Web/Portals
- Penn State Flunks Napster, Signs Video-Minded Ruckus
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5/8/2007
Penn State announced it would not renew its contract with the Napster music service and instead would offer students access to Ruckus, a multimedia service it said offered students greater media flexibility. Under the new contract, Ruckus will provide students downloadable access to 2.75 million songs, full-length feature films, short-form video, sports clips, and music videos, as well as access to a social network site focused on the network.
- Survey: Google Most Preferred Place to Work for MBAs
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5/8/2007
Google is now the most popular place to work for MBA students, according to a survey by Universum, a branding consultancy.
- Internet Health Channel Signs University Hospital Expertise
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5/8/2007
realhealth.TV, an Internet TV channel dedicated to consumer health education, is signing up university hospitals as sources of health care expertise.
- Portal System Keeps Students, Alumni in Touch at Plymouth State U
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5/2/2007
By giving current students and all alumni a lifetime e-mail account accessed through a portal, Plymouth State University has enhanced its ability to stay in touch with graduates long after they leave the university.
- Angel LMS Integrates with Tegrity
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5/2/2007
Angel Learning this week rolled out enhancements to its Angel LMS (learning management system), bringing integration with Tegrity Campus 2.0, a widely used student achievement system.
- University of Pennsylvania Launches Communications Suite
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4/26/2007
The University of Pennsylvania is launching a service for its students called "Penn Live." The aim of the program is to provide communications tools for students, such as e-mail, blogging, and photo sharing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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....
- Preview: Angel Learning Island on Second Life
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4/17/2007
Today Angel Learning, in conjunction with the Second Life Educators community (SLED), will unveil a brand new island in Second Life dedicated toward educational experimentation....
- Cal State Order Reinforces State Illegal File Sharing Policy
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4/16/2007
California State University Chancellor Charles Reed last month issued an executive order that the use of Cal State resources, including computers and Internet connections, must not be used to download, copy, or use copyrighted music, motion pictures, and other content. The order extends to students, staff, faculty, and the general public.
- Stanford Hosts Language Mash-Up Contest for Web 2.0
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4/16/2007
Media X, a Stanford-based community of researchers studying interactive communications and technology, is sponsoring a contest to invent new words and expressions to describe the convolution of information, technology, and ideas that falls under the banner of "Web 2.0."
- National University of Singapore Deploys Secure Access SSL
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4/12/2007
The National University of Singapore has deployed Secure Access SSL VPN, a security technology from Juniper Networks. The University will use the security platform to establish an electronic examination portal for online testing.
- E-Mail Use: Google Looks for Answers from Students
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4/10/2007
Google yesterday announced that it's looking for input from university students on how they use e-mail on campus. The company has set up a survey to collect information on user preferences.
- 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.
- Google Desktop (Beta) Comes to Mac
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4/5/2007
Google brought its Google Desktop to the Mac Wednesday, marking the first time the application has been available on that platform. The new release is still in beta form, though it is fully functional.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tulane U Launches LiveWorld Community Center
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3/29/2007
In an effort to reach out to newly admitted high school seniors, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, has expanded its online community presence with the launch of its new Tulane Community Center. The new service is built on the Community Center platform from LiveWorld.
- 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.
- Online Tutorials Grab the Attention of Philadelphia U
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3/28/2007
"As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway."
- Taylor University Expands Online Event Communications
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3/28/2007
Indiana's Taylor University has selected Seattle-based Trumba Corp.'s Trumba Connect to enhance its event calendar to help students, alumni, faculty, and staff communicate.
- 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.
- B-School Grads Recruited in Virtual Open House
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3/27/2007
Management consultancy Bain & Co. has opened a recruiting center in the Second Life virtual environment. Earlier this month the firm held an open house in Second Life, at which students attended from Harvard Business School, MIT's Sloan School of Business, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and the Kellog School of Management at Northwestern University.
