Open Source Apps, With a Vendor Assist
Built on an open source framework, SunGard’s Mobile Connection allows clients to develop cross-platform apps cheaply and quicklyCampus TechnologyFull Article
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The Sloan Consortium Announces New Leadership Team
NEWBURYPORT, Mass.(Feb. 7, 2012)— The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of individuals, institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, outlined several major leadership changes in the organization today. Board of Directors President, Meg Benke announced the selection of Bruce Chaloux as Sloan-C’s new executive director and chief executive officer, succeeding John Bourne, […]
Quality Matters’ 4th Annual Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning
3 to 6 October 2012 Tuscon, United States The theme of this year’s conference is “Where Design and Content Converge” with special contributions from MERLOT. The conference includes pre-conference workshops,reception, keynote, awards ceremony, many concurrent sessions. The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 7 March 2012. Submit via the conference website. Tracks and Topics: 1. Research: Reports […]
Students go at own pace at school without boundaries
Los Angeles (CNN) – After spending 20 years in a midlevel job at a Southern California credit union, Dawn Moore wanted a promotion. But to move up in the company, Moore needed a bachelor’s degree. So what stopped her from going back to school? A full-time job, a family and a tight budget.CNNFull Story
Panel Ponders Future of Open-Education Resources
Washington – Open-education efforts like the free lecture materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and producing free online textbooks are relatively new, and advocates face questions about how to pay for such projects and how to maintain their quality.Wired CampusFull Article
Temple U. Project Ditches Textbooks for Homemade Digital Alternatives
When students groan about buying traditional textbooks, their grievances follow a familiar refrain: They’re expensive and usually boring. So this fall, a team of Temple University professors heeded those complaints and abandoned the old-fashioned texts for low-cost alternatives that they built from scratch.Wired CampusFull Article
Harvard Business Publishing joins IU eTexts initiative
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University announced today, Feb. 8, an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing to deliver eTexts for students on all IU campuses. Harvard Business Publishing is the leading provider of teaching materials for business management education. Indiana UniversityPress Release
Why Pay for Intro Textbooks?
Using Rice’s Connexions platform, OpenStax will offer free course materials for five common introductory classes.The textbooks are open to classes anywhere and organizers believe the programs could save students $90 million in the next five years if the books capture 10 percent of the national market.Inside Higher EdFull Article
Defining Fair Use
When it comes to the boundaries between exempted “fair use” of copyrighted materials and unlawful infringement, academic libraries spent 2011 in a defensive crouch.Inside Higher EdFull Article
Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity
This report provides foundational knowledge needed to examine and understand the potential contributions of online learning to educational productivity, including a conceptual framework for understanding the necessary components of rigorous productivity analyses, drawing in particular on cost-effectiveness analysis.US Department of EducationDownload The Report