Learning Apps/Tools

Carnegie Partners with Noel-Levitz on Math Readiness

10/29/2008

Enrollment management consultants at Noel-Levitz are partnering with education publisher Carnegie Learning in an effort to help increase college-level student retention through improved math readiness. Read More

Flat World Knowledge Closes $700,000 in New Funding, Continues Series A Round

10/28/2008

Flat World Knowledge has recently completed a funding round that has generated $700,000, bringing the company's total funding to-date to $1.4 million. Read More

Follett Expands K-12 eBook Line with 4 Distribution Agreements

10/17/2008

Follett Digital Resources has signed four additional publishers to distribution agreements for its line of K-12 eBook titles. Read More

Blackboard ProSites Builds Momentum, Signs 40 Clients in First Year

10/13/2008

Just one year after launching Blackboard ProSites--an online staff development and employee training platform--Blackboard Inc. has licensed the solution to nearly 40 organizations, with close to half of those signing on in the first six months of 2008. Read More

Telecom, Services, Wireless To Drive Education IT Spending to $56.2 Billion by 2012

9/22/2008

In the United States, IT spending in education will reach $47.7 billion by the end of this year and is expected to top $56 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Compass Intelligence, an IT consultancy and market research firm. This growth in education--both K-12 and higher ed--is being fueled in particular by expenditures in telecommunications, collaborative technologies, and outsourced IT services. Read More

eCollege Partners with Cdigix for Rich Media Integration

9/12/2008

eCollege has announced a partnership with Cdigix that will give students at institutions using the company's course management system integrated access to rich media assets, including audio and video, among other things. Read More

New Mexico District Deploys High-Speed Network

9/4/2008

Gallup-McKinley County Schools in New Mexico has signed a five-year, $7.4 million contract with Qwest Communications to roll out high-speed services throughout several locations within the rural district. Read More

Somatic Digital Offers Free Evaluation Version Of eTouchBook Suite

9/3/2008

Somatic Digital has announced an evaluation version of their eTouchBook Suite, giving publishers, OEMs, and others an opportunity to test the platform's capabilities before making the decision to buy. Read More

Electronic Learning Products Forms Alliance with KeyStep

9/2/2008

Electronic Learning Products (ELP) has announced a strategic partnership with KeyStep LLC, intended to help ELP grow nationally, as well as expand its current relationships with education publishers. Read More

McGill U Library Scanning Rare Books with Kirtas

8/28/2008

McGill University Library in Montreal will be using a Kirtas Technologies APT BookScan 2400RA to digitize its collections. The company says that the 2400RA is capable of acquiring page images at the rate of 2,400 pages per hour. The library will be working with Ristech, a Canadian reseller, to implement the digitization solution. Read More