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Next Generation of Globally Minded Viewers
Miami, FL (USA), August 2015 - Fortune Media Group Inc., an educational programming and branded-entertainment producer, has announced an upcoming series that examines the local and global trends in open education and how those trends are impacting and driving higher education. » MORE
To Push the Boundaries in Music Education
London (UK), August 2015 - Students at the Royal College of Music are used to pushing creative boundaries when it comes to music, drama, and dance. Through the use of Polycom's video solutions day to day, they are able to defy distance, break down classroom walls, and show what video collaboration could be capable of in the classrooms of the future. » MORE
Blackboard Unveils the New Learning Experience
London (UK), August 2015 - Blackboard Inc. has launched the "New Learning Experience" - an innovative approach to education that focuses on the learner and promotes better engagement, interaction, and quality learning by bringing together and simplifying the learner's educational experience through the use of integrated technology, services, and data capabilities. The New Learning Experience stems from Blackboard's mission to re-imagine education and create new ways to better serve learners and the institutions that serve them. » MORE
Fashion Education Program Online
New York, NY (USA), July 2015 - Teen Vogue and Parsons School of Design at The New School have announced a new online fashion-education program designed to help millennials launch or transition into a career in fashion. Titled "Certificate in Fashion Industry Essentials", the program's enrollment recently opened, with the first cohort starting 15 September. Certification for completion of the program is provided by Parsons. » MORE
New eLearning Software Announced
Canton, MI (USA), July 2015 - Galaxy Software Solutions, Inc. a Michigan-based company, has announced its plan to launch advanced eLearning software called "iVarsity". This product will be coming to the market in January 2016. This is "the solution" for online training with cloud technology. This product can be used by organizations of all sizes and can be customized as per their need in just a few mouse clicks. » MORE
Blackboard Acquires X-Ray Analytics
Washington, DC (USA), July 2015 - Blackboard has announced the acquisition of X-Ray Analytics, a research-based, predictive analytics technology that helps instructors and organisations meet the learning needs of their students. The technology will first be integrated into Moodlerooms and Enterprise Moodle, Blackboard's services and solutions to institutions and organisations that leverage Moodle, one of the most widely used learning-management systems (LMSs) in the world. » MORE
Google Apps for Education
Seattle, WA (USA), July 2015 - "Assuming the growth rate of 41% from 2010-2015 continues over the next five years, handing in a paper, and handing it back, may become entirely paperless event for over 110 million students and teachers by 2020," said Victor Alhadeff CEO of Boost eLearning. » MORE
Christian M. Stracke Appointed at OUNL
Essen (GER), June 2015 - Dr Christian M. Stracke has been appointed Associate Professor for Open Education and Innovation at the Open University of the Netherlands' (OUNL) Welten Institute. He previously served as Managing Director of the German Research Institute TELIT, based at the University of Duisburg-Essen. » MORE
UK's First Anti-radicalisation Course for Universities
London (UK), June 2015 - Marshall eLearning has launched a new course in response to recent legislative changes related to the UK government's £40 million national counter-terrorism strategy called CONTEST, of which the Prevent strategy is a part. » MORE
To Drive a World-Class Online Educational Experience
Montreal (CA), June 2015 - Zavango, a leader in learning and enablement innovation, has announced that Online Trading Academy, a global financial-education company, has chosen Zavango Engage to help deliver a world-class self-paced online educational experience for its students. » MORE
