eLearning/CMS
- Georgia Tech Librarian, Prof To Loan Land in Second Life
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9/17/2007
Georgia Tech librarian Brian Matthews has teamed up with GT computer science professor Blaire MacIntyre to develop a space in the Second Life virtual world from which students could "check out" land parcels in order "to hang out, explore, and learn the basics of the software."
- NVCC Implements Web-Based Math Curricula
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9/14/2007
Naugatuck Valley Community College in Connecticut has deployed online math curricula for 11 of its remedial math classes this fall. The school is using Academic Systems Algebra from Plato Learning.
- Med Schools Go 1:1 with Tablet PCs
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9/13/2007
Medical and pharmaceutical programs at three colleges have recently implemented 1:1 tablet PC initiatives for students and faculty through IT solutions provider CDW Government, which provided hardware, software, and consulting for the three deployments.
- Distributed Learning Expands Med School's Reach
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9/12/2007
A shortage of physicians in rural areas isn't a problem unique to Canada, but the highly sophisticated technology solution that the University of British Columbia has set up to solve it may well be.
- Duke Enlists Tizra To Sell eBooks
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9/12/2007
Duke University will use Tizra's Agile PDF hosted white label service to repackage, deliver, and sell textbook content in electronic formats.
- Lehigh University Debuts Open Virtual Classroom
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9/12/2007
Lehigh University has added a virtual class to its curriculum this fall called Bioscience in the 21st century. The multidisciplinary class is designed to allow anyone interested to watch lectures and study course material or PowerPoint presentations posted on the university's website for free. Lectures are also available from iTunes U, according to Lehigh University.
- NSF Kicks in $634,000 for STEM Education Development at U Rochester
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9/10/2007
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Rochester Warner School of Education $634,157 to "help encourage and train both talented undergraduate majors in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering and STEM professionals considering a career change to work as math and science teachers in high-need school districts," according to the university.
- [Your College Here] Wants to Be Your 'Friend'
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9/6/2007
In the past five years, social networking has rocketed from a leisure activity to a "phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users," according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit that follows the impact of the internet in differing social environments. In a recent national survey on teenagers and social networking conducted by Pew, more than half of all online American youth ages 12 to 17— 55 percent to be precise—are heading to online social networking sites. What does this mean for higher ed? Simply this: Your incoming students are now expecting a presence of your college or university on social networking sites.
- The Fox and the Hedgehog
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9/6/2007
There's a business management principle known as the "hedgehog concept." The whole thing apparently comes from a Greek poet, Archilochus, who wrote: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Okay, so right away I think, "I want to be a fox!" But, no. Apparently, in the business world, the thing to be is a hedgehog.
- C-Labs Digital Library Now Supports High Definition
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9/6/2007
Digital media service provider Cdigix has added HD capabilities to its C-Labs solutions. C-Labs are designed to provide tools for higher education faculty and institutions to maintain and post online digital media while complying with copyright laws.
- Nottingham Trent U To Deploy D2L Virtual Learning Environment
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9/5/2007
Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom has signed on with Desire2Learn to deploy that company's learning management system. The goals of the deployment will be to enhance student learning and allow the university to expand into new markets domestically and internationally, supporting online and blended learning.
- Teaching with Technology: Facilitating the Process (Part 2)
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9/5/2007
Colleges and universities across the nation have realized that technology is an absolute when considering how courses on their campuses will be delivered--either face to face sessions, through distance learning sessions, or in mixed formats.
- Drexel Upgrades Internet Library as Learning Lab
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9/4/2007
Drexel University will collaborate with the University of Michigan and Florida State University to help transform its 10-year-old Internet Public Library (IPL) into a "virtual teaching and learning laboratory for digital reference," the university announced.
- WeBWorK Ramps Up Online Homework Tool
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8/30/2007
Open-source homework system WeBWorK is being ramped up for new multimedia capabilities and enhanced assessment functionality. Developers met earlier this month at an American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) workshop to help fine tune the software and plan for these enhanced capabilities, some of which are presently in the developer release. An interim update (2.4.1) was also released last week, adding various minor improvements and fixes.
- Teaching with Technology: Facilitating the Process
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8/29/2007
Instructors in colleges of education cannot teach prospective teachers to use technology unless the faculty, themselves, use technology in the college of education classrooms as a part of their instruction. There is something about "modeling" that goes a long way in education, regardless of the level of education under consideration.
- LectureShare Takes Open Source Approach to Education
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8/29/2007
LectureShare has debuted its free online course management system (CMS) at lectureshare.com, which lets instructors upload class announcements, documents, and audio and video files.
- Anystream Nabs Lectopia, Launches Lecture Capture Division
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8/28/2007
Anystream this week acquired lecture capture technology provider Lectopia and added it to its higher education division, Apreso. The two units will be combined to form a new entity called Echo360, which will focus on lecture capture and dissemination.
- UNT Prof To Study Behavior of Student Software Teams
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8/28/2007
The National Science Foundation has awarded a University of North Texas computer science professor a half-million dollar grant to study the performance and behaviors of student software development work groups, the university announced.
- SUNY-Maritime College Partners with History Channel for Online Courses
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8/22/2007
The State University of New York-Maritime College this fall will debut two new online courses developed in collaboration with The History Channel. Both courses are to be based around History Channel television series and will be offered for credit, marking the first time The History Channel has developed a course for college credit.
- The Promise and Challenges of Integrating Interactive Technologies into University Pedagogy
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8/22/2007
Randy Jackson examines the quest at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, to create added value in existing learning environments.
- Blackboard Debuts Anti-Plagiarism Technology for LMS
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8/15/2007
Blackboard this week debuted a new tool called SafeAssign, which is designed to eliminate plagiarism in student assignments. The service detects plagiarized works in student papers and delivers reports on such incidents through the Blackboard Learning System.
- University of Delaware Responds to Classroom Clickers
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8/14/2007
Any instructor who has had the experience Duncan describes can appreciate the idea of using clickers, or personal response devices, to gauge student participation and understanding.
- Online Training for Online Faculty
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8/8/2007
A checklist of the best strategies for designing and delivering online courses to train online faculty.
- Unicon Launches Sakai Pilot Program
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8/3/2007
Technology integrator Unicon has launched a new program for education institutions looking to adopt Sakai as their learning management system. The program, dubbed the Sakai Pilot Program, is a hosted service that allows universities to deploy Sakai for six months for 500 users.
- Multiple Universities Deploy Xythos Document Management
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8/3/2007
More than a dozen colleges and universities have joined the ranks of campuses using technology from Xythos Software to collaborate with, store, share and manage their documents.
