Google Says Pearson’s New Learning System Is ‘Not a Shared Product’

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By Jeffrey R. Young - October 20, 2011 Chronicle of Higher…

Gilfus Education Group Predicts Top Five Education Innovation Trends for 2011 and 2012

the Gilfus Education Group announced its annual education predictions today, foreshadowing emerging concepts for encompassing information technology and digital content throughout academic and administrative education applications. As an independent education consulting organization based in Washington, DC the Gilfus Education Group predicts the following top five trends in education innovation for 2011-2012

Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System

One of the world’s biggest education publishers has joined with one of the most dominant and iconic software companies on the planet to bring colleges a new—and free—learning-management system with the hopes of upending services that affect just about every instructor, student, and college in the country

Blackboard Absorbs Edline, Keeps Product Line Intact

By Dian Schaffhauser 10/05/11 A day after its acquisition of…

Higher Education ERP Vendor Update

Changing an ERP to SaaS is a large investment in time and cost for any vendor to address. Therefore the challenge for the vendors is how to get the ERP, with its slow development and implementation cycles, to provide the solutions to the new needs of the institution.