Posts Tagged ‘Software Systems’

These top Microsoft Teams apps will increase your productivity

If your organization is on board with Microsoft Teams, there are quite a few ways that you can get the most out of the collaboration service. We’ve already highlighted some tips and tricks for Teams, but did you know that you can also add some of your favorite apps as “Tabs” to Teams? If your […]

Mediasite Announces New Video Tools to Help Schools Meet Gen Z Learning Demands

CHICAGO, Ill. Educause Booth #1231 — October 15, 2019 — Mediasite today announces powerful new features that give users better control over how students experience video lectures, ensuring the most impactful, data-rich and searchable study tools for all. Sonicfoundry

Instructure Combines the Power of Portfolium and Canvas

CHICAGO — Oct. 15, 2019 — Today at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, Instructure(NYSE: INST) announced that Portfolium, a student portfolio network acquired earlier in the year, is now integrated within the Canvas Learning Management Platform. The combined capabilities allow students to showcase their achievements, projects, and competencies to potential employers. Students can create a Folio […]

U.S. Colleges Choosing Cengage Unlimited Subscription Service to Offer Students Affordable Access to Textbooks and Course Materials

BOSTON—October 11, 2019 —A growing number of college leaders across the U.S. are choosing to offer Cengage Unlimited campus-wide in order to give their students more affordable access to textbooks and course materials.  While students at more than 5,000 institutions can purchase Cengage Unlimited, more than 70 institutions are delivering the subscription service at-scale through […]

Blackboard Student Services Launches Chatbot Capability

CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — EDUCAUSE — Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced the launch of Blackboard Chatbot Powered By Ivy.AI, a live conversation simulation tool offering students, instructors, and staff constant personalized support. The chatbot joins a growing suite of accessible and convenient Student […]

An analysis of peer reviewed publications on openness in education in half a century: Trends and patterns in the open hemisphere

Openness in education is an evolving concept which is shaped by the changing needs of societies, cultures, geographies, and economies, thus, it does not have a precise definition. By focusing on four sets of generic keywords – open education, open learning, open educational resources (OERs), and open educational practices (OEPs) – this paper examines research […]

Copyright, Content, & Control: Student Authorship Across Educational Technology Platforms

There is no longer any doubt about whether the field has been paying attention to “the question of who owns language” (Lunsford & West, p. 383). Today, a vast trove of IP scholarship exists within disciplinary coffers, ranging from issues of textual circulation (e.g., DeVoss & Porter, 2006; Edwards, 2018; Gries, 2015; Ridolfo & DeVoss, […]

Coursera for Campus: A New Way to Help Universities Everywhere Deliver Job-Relevant Learning

Today, I’m thrilled to introduce Coursera for Campus, a new offering designed to help any university — even those outside of Coursera’s partner ecosystem — to use content on Coursera to deliver job-relevant, multi-disciplinary online learning to its learners. Coursera

Pedagogical Guidelines for the Creation of Adaptive Digital Educational Resources: A Review of the Literature

The present article constitutes a systematic review of the literature with the objective of identifying the appropriate elements that must be considered when designing and creating adaptive digital educational resources. The methodological process was rigorous and systematic, employing an article search in which the texts related to the object of study were identified, selected, evaluated […]

Driving digital tools with pedagogical strategies

There are three critical issues that are expanding the gap between the modern classroom and today’s digital tools eCampus News