Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Global functional fitness market leader Escape Fitness, in partnership with Dutch distributor FunXtion, is launching the FunXtion Interactive Platform—a cloud-based, multi-device solution that makes functional training safe, effective, accessible, motivational and fun inside and outside of the campus rec environment for exercisers of all skill levels. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced new capabilities for AWS Educate, a global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources they need to accelerate cloud-related learning. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Dropbox and Blackboard Inc. today announced a strategic partnership designed to make it easier for students and instructors to upload, share and collaborate on documents — increasing the productivity, security, and collaboration at universities around the world. The partnership, first of its kind for both companies, makes Dropbox Blackboard’s Premier Partner for collaboration, workflows and storage. More...
By Joshua Kim. The best preparation for running successful web meetings is teaching synchronous online class sessions. More...By Joshua Kim. The fact that you are here - and that we are here all together - is something fundamentally new in our higher education community. How many other places do we have where anyone interested in higher education can easily gather and talk to one another. More...By Joshua Kim. Is it just me - or does Skype suck?By Joshua Kim. Google Slides may be one of those rare examples of an unambiguous technological win. A technology with only upsides. A technology that allows us to work not only in a different way - but in a better way. More...
By Carl Straumsheim. The course material provider Rafter has shut down, according to a message on the company's website. Read more...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A University of California Irvine research project may be the first of its kind to measure the impact and feasibility of the use of robots to bring homebound students into the classroom when they can’t be there physically. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online education company Udacity on Tuesday introduced a new “nanodegree” program in self-driving auto engineering. President Sebastian Thrun made the announcement during an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt. More...
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