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edX Adds International Monetary Fund to Course Providers The International Monetary Fund has partnered with edX in an effort to reach government leaders worldwide and open its training to the public.
Blackboard Validates Mozilla Digital Badges Mozilla's Open Badges initiative has received the official nod from educational technology company Blackboard, which has integrated digital badges into its learning management systems Blackboard Learn and CourseSites.
The Essence of MOOCs: Multi-Venue, Non-Linear, Learner-Initiated Learning "MOOCs represent the logical outcome of the move toward learner-initiated learning," says Trent Batson, "If the vast majority of learners in the global connected culture are not enrolled in college, education has to extend to those new learners." Here, Batson takes another look at the phenomenon known as massive open online courses--what MOOCs are, and what they aren't.
Teacher Prep Review Finds Most Teacher Education Dismal A new extensive report out by the National Council on Teacher Quality says that only four institutions of higher education in the United States out of 1,130 deserve the highest rating in its evaluation of teacher education programs.
Camtasia Studio Adds Chroma Key Support, Video Cropping TechSmith has released version 8.1 of is video capture and editing suite, Camtasia Studio.
U Cincinnati Implements 100 Percent Wireless Coverage on Main Campus The University of Cincinnati has upgraded its wireless network and now provides secure wireless coverage across its main campus to support more than 38,000 simultaneously connected mobile devices on a daily basis.
Game On! Engaging IT Students at Kaplan U This online university set out to discover whether the use of gaming techniques could help students get beyond whatever obstructions were holding them back in one crucial gatekeeper course. The results were dramatic.
Visix Introduces RoomBoard Interactive Room Management System The new RoomBoard touchscreen room-management solution from Visix combines interactive wayfinding, room availability visualization, and room scheduling on one screen.
Hillsborough Community College Streamlines Purchases with E-Procurement Florida's Hillsborough Community College has adopted a new e-procurement solution in an effort "to streamline and leverage its procurement process," according to a news release about the move.
Low-Cost MOOC To Grant 3 Credits at Tiffin U A school-vendor partnership will be testing out a new twist on the MOOC: offering a three-credit course in social sciences for $50, considerably less than the course costs through the university.
Hitachi Debuts Compact 10,000 Lumen Projector Hitachi America recently introduced its 9000 Series DLP projectors designed for large-capacity venues at InfoComm 2013. Featuring two different lamps, the compact projectors, which weigh 41 pounds, offer a brightness of up to 10,000 lumens when both lamps are working simultaneously.
Network Research Lab at U Illinois Adopts Open Switches The Ocean Cluster for Experimental Architectures in Networks (OCEAN) laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has implemented open switches to support its research in software-defined networks (SDN), security, cloud computing, and low-latency networks.
Upcoming Release of Kuali Rapid Application Development Framework To Include Bootstrap The Kuali Foundation has revealed plans to include the Bootstrap Web development framework as part of its new Kuali Rapid Application Development (KRAD) framework with the release of Kuali Rice 2.3, which is scheduled for July 31 of this year. The KRAD framework with Bootstrap will enable developers to modernize the interface and functionality of Kuali applications.
Report: The 4 Pillars of the Flipped Classroom Though all classrooms are different, there are four critical elements that successful flipped classrooms have in common, according to a new report developed by the Flipped Learning Network, George Mason University, and Pearson's Center for Educator Effectiveness.
Adobe Rolls Out Creative Cloud Versions of Photoshop, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects Adobe has revamped its Creative Cloud service and formally rolled out new "CC" versions of many of its major creative desktop applications.
iOS App Puts Teachers in Control of Videoconferencing Systems Communications tech firm Avizia has launched a new tool specifically for teachers that's designed to give them improved control over videoconferencing technologies in their classrooms.
U Oklahoma Boosts Bandwidth from Sports Venues OU aims to improve video coverage of its sporting events with the addition of LiveU's external antenna.
Red Hat Debuts Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform for OpenStack-Powered Clouds Red Hat has launched two new products designed to help organizations build private or public cloud environments or implement infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions.
NC State's Next-Gen Library Sounds Off About Audio in Collaborative Spaces North Carolina State University's new James B. Hunt Jr. Library has been showing off its "technology sandbox" operations, which include state-of-the-art audio-visual features intended to inspire visitors to go "wow!" The new 220,000 square-foot facility includes dedicated spaces for large-scale visualization, interactive displays, 3D motion technologies, and other visual elements.
Crestron AirMedia Turns Mobile Devices into Presentation Systems Crestron has launched a new system that allows groups of presenters to connect their phones, tablets, and laptops to AV systems wirelessly.
USC's New Cinema School Comes Alive with Interactive Media The University of Southern California formally opened a new interactive media facility for its School of Cinematic Arts (SCA), which features a load of technology, including 4K projection, Oblong g-speak, multitouch presentation screens, professional-level game testing rooms, highly configurable spaces, and what it claims to be North America's largest university installation of interactive displays.
Mediasite Enterprise Video Platform Expands Capture Capabilities, Audio Search Sonic Foundry is rolling out a major update to its flagship lecture capture system, the Mediasite Enterprise Video Platform, with new software and hardware additions and a new My Mediasite interface for creating and uploading media.
AcademicPub Customizes Library Content for Colleges, Universities SharedBook has added new features to AcademicPub Content Library that allow colleges and universities to customize content for their libraries.
NEC Intros High-Performance 3-Chip DLP Projector NEC Display Solutions of America has unveiled a new high-resolution, high-light-output digital projector designed for education.
Texas Instruments DLP Debuts Multitouch Technology Prototype for Classrooms Texas Instruments (TI) DLP has unveiled a multitouch technology prototype capable of turning any surface into a fully interactive touch screen for multiple users.
Display Gear Revs Up at InfoComm 2013 Advances in display technology were on parade at this year's InfoComm 2013 in Orlando, including a number of touchscreen devices, wall displays, new LED monitors, and related AV gear.
Crestron Develops Microsoft Lync-Based Conference Room Solution Crestron has unveiled Crestron RL, its new Lync-based group collaboration solution for conferencing.
Panasonic Intros 8,500-Lumen DLP Projector, Interactive Short-Throw Projector Panasonic has announced several new projectors, including the company's first interactive ultra-short throw projector and a WUXGA single-chip DLP projector that the company claims as the industry's brightest.
How Mobile is Your Mobile App? Instead of shoveling functionality from its website into a mobile app, the Fox School of Business built an app featuring only those tools that students need while on the go.
Ricoh Launches Projection Systems for Schools Ricoh Americas has released two new short-throw projection systems designed for schools.