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Everyone can now use the iTunesU platform to deliver course material, Apple announced on Wednesday. Before, only professors at a university working with iTunesU—which collects free lectures from partner universities—could post audio and video clips, syllabi, and documents via the platform. Wired Campus Full Article
UC San Francisco’s lecture capture system is playing a pivotal role in taking healthcare education in new directions Campus Technology Full Article
Survey shows that totally online programs are attracting primarily women, white people and fully employed workers with good salaries — many of whom want degrees in business. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Key Takeaways Mobility is just the latest transformative technology to grab the attention of higher education IT, challenging us to map out strategies to use it effectively. Teaming up with a leading mobile news app developer helped Ole Miss produce a killer university news app targeting the entire campus community. Moving quickly to provide […]
The newest version of the Colleague Intelligent Learning Platform from Ellucian includes a user-friendly central repository that is designed to make it easier for faculty to store, share, and manage all their course learning materials. At Marietta College in Ohio, the new functionality is providing a shared resources area that is easily accessible to its […]
Ann Arbor, Mich.—-July 20, 2012–Internet2 announced today that Indiana University President Michael McRobbie was elected as the sixth chair of the board of trustees and will serve until July 2015. President McRobbie joined the board in 2009 and succeeds University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, who served as chair for the lastyear and as […]
Always on, always connected—that pretty much sums up students today. Now a series of High Tech Charter schools is making sure learning about technology is a priority for hundreds of students. Cisco Full Article
Key Takeaways Working successfully with students having diverse educational backgrounds and abilities in self-directed learning demands diverse approaches, including mass customization of study plans supported by a technology- and analytics-driven solution. Western Governors University provides students and their faculty mentors an online coaching report based on each student’s pre-assessment and assessment results by topic […]
For only the second time in the U.S., a college has been formally accused of targeting minorities and women in TV and online advertisements. And a group of students claims the for-profit institution fell well short of accreditation requirements, costing graduates jobs over the past two years. eCampus News Full Article
In the midst of the Great Recession, for-profit colleges and universities in the United States grew at a staggering pace in enrollment, profits and the corporate value of those traded on the New York Stock Exchange. University World News Full Article