Element K has released InstructorHub, a global online community and resource center for instructors.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer described the company's pending $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype as a major milestone in its efforts to extend cross-platform communications across mobile devices and PCs.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/12/11
Teleplace has launched a new open source project, OpenQwaq, an enterprise-class virtual collaboration platform based on the Teleplace platform.
An Iowa high school teacher is using cloud technology to encourage collaboration among students.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 05/04/11
Even as it "disruptively" transforms American education, blended learning is itself being slowly reshaped into new and distinctive forms.
EdWeb.net has launched a free professional online learning community for new teachers called New Teacher Help.
Blackboard's collaboration division will be promoting a form of crowdsourcing to develop the next generation of its technology.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/29/11
FunnelBrain has redesigned its free academic question and answer search engine.
A teacher in California's Pleasant Valