By Tim Goral. Social learning platform FutureLearn has signed a new agreement with Pearson VUE to offer its growing global community of learners – currently exceeding 1 million – new opportunities to pursue certifications from online courses. More...
By Tim Goral. Moodle, the world’s open source learning platform, launches the latest version release of Moodle 2.9 based on the work of the core team and contributions from the community. The popular learning management system introduces a redesign of the navigation and user interface among many other improvements, evolving the software for the ease of use for students, educators and administrators. More...
By David Jesse. The bill, House Resolution O, would remove the word "formal" from a section in the constitution detailing which public university board meetings have to be open to the public. The bill would have to have a two-thirds vote approving it from both the state House and Senate, then head to the public for a vote. It is currently in committee, where a similar bill died last year. More...
By Kylie Lacey. A predictive analytics system is being used at Georgia State University to identify students who are at risk for dropping out. This robust system tracks every student on 700 triggers, and alerts administrators when a student is in need of one-on-one intervention.
“We wanted to get rid of gaps in races, ethnicities and income levels and to even the playing field,” says Timothy Renick, VP for Enrollment Management and Student Success and vice provost. More...
By Kylie Lacey. Short and to the point, mobile friendly and ADA compliant. Starting in 2012, the team at Temple University’s Fox School of Business began recording high quality academic videos based on these requirements. Intended for students beyond those enrolled in a specific course, there are currently close to 1,400 instructional videos. The school also has its own YouTube and Lynda.com channels. More...
Students from more than 20 prestigious colleges and universities recently tried their hand at “Big Data” analysis at seven different campuses around the country during DataFest, an annual month-long data-analytics competitive event sponsored by the American Statistics Association. More...
To help make the cloud a social experience, FileChat announced that it has launched its platform, which delivers features that allow users to chat, “like” and vote on any of their files to harness the power of cloud based storage like never before. More...
iGrad and the University of Illinois (UI) have launched a financial literacy instructor certification program, aimed at boosting instructor confidence in the subject. More...
eXplorance, a Learning Experience Management solution provider, has announce the availability of Bluepulse version 1.5. The new formative assessment software is geared to boost teaching effectiveness and student engagement. More...
Diverse institutions of higher education in the D.C region are integrating a smartphone app into their safety strategies to engage students to think and act differently, for their own safety, and the safety of others. More...
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