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SGL's Adaptive Mobile Learning: Software-as-a-Service
Boston, MA (US), September 2012 - The next generation of Adaptive Mobile Learning (AMOL) is on the market. Synaptic Global Learning's (SGL) AMOL supports classroom and online instruction on mobile devices (iPad1/2, Android Tablets) with success by increasing student online-course completion rates. Educational programs that have used AMOL - 4DL HITE demonstrate the highest rate of course completion in online education (90-95%). It is being adopted globally by K-12 and university practitioners. » MORE
TOEFL® Search Service Now Available
Princeton, NJ / Cincinnati, OH (US), September 2012 - Universities and colleges can now more easily connect with potential students from around the world, thanks to a new innovation from ETS and Hobsons. ETS, creator of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®), and Hobsons, a leader in recruitment, communication, and student-success solutions for colleges and universities, have launched the highly anticipated TOEFL® Search Service, an online tool connecting higher-education institutions with prospective international students worldwide. » MORE
Ivy Tech Community College Partners with Blackboard
Washington D.C. (US), September 2012 - Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana's largest public postsecondary institution and the nation's largest singly accredited statewide community-college system, is partnering with Blackboard Inc. to provide technology-enabled solutions and virtualized support for its enrollment-management efforts. This virtual "Student Success Center" will help improve the customer-service experience for Ivy Tech's students and assist the college in its efforts to enroll, retain, and graduate more students. » MORE
Virtual College Honours 750,000th Learner
Ilkley (UK), September 2012 - Virtual College is celebrating reaching a staggering 750,000 unique online learners, an increase of quarter of a million compared with this time last year. One of the UK's leading online training providers, Virtual College continues to buck the economic trend and now boasts a team of over eighty at its offices in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. » MORE
Webinar Series to Improve Student Outcomes
Longmont, CO (US), September 2012 - Sopris Learning, a provider of evidence-based assessments, supplemental materials, intervention solutions, positive behavior interventions and supports, and professional development offerings, has announced that it will host its fifth seasonal complimentary webinar series focused on ways to improve student outcomes and meet rigorous standards with robust, relevant, real-world solutions and classroom strategies. » MORE
Cutting the Cost of Attending University
Bristol (UK), August 2012 - With the recent rise in UK tuition fees to £9,000 a year, the traditional route to a university degree has never been more expensive for the student. "This market is now seeing an unprecedented increase in the range of providers offering degrees, and this increase brings new ways of delivering education", says Debbie Lawley, MD of online learning company WillowDNA. » MORE
Online Professional Development via Mediasite
Madison, WI (US), July 2012 - Sonic Foundry, Inc., a market leader for video management and academic, enterprise, and event webcasting, has announced that The University of Auckland's Faculty of Education is using the company's Mediasite webcasts to meet school eLearning requirements and extend its reach to teachers in schools throughout the country. » MORE
International Scientific Committee Created
Barcelona (ES), July 2012 - With the creation of an international scientific committee, the UOC's eLearn Center (eLC) has made another step forward in enhancing its position as a benchmark research institution for eLearning. This research, innovation and training center, which looks into the most innovative ways of seeing and experiencing eLearning, has consolidated its activities in the three years since its creation and now has a group of renowned experts who offer advice, provide scientific contributions, and raise the profile of the center's activities. » MORE
New OLAT 7.3.1 Public Release Now Available
Zurich (CH), July 2012 - OLAT (Online Learning And Training), an open-source, free-of-charge, and web-based learning management system that supports all major standards, is now publicly available in its latest version, OLAT 7.3.1. » MORE
TIS GmbH's Managing Director Goes Professor
Tübingen (GER), June 2012 - After twelve years as managing director, TATA Interactive Systems (TIS) GmbH, Dr. Nils Högsdal has accepted a position as a professor for Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship at the "Hochschule der Medien" in Stuttgart (Stuttgart Media University). » MORE
