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Samsung and Khan Academy Launch Pilot Tablet Program

via Education Week By Nikhita Venugopal on October 30, 2012 12:25 PM   Tablet computers have been expanding their presence K-12 classrooms over the past few years and the pace of the expansion appears to be quickening. The latest chapter in the rise of tablet computing in schools involves technology company Samsung, which announced a …

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With 4.5M Users, Instructure Takes On The Courseras & Udacities Of The World With Its Own Open Course Network

via techcrunch.com Rip Empson Instructure launched Canvas in 2011 to give educational institutions an alternative to the ubiquitous (but much criticized) software of educational giants like Blackboard. Rather than forcing schools to spend six months integrating and learning how to use inflexible and bloated learning management software, Canvas offers an open source and cloud-native system …

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

By Jeffrey R. Young – October 20, 2011 Chronicle of Higher Education Philadelphia—When Pearson officials talk about their new learning-management system, OpenClass, they like to mention Google. They note that the software is distributed through Google’s App marketplace, and say that it was inspired by Google’s popular e-mail and Web services platform. Pearson drops the company’s …

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Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content Webinar

Gilfus Education Group Announces Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content Webinar “Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content Webinar” Washington, DC (Wednesday August 10th, 2011) – Gilfus Education Group announced today that it will offer a webinar on Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content. eLearning and online training products and services are one of the most rapidly …

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Army to shut down eArmyU

By Jim Tice – Staff writer https://www.armytimes.com The eArmyU civilian education option that has provided distance learning support services to 64,000 soldiers over the past decade will be shuttered next year. The 1,429 soldiers enrolled in the program today may continue to register for eArmyU courses until March 31, 2012 even if a course runs past the shutdown …

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