Posts Tagged ‘Software Systems’

New Savings Calculator Helps College Students Decide Best Buy for Course Materials

BOSTON—September 13, 2018—Almost 90% of college students spend anywhere from a few hours to a week searching for the best buy on their textbooks, according to a recent survey. Who has that kind of time? Thanks to a simple new digital savings calculator, students using Cengage products can get some time back as they decide […]

A Rubric for Evaluating E-Learning Tools in Higher Education

The Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation offers educators a framework, with criteria and levels of achievement, to assess the suitability of an e-learning tool for their learners’ needs and for their own learning outcomes and classroom context. As educational developers supporting the incorporation of technology into teaching, we are often asked by instructors for a […]

Teaching and Learning with DPLA (Digital Public Library of America)

It’s a new academic year and we are as excited as all of you to sharpen our pencils (or dust off our keyboards!) and dive into another year of teaching and learning at DPLA. A resource for both educators and students, the Digital Public Library of America (https://dp.la) is a free national digital library that […]

Open Access at the Movies

A new documentary film taking aim at for-profit publishers is about to be screened at universities around the world, but will it further the goals of the open-access movement? Inside Higher Ed

Making E-Textbooks More Interactive

Columbus State Community College created a multimedia e-book for English composition students that reduces textbook costs and reimagines the ways learners engage with course material. Campus Technology

Eurekos LMS Review – Create, Curate & Manage Content Quickly

This is an LMS with some real attitude. The attitude is all about making it quick and easy to create and curate content in the LMS. And yes Eurekos has put an amazing level of thought and detail in, making it incredibly easy for the busy training team to create and manage content. It is […]

“Schools must harness cutting edge technology to engage and inspire the next generation”

Mobile technologies and apps have become integral to our lives and have potential to play a role in education. Without embracing these technologies in learning and teaching, we will be doing the next generation and future workforce a disservice. Our Google-funded project investigates the role of Google Expeditions, a mobile virtual reality (VR) application, in […]

Pearson and Baker University Partner to Provide Students Course Materials, Tutoring & Career Services for One Flat Rate

New model provides students first day course material access and services throughout their college career at a savings of up to 70% Pearson  

Download Report: Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities

Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities State education leaders are committed to providing leadership to ensure that all students have access to personalized, engaging learning experiences supported by digital instructional materials and resources. With the transformation to digital learning, more and more states are enacting policies and guidelines to support the implementation […]

Applying Artificial Intelligence to the Search for EdTech: An SRI-EdSurge Collaboration

Searching for educational technology (edtech) can be overwhelming. The number of products available is daunting: for example, Apple’s App Store contains more than 80,000 educational apps. And for educators, the decision has high-stakes implications for budgets and student learning. EdSurge