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CCC Confer, a project out of Palomar College
in San Marcos, CA, is expanding its Web collaboration capabilities. The
organization, which provides Web-based conferencing capabilities for
the massive California Community College System (CCCS) enterprise-wide, has upgraded to the Elluminate Learning Suite unlimited license.
California Community College System Gets Expanded Collaboration Tools — Campus Technology
To boost the sinking economy, government needs to invest in
modernizing and upgrading school buildings, expanding broadband
internet access, making public buildings more energy efficient, and
launching a public works program to rebuild the nation’s highways, said
President-elect Barack Obama in a Dec. 6 radio address.
Top News - Ed tech central to Obama’s recovery plan
Open CourseWare and open education resources are founded on the principles of open source living, so it’s only natural that there are lots of open source courses to be found. In this guide, you’ll find courses on Linux, open source philosophy, legal issues, and more.
100 Free Open Courseware Classes About Open Source Everything | BSchool.com Business Schools Directory
When designing a virtual world, or any other Web 2.0 tool, users need to recognize that there are basic barriers to institutional change. These barriers include first-order barriers, issues that are extrinsic to the faculty such as lack of access to computers and software, insufficient time to plan instruction, and inadequate administrative and technical support.”
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ABSTRACT: Successful implementation of e-learning is dependent on the extent to which the needs and concerns of the stakeholder groups involved are addressed. This paper discusses e-learning, describes the needs and concerns of the various stakeholder groups, and derives a Stakeholders’ Responsibility Matrix to summarize the responsibilities of each stakeholder group. Fulfilling the responsibilities described in the Stakeholders Responsibility Matrix will address the needs and concerns of each stakeholder groups, thereby encouraging the success of e-learning in higher education.Read the Full Article
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A small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source — and give them away.
Open Source Textbooks Challenge a Paradigm | Epicenter from Wired.com
Over the last six years, Stewart Mader has staked his career on the power of wikis. Mader first worked on wiki adoption initiatives in the IT department at Brown University, becoming fascinated by their power and potential. On the day we spoke, he had just left a two-year position as a wiki evangelist with Atlassian, an Australian-based software company that offers a wiki tool called Confluence.  View Original Article
Gone are the days when universities courted prospective students solely through college fairs, direct mail campaigns and high school visits. Today, Point Loma Nazarene University posts promotional videos on YouTube. Alliant International University is advertising on Facebook and preparing podcasts for iTunes. One department chair at National University is about to start blogging on at least a  View Original Article
Over the last six years, Stewart Mader has staked his career on the power of wikis. Mader first worked on wiki adoption initiatives in the IT department at Brown University, becoming fascinated by their power and potential. On the day we spoke, he had just left a two-year position as a wiki evangelist with Atlassian, an Australian-based software company that offers a wiki tool called Confluence. Mader has now returned to working as a wiki consultant, where his company, Grow Your Wiki, focuses on organizational wiki adoption.Read the Full Article
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A soldier from Knoxville has given new dimension to the term distance learning. While on duty with the 20th Engineering Brigade in Balad, Iraq, 1st Lt. Jeremiah Manning wrapped up his master’s degree in civil engineering at the University of Tennessee online. Manning told The Knoxville News Sentinel by e-mail that completing the degree took him nearly three years and it feels good to have  View Original Article
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