Learning Apps/Tools
- Elluminate Phases In Learning Suite Upgrades
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10/28/2008
Ed tech developer Elluminate announced Tuesday that it's beginning a phased rollout of new versions of its Elluminate Learning Suite components, including Live V9 and Publish V2, as well as Elluminate vSpaces. New features are being rolled into these virtual learning applications now through December.
- Saba To Extend Collaboration Platform with Enterprise Social Networking System
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10/24/2008
Education technology developer Saba this week debuted a new solution it describes as an "enterprise social networking platform." The new system, Saba Social, is designed to extend Saba's collaboration platform and provide a vehicle for delivering and capturing informal, peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange.
- Designing a Working Space for Chat
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10/22/2008
In the first installment this two-part series, we looked at chat as an instructional tool in general terms. Now we take a look at some of the major concepts in using chat effectively in the process of moving the thinking process forward: building ideas, constructing media, and establishing which elements are critical to making the environment dynamic and relevant to the student.
- OpenWorld for Education
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10/22/2008
CT met with Oracle Vice President for Education & Research Product Strategy Curtiss Barnes following this fall's Oracle OpenWorld to capture some conference highlights for higher education.
- Mississippi Community Colleges Deploy Collaborative Tools
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10/21/2008
The Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges (MSBCJC) has selected the Wimba Collaboration Suite to deploy throughout Mississippi, allowing students and educators to connect through online video, voice, text, application sharing, polling, and white boarding.
- Lightweight Repository Allows Language Teachers To Share Resources
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10/21/2008
The University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is leading a project that will make it possible for language teachers to share their learning resources easily. The Language Box is a lightweight repository that acts as a host for language teachers to deposit their resources and share them with friends and colleagues in their community.
- iRespond Releases Mini-Tablet, Enhanced Software for Student Response Platform
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10/21/2008
iRespond has announced the addition of new hardware and software products to its student response system platform, designed to enhance the user experience for both teachers and students.
- Social Learning Platform Gains Developer Portal
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10/20/2008
Cerego has taken its first step toward opening its iKnow! social learning platform, a technology from aimed at integrating collaboration and learning into Web-based content, with the launch of the iKnow! Developer Portal. It's designed to allow users to create mashups using iKnow! content and is aimed particularly at "education-focused social communities."
- Adobe Ships Creative Suite 4, Flash Player 10
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10/15/2008
Adobe has begun shipping Creative Suite 4, with new versions of its development, design, publishing, and video/motion graphics applications, along with new and modified pricing and licensing schemes for both K-12 and post-secondary education. The company also released Flash Player 10 Wednesday.
- Using Chat To Move the Thinking Process Forward
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10/15/2008
The idea of using chat as a communication tool with students is widely accepted in education. Using the same tool to progress critical thinking is not often discussed. That is, the question might be asked, "Why use an online tool when I can discuss with my students face to face?"
- Web 2.0: Good for Education?
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10/15/2008
We are seeing trends in higher education, good and maybe otherwise, that reflect the re-structuring of knowledge systems that seem to come with a point in time we're calling Web 2.0. Educational leadership in this environment means reform at an institutional level, not just technology adoption.
- Is Higher Ed Technology Keeping Up with Student Demand?
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10/14/2008
Students see campus technology is a key factor in selecting a college or university and consider it critical for their professional development. Yet higher education institutions on the whole aren't keeping up with student needs in this area, according to a new report released Monday by CDW Government (CDW-G).
- Focus on Institutional Culture Drives Faculty Technology Adoption at Genesee CC
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10/8/2008
Too often, institutions spend precious resources implementing a learning management system and associated collaboration, teaching and learning tools, only to find that a relatively small percentage of faculty use the tools to any significant degree. At Genesee Community College (GCC), we have achieved high faculty usage of online learning tools by focusing on institutional culture.
- The Institutional Path for Change in This Age: Andragogy, not Pedagogy
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10/8/2008
Our ontology about teaching and learning is no longer workable. It is time for a change from pedagogy to andragogy and evidence-based learning.
