Higher Ed Market Headlines
Antioch University Selects SunGard Higher Education
SunGard Higher Education — Thursday, March 04, 2010
Antioch University has chosen SunGard Higher Education to help improve its administrative efficiencies, student services and its overall educational experience by transforming institutional technology. SunGard Higher Education will provide the University with IT leadership, innovative technology planning, management and specialized technology support services... Read More »
College Campuses Turn to Perceptive Software for Enterprise Content Management
Perceptive Software — Tuesday, March 02, 2010
More than 400 colleges and universities across more than 1,000 campuses around the world have a direct connection to student, personnel and business operations information thanks to Perceptive Software, creator of enterprise content management (ECM) software including flagship product, ImageNow. Read More »
InteractElsevier Delivers 3-D Interactive Anatomy Learning Tools
Elsevier — Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Powered by CyberAnatomy, an Iowa-based company that creates interactive learning systems for students, the innovative 3-D interactive anatomy series applies advanced gaming technology to reviewing, learning and teaching anatomy. Read More »
Moodlerooms and DubMeNow Partner To Provide New Mobile Campus Application for Smart Phones
Moodlerooms, Inc. — Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Moodlerooms, Inc. announced a partnership with DubMeNow, a leading mobile platform company. Together the two companies will enhance DUB’s Higher Ed mobile platform to integrate with joule™, Moodlerooms’ enterprise learning management platform. Read More »
Jackson State Community College Improves Student Achievement with Pearson's MyWritingLab
Pearson — Tuesday, February 23, 2010
With nearly 25 percent of incoming freshman at Jackson State Community College--about 500 students--needing to take a developmental writing course, how could the college provide personalized instruction, while ensuring a consistent learning experience and grading across so many course sections? Read More »
INTELECOM To Distribute Developmental Math Video Clip Collection
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications — Monday, February 22, 2010
The collection will draw from the ModuMath Basic Math video curriculum of the Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation. ModuMath was designed to meet the needs of students who have had little success with classroom or textbook instruction, and uses computer animation and graphics to guide learners through the problem-solving process. Read More »
New Macmillan Subsidiary, DynamicBooks, Redefines Interactive Textbooks for Higher Education
Macmillan — Monday, February 22, 2010
DynamicBooks, a new subsidiary of Macmillan, unveiled today a new digital publishing platform that allows instructors to freely customize and modify some of today’s most respected textbooks. DynamicBooks seeks to lower costs to students and is working with its publisher partners to do so. Read More »
Bridgepoint Education's Seamless Transition to Pearson LearningStudio from Blackboard Successfully Completed Ahead of Schedule
Pearson eCollege — Thursday, February 18, 2010
Bridgepoint Education has completed the implementation of Pearson LearningStudio--an online learning management system of Pearson eCollege--as part of its move to adopt a more comprehensive and reliable SaaS-based model. Read More »
Students Lead the Way in Promoting Affordable Textbooks on Campus
Flat World Knowledge — Thursday, February 18, 2010
Flat World Knowledge, the leading commercial publisher of free and open college textbooks, announced the launch of an innovative campus internship program that gives college students -- those most affected by skyrocketing textbook prices -- an active role in impacting the way faculty think about textbooks. Read More »
Pearson's MyLabsPlus Offers Powerful Teaching and Learning Support
Pearson — Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Pearson offers colleges and universities even more benefits with MyLabsPlus--an enhanced version of the MyLabs and Mastering programs, featuring more robust administrative and reporting tools and enhanced customer support... Read More »
