make online courses more than glorified textbooks.
- Thomson Learning Embraces Sakai
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3/1/2007
Academic publisher Thomson Learning this week announced that it's adopting technologies from Sakai Foundation for the delivery of its learning products for higher education.
- D2L Debuts Desire2Learn Essentials
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2/27/2007
Software developer Desire2Learn is lowering the ante for campus-wide CMS/LMS adoption.
- Ohio University Opens Virtual Doors
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2/26/2007
Last year, Ohio University purchased two islands and built several buildings on it....
- Patent Office Grants D2L Reexam Request
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2/26/2007
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this weekend granted Desire2Learn its request for a reexamination of Blackboard Inc.'s e-learning patent.
- Update: Sakai, Blackboard Comment on Patent Pledge
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2/2/2007
Yesterday, we reported that Blackboard had released a legally binding pledge stating that the company would not assert its patent rights against open-source developers in the CMS space or against developers of "home-grown" systems. The non-assertion pledge also covers those who service such systems, including hosting, maintenance, support and customization. And it includes the current patent, as well as patents pending. We spoke with Blackboard representative Matthew Small, who provided some insight and clarification on the pledge. Since then, we've also had a chance to speak with Chuck Severence, executive director of the Sakai Foundation--a central player in the patent discussion--for additional comments.
- BlackBoard Launches Education Social Bookmark Service
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1/17/2007
Course management system giant Blackboard has launched a social bookmarking service--"customized for education"--and aimed at Blackboard and WebCT customers.
- Course Management Systems: A Tipping Point
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12/28/2006
It’s near-impossible to think about course management systems (CMS) without thinking about innovation, collaboration, and the sharing of ideas across institutions and even from vendor to vendor. Yet, “the next step” in CMS now means distinctly different things to various colleges and universities as, going forward, they consider their landscapes of learning, and requisites that didn’t even exist five years ago.
- Getting the Money Right
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12/12/2006
A clear sign that online and distance learning is maturing is that we are struggling with how to organize and fund these programs on an ongoing basis.
- Google Apps and the New American University
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10/23/2006
This month Arizona State University (ASU) and Google made the first large-scale deployment of Google Apps for Education, to the ASU student community.
- A Public Consortium Emphasizes the Importance of LMS Accessibility
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10/3/2006
In this article we explore the state of LMS accessibility and provide both a broad review of LMS accessibility and the practice of site and tool design, and attend to the successes and challenges of LMS accessibility.
- The Evolving Growth of LON-CAPA
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10/3/2006
As educational institutions establish an online presence, initial successes are often due to individual faculty members (“early adopters” of this new technology), working long hours to develop material more or less single-handedly. Frequently, they are leaving behind scattered projects, which are of intrinsic value, but of little use for the institution and far less for the larger academic community.
- Educause Floor Shopper: CT Exclusive: Our Product Picks
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9/30/2006
Check out the new technology products and upgrades that caught our editors’ attention. If you’re heading to the Educause expo in Dallas, don’t miss these booths!
- Keep Your Own Counsel on the Blackboard Controversy
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9/12/2006
As you may know, Blackboard Inc. was recently granted a patent on aspects of Learning Management Systems and filed an infringement lawsuit against competitor Desire2Learn.
- ECON 201: A University Economics Course as an Online Computer Game
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9/5/2006
Creating a college course totally as an online computer game seemed feasible when Assistant Dean Nora Reynolds and I first discussed it last year. After all, our team had developed over a hundred online courses and had been creating interactive games as drop-in learning objects in courses for years. We would simply “step up the effort a little.”
- Post-Katrina, e-Learning Product More Valuable than Ever
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8/28/2006
It’s been a year since Hurricane Katrina and the resulting flooding devastated New Orleans, and a new hurricane season is underway. At Delgado Community College, last year’s havoc hit hard. But the tragedy has resulted in some positive changes.
