Lifelong Learning: The New Normal for Higher Education The First Convergence of Education and Workforce The Life Long Learning Platform Lifelong learning is quickly becoming a cornerstone of our higher education system. There is a growing need to provide new capabilities to power the work force while meeting the dynamic needs of today’s 21st century student. […]
NACUBO Annual Meeting Tampa, July 9–12, 2011 The Call for Presentations is now open! You’re invited! Here is your chance to submit a proposal to present new approaches relevant to business officers at colleges and universities. This is an opportunity for you to showcase your solutions, strategies, and initiate provocative discussions to 1,500 business officers. NACUBO’s 2011 Annual
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Authors: Stephen Gilfus Foreword the Gilfus Education Group predicts that over the next few years, educators will make great progress in combining existing technology capabilities with the practices and theories of learning communities to develop a vigorous community learning platform which enables a richer set of educational experiences and facilitates the positive effects characterized by
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Today, Barnes & Noble announced its next move, launching NookStudy, a software solution that gives students access to eTextbooks and other digital content and organizational tools for learning. The company also launched a textbook rental service. Barnes & Noble claims it is now the first and only major online retailer giving college students textbooks in new, used, rental, and digital formats.
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CourseSmart, the world’s largest digital course materials provider, today announced the first group of colleges and universities that have been selected to participate in the company’s Faculty Instant Access program. The program provides instructors with convenient, instant access to more than 90% of core higher education textbooks as eTextbooks from within the campus systems they use every day. The select higher education institutions, which are widely-regarded as innovators, span a diverse array of public, private, four-year, two-year, large and small institutions across the U.S. including Arizona State University, Auburn University, Case Western Reserve University, LeTourneau University, Minnesota State University – Mankato, Savannah College of Art and Design, Texas A&M University, the University of Central Florida and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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NOOKstudy, announced July 12, is Barnes & Noble’s (BN) bold new effort to gain a foothold in the nascent etextbook market. The product was pre-released to a small group of college campuses this summer. BN expects the general release of the product for free, open use in August-to coincide with the beginning of the new school year. The software application promises to enable students “to manage all their digital content-etextbooks, class materials, and notes-on the computing device they rely on most, their PC or Mac.”
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—– In an effort to track the eTextbook marketplace the Gilfus education Group will be providing continuous updates –—— Barnes & Noble announces NOOKstudy eTextbook college program Regular readers know that the Barnes & Noble Nook is my preferred ebook reader device for a number of reasons I have written about in various articles. One
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—- the Gilfus Education Group is tracking progress in the eTextbook marketplace and will be posting updates as various vendors make headway in providing education institutions with new capabilities. —– CourseSmart Partners with Select Higher Education Institutions to Provide Instant Access to eTextbooks — Faculty at Universities Across the Country Will Have Direct Access to
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What is IV&V Independent Software Verification and Validation (IV&V) is a system engineering discipline which helps the development organization build quality into the software during the software life cycle. The purpose of Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) is to provide an objective review of a software product under development by an independent third party that
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