Archive for November, 2009
by John Bowers, Julie Dent, and Kathleen Barnes Offering campus technology training online is an effective, sustainable alternative to live training workshops that saves space, time, equipment, and paper. Video tutorials are short, Flash-based animated sequences of screenshots with voiceover narration that can be combined with assessments for more comprehensive online workshops. Video tutorials for [...]
“The president and I believe that ensuring our nation’s children are excelling in the STEM fields is essential for our nation’s prosperity, security, health and quality of life,” Secretary Duncan said. “All of us need to be engaged in task of improving STEM education. Business leaders and major donors are leading the way, and leaders from other sectors need to join them.”
This year-end conference will preview 2010 trends and outlooks from leading public and private companies in the education market. The conference will feature company presentations, one-on-one investor meetings and panels that will address key topics and emerging trends in the for-profit education market. Signal Hill 3rd Annual Education Preview Investor Conference Thursday, November 12, 2009 [...]
“The president said last week that Race to the Top will require states to take an all-hands-on-deck approach,” Duncan said. “We will award grants to the states that have led the way in reform and will show the way for the rest of the country to follow.”
For a more detailed discussion of these concepts and how they apply to your individual situation, contact Chris Curran or Mark DeFusco, managing directors, or Vivek Kamath or Adam Newman, directors, in the Berkery Noyes Education Group at 212.668.3022. Many companies are increasingly taking a more aggressive stance toward accessing new markets outside the United States and/or finding opportunities to deliver products and services into consumer channels.
Hellman & Friedman to acquire Datatel from Thoma Bravo and co-investors FAIRFAX, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE), November 09, 2009 – Datatel, the industry’s most experienced provider of higher education software, services and insight, announced today that they reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hellman & Friedman LLC. Hellman & Friedman and its affiliates, co-investor [...]
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Teachers and Schools Celebrate Success at 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Education Forum Microsoft Partners in Learning expands global network for educators. SALVADOR, Brazil — Nov. 4, 2009 — Today, at its fifth annual Worldwide Innovative Education Forum (IEF), Microsoft Corp. is celebrating the impressive work that teachers and school leaders from around the world are [...]
“ Today’s release of the ‘Enterprise Education Platform’ marks a milestone moment in redefining the current possibilities of transformational technologies for our educational institutions. The convergence of ERP and LMS technology into a single holistic platform can, and will, increase individual and organizational intelligence, reduce total operational costs and improve institutional outcomes and student success.”
The GoingOn Community Platform integrates the latest social networking, collaboration and publishing technologies to enable schools to create vibrant online communities and transform silos of information into an open social knowledge network.
Datatel has embraced the Enterprise Education Platform concept and will provide details of how the company plans to fulfill this vision at its corporate presentation here at EDUCAUSE 2009 tomorrow from 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM in the Korbel Ballroom 2C at the Colorado Convention Center. In her presentation, Social Learning that Won’t Break the Bank, Datatel Chief Client Officer Liz Murphy will explain how the company’s recent agreement with Moodlerooms will allow Datatel to provide higher education institutions with a fully integrated, tested, and supported Enterprise Education Platform that unites teaching and learning applications with administrative functions.