Is this merger a sign of reduced support for both projects and the need to bring funding sources together to support future efforts? Early this year, Jasig, the parent organization for uPortal, CAS, Bedework and other open source software serving higher education, and the Sakai Foundation, which supports the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment, formed […]
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Distance Education Pioneer Pursues North American Marketplace with Free Course Offerings. Armidale, Australia – November 1, 2012 – The University of New England (UNE) in Australia, a leader in online learning and distance education, announced that it will begin researching and pursuing North American partnerships for the deployment of free courses and highly scalable MOOCs.
the Gilfus Education Group would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend the “Education Innovation” showcase in Denver, Colorado on November 7th and 8th. The “Education Innovation” showcase is located at the Gilfus Education Group booth, #761.
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Written by jtsai via CB Insights Education technology (or EdTech) has become a major focus area for venture capitalists with 235 companies building education-oriented tools & services raking in $1.37 billion between Q2’11 to Q2’12. Since 2010, CB Insights data shows an average of 53 venture capital financings per quarter to education focused startups Deal
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via Education Week By Nikhita Venugopal on October 30, 2012 12:25 PM Tablet computers have been expanding their presence K-12 classrooms over the past few years and the pace of the expansion appears to be quickening. The latest chapter in the rise of tablet computing in schools involves technology company Samsung, which announced a
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via techcrunch.com Rip Empson Instructure launched Canvas in 2011 to give educational institutions an alternative to the ubiquitous (but much criticized) software of educational giants like Blackboard. Rather than forcing schools to spend six months integrating and learning how to use inflexible and bloated learning management software, Canvas offers an open source and cloud-native system
Educators Visualize an Online Learning Experience that is Interactive, Relevant and Results Driven Rochester, NY (PRWEB) October 29, 2012 Adapt Courseware, the provider of comprehensive adaptive online curriculum resources that individualize the learning experience for each student, has been selected to present in the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase, which is being held during the
Blackboard, as its known today, was born from the merging of two small firms in the late 1990s. The result is a slew of co-founders who have left the company before Chasen in pursuit of new ventures.
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Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:48am (Reuters) – Barnes & Noble Inc said on Wednesday that customers who shopped at 63 of its stores as recently as last month may have had their credit or debit card information stolen in what the U.S. bookstore chain called a “sophisticated criminal effort.” The retailer, which operates a total
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Let’s face it: Higher Education needs a different business model. What we have now is what has been handed down to us from previous generations. This is a model based on reputation, based on the demand for the aspiring classes to be like the previously (and still) privileged classes. But this is snake oil in
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