- New Alliance To Research Gaming in Math and Science Education
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10/7/2008
Video games have always had and probably will always have their detractors. But there's a growing movement in academia and industry recognizing the value of this medium as an educational tool both inside and outside the classroom. This week, eight colleges and universities added their inertia to this movement, joining with Microsoft to launch a new alliance to study the benefits of gaming for math and science instruction and STEM equity.
- AVerMedia Rolls Out 1080p Visual Presenter
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10/7/2008
AVerMedia Technologies has launched a new model in its Digital Presenter line of high-resolution document cameras for classroom presentations. The latest model, the AVerVision SPB370 Platform Visual Presenter, offers a 5 megapixel document/object camera and 1080p HD output coupled with networking capabilities.
- Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students
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10/1/2008
Blogging can be an effective tool for learning, but its benefits shouldn't be taken for granted. It takes careful planning and skillful management to make it work in an educational setting. Here are five of the most common mistakes for instructors to avoid when incorporating blogs into instruction.
- Stanford Testing iPhone Application Suite
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10/1/2008
A suite of five software applications developed by students at Stanford University to run on Apple's iPhone is now being tested on campus. Two are for students, to manage course registration and bills. The other three will allow users to access Stanford's searchable campus map, get team scores and schedules, and check listings in the university's online directory, StanfordWho.
- The Generative Nature of the Digital Economy and Its Challenge to Educators
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10/1/2008
With digital technologies and Web 2.0 surrounding us, information -- and knowledge generation -- is abundant as never before. This creates some big changes for higher education: With no scarcity of information or collaboration opportunities, "seat time" in a classroom is no longer just about delivering content. Trent Batson asks, "How does a teacher reclaim the value of students coming to class in this time?"
- North Seattle CC Adds Plato Online Algebra Course to Math Formula
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9/30/2008
North Seattle Community College (NSCC) will be adopting Plato Learning's newest online software for post-secondary--Academic Systems Algebra--to support the college's developmental mathematics courses. The math series covers the principles of algebra in a self-paced online format. Since spring 2008, NSCC has utilized Academic Systems Algebra to instruct 200 students enrolled in basic, elementary, and intermediate algebra courses.
- DePaul Weaves SS&C Tech Finance Material into Hybrid Graduate Course
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9/29/2008
Chicago's DePaul University is trying out SS&C Technologies Zoologic Learning Solutions as its Web-based course content provider for graduate-level finance courses. Students will use 10 Zoologic Web-based courses as online study material in the "Financial Statement and Security Analysis" course. Zoologic course topics include accounting, credit risk, and equity.
- Crown College Adopts Angel To Support Online Learning
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9/26/2008
Crown College, a Christian college in St. Bonifacius, MN with about 1,200 students, has decided to replace its existing online course management service with the Angel Learning Management Suite (LMS).
- UW-Stout Taps Echo360 Lecture Capture To Connect with Distance Students
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9/25/2008
Distance education students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout are enjoying the personal touch in their online technical communications program thanks to deployment of lecture capture from Echo360. EchoSystem captures in-class voice, video, and visual aids from such devices as smartboards and tablet PCs, then publishes the combined media to a school's learning management system, iTunes U portal, or Web portal.
- Lecture Capture: No Longer Optional?
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9/25/2008
Lecture capture has been gaining momentum in recent years, but that momentum is being outpaced by student demand. According to new research released this week by the University of Wisconsin-Madison involving about 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students, an overwhelming 82 percent of students said they would prefer courses that offer online lectures over traditional classes that do not include an online lecture component. The researchers also pointed out the implications for these findings extend well beyond the classroom.
- Using Classroom Clickers To Engage Every Student
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9/24/2008
"With clickers, you're giving every student a voice, even the introverts," according to Edna Ross, a resource teaching professor and the chair of the University Instructional Technology Committee in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, speaking about classroom response systems.
