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Moving to Moodle: Reflections Two Years Later

Adopting an open source learning management system combined benefits and challenges, with lessons for change managementRead the Full Article

Report assesses K-12 online learning

Online learning is growing rapidly, but its continued growth will require specific policy and funding changes that focus on increasing educational choices and opportunities while ensuring high quality and improved student achievement, according to a new report.Read the Full Article

Report assesses K-12 online learning

Online learning is growing rapidly, but its continued growth will require specific policy and funding changes that focus on increasing educational choices and opportunities while ensuring high quality and improved student achievement, according to a new report.Read the Full Article

UCF students paying more for online courses

f you’re one of the 11,000 students taking an online course at UCF, you’ve no doubt noticed that the cost of that class has gone up about $54 since last year. That’s because of an $18 per-credit-hour distance-learning fee that became effective July 1.Read the Full Article

University recognizes non-traditional students

Nationwide, campuses are recognizing non-traditional students this week.Read the Full Article

New low-cost college option emerges

Burck Smith wanted to give college students a way to earn course credits and kick-start their higher-education careers while slashing first-year college costs by more than half.Read the Full Article

State Digital Resources: Memory Projects, Online Encyclopedias, Historical & Cultural Materials Collections

The Library of Congress American Memory project and other digital initiatives provide free access through the Internet to the treasures of the Library’s collections that document America’s history, culture, and creativity.Read the Full Article

Hands on with the Blackberry Bold

When I finally got my hands on one of the year’s most highly-anticipated smartphones of the year late last week, I was dubious that the BlackBerry Bold would live up to the hype.Read the Full Article

Universities see promise in Google Book Search settlement

Stanford has joined with the University of Michigan and the University of California in supporting a proposed legal settlement that could allow their libraries to digitize millions of books through the Google Book Search project.Read the Full Article

Microsoft Office Comes to the Browser (Finally)

Microsoft announced this morning at its PDC conference that the next release of Microsoft Office will include browser-based versions of some of its main office software products – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.Read the Full Article