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NASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skillsoft announced it has been awarded a new five-year contract to support the United States Air Force’s global IT training program to support critical IT and Leadership training for Air Force personnel worldwide. Skillsoft Press Release
The University of Washington plans to offer “enhanced” versions of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) it will develop through a partnership with Coursera, according to the university’s provost. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and online grading, and Desire2Learn, a leader in providing innovative learning solutions, today announced at FUSION 2012, significant usability and functionality enhancements to the integration of Grademark with Desire2Learn Learning Suite 10.This enhanced integration of Turnitin’s award-winning online grading tool provides Desire2Learn users with richer grade collection capabilities in […]
Industry-Leading Authoring Suite Introduces HTML5-Based mLearning Support, Presenter Compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint Adobe Press Release
With more states ramping up their preparations on Common Core State Standards, educators are looking for ways to get a handle on the new standards. The social network Pinterest is becoming a surprisingly valuable tool as they share Common Core resources with one another. Converge Magazine Full Article
Canadian film icon Fil Fraser jokes that “when I was making movies, we needed cameras the size of Volkswagens.” Indeed, much has changed since his 1977 drama Why Shoot the Teacher? took a top prize at the awards now known as the Genies. Athabasca University Press Release
A dozen of the country’s top universities will make courses available for free on the open online class site Coursera by the beginning of 2013. The announcement was made on that same day that investors — including two campuses — invested millions in the web-based learning site. eSchool News Full Article
Social media expert Sree Sreenivasan, a professor at the Journalism School, will be responsible for expanding Columbia’s online distance-learning programs. Columbia University Press Release
Think Twitter is just a waste of time? Think again. Its organizational structure makes it an effective tool for connecting with students and others online eSchool News Full Story
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