Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Combination Clears Regulatory Review
Companies Prepare to Close Transaction in the First Quarter of 2012SOURCE: DatatelRead the Press Release
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Educational Content and Learning Experiences Wirelessly Delivered to Home TV Console
DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Don’t touch that dial. A new variety of interactive educational content for the youngsters in the household is headed to a TV near you.SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee/PR NewswireRead the Full Article
Accreditation – In the Fight of its Life? Parts 1, 2 and 3
In this three part article Mr. Michael Lambert Executive Director of Distance Education and Training Council shares his views on current issues facing higher education system of voluntary accreditation with the readers of Today’s Campus. Mr. Lambert has close to 4 decades of leadership experience in defining, maintaining and promoting standards of educational excellence. SOURCE: […]
The University of California Irvine Awarded 2011 Open Educational Quality Initiative Award for Institutions
IRVINE, Calif., Dec 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The OpenCourseWare program at the University of California, Irvine was selected by an international jury pool as the winner of the Award for Institutions for The OPAL Awards 2011. The OPAL Awards, given to UC Irvine in Berlin on Dec. 2, recognize innovation in improving the quality […]
Education Dept. Report Calls for Greater Accessibility to Learning Materials for Visually Impaired Students
A report released Tuesday updates Congress on the state of accessibility to learning materials for college students with visual impairments such as blindness, and it recommends ways to improve their learning conditions.SOURCE: Wired CampusRead the Full Article
PBS KIDS Expands Video App to iPhone & iPod touch, Offering More Free Educational Video Content on Mobile than Any Other Kids Media Brand
App arrives just in time for holiday travel, building on success of the PBS KIDS Video App on iPad, which served more than 86 million streams in NovemberSOURCE: PBSRead the Press Release
Desire2Learn Announces Latest Release of Desire2Learn® Learning Suite, to Create Greater Opportunities for Collaboration and Communication
Latest release focuses on enhanced social media integration, rich media management and simplified communication for instructors and learnersSOURCE: Desire2LearnRead the Press Release
Ball State creates Android app for students to access university information
Ball State University has created one of the first student-focused mobile applications in the country with the launch of bConnected for Android mobile and Google TV. The app provides convenient access to valuable student resources, such as grades, class schedules and information related to campus life, student organizations and financial aid awards. SOURCE:Ball State UniversityRead […]
Virtual Reality in Engineering Education: The Future of Creative Learning
Abstract Virtual reality has achieved an adequate level of development for it to be considered in innovative applications such as education, training, and research in higher education. Virtual reality offers both opportunities and challenges for the educational sector. One of the challenges of virtual reality technology is the costs associated which have been unaffordable for […]