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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

In 1998, for instance, researchers from the university formed a spin-off company called Carnegie Learning that popularized the math tutor software developed at the university. More recently, in 2013, a company called Acrobatiq was formed to try to bring lessons learned from the Open Learning Initiative to the market.

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Longtime Higher Ed Leader (and Former U.S. Congressman) Argues For a ‘Networked College’

Edsurge

That, in theory, will allow each campus to focus its energies on what it can do best and turn to outside companies and nonprofits for the rest. You’re talking about the LMS project, Sakai ? The campus of the future will be “networked,” argues Peter Smith, meaning that more and more academic-related services will be outsourced.

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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

Zoom integrates with learning management systems like Canvas, Moodie, Desire2Learn, Blackboard, and Sakai. 98% of Fortune 500 companies using SurveyMonkey, SurveyMonkey has over 150 survey templates and sample questions teachers can use in assessing the effectiveness of classroom instruction videos and interactive lessons.

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Open, Value-Added Services, Interaction, and Learning

Iterating Toward Openness

Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open.

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KITABOO facilitates key LMS integrations with advanced technological features

Kitaboo on EdTech

KITABOO , the world’s leading digital publishing platform with 20 million+ users across the globe adopts advanced technological features apt for big companies, schools, universities, corporates, and enterprises. Sakai: This learning management system offers tools and features that enhance teaching, learning, and collaboration.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” For-profit higher ed company Education Management Corp says it will close 22 out of 26 of its Brown Mackie College locations.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Lots of reporting on various court filings in the Trump University case, particularly those about the company’s “ playbooks ” detailing how former employees sold its course packages, targeting vulnerable populations. The company has raised $10.35 ’” More via The Wall Street Journal. ” Riiiiight.