Blackboard Inc buys Angel Learning
Carter, D. (2009) Blackboard-Angel deal gives pause to some eSchool News, May 7
The latest on LMS wars. Even less choice of commercial software now....
3D Learning and Virtual Worlds: Training Applications
ACS Learning Services 3D Learning and Virtual Worlds: An ACS Expertise in Action White Paper Dallas TX: ACS, available through TrainingIndustry.com
A 17 page report...
Online game on academic integrity and plagiarism
For some fun go to University of British Columbia's Library's Academic Integrity Resource Centre site and click on the 'stage' icon on the right...
T-Learning (digital TV) in Brazil: the BEACON project
From the EuroPace Newsletter
BEACON is creating a Brazilian‐European consortium for organisations interested in t‐Learning.
BEACON (Brazilian‐European Consortium for DTT Services) is a specific targeted research...
Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World
Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience (2009) Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World Bristol, UK: JISC/HEFCE, 52 pp.
'Supported by the principal...
Text messaging for collaborative learning in South Africa
Makoe, M. (2009) MXit: How to Encourage and Facilitate Communication Among Students eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12
This interview with a professor from the University...
Rural Botswana Goes Online
Nthaga, L. (2009) Rural Botswana Goes Online eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12
Botswana has mobilised a project for the establishment of information centres equipped with...
More on laptops in lectures
Schellenberg, T. (2009) Getting the Half Attention of Students UBC e-Strategy Newsletter, May
An article that follows on from the Macleans OnCampus article, with additional...
Workshop: Making Comics into Interactive Media
Would a serious researcher look to comic books and videogames as sources of inspiration for how to transform education? Of course they would!
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Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools
Stansbury, M. (2009) Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools eSchool News, April 28
Extract:
'Virginia reportedly has become the first state to implement a pilot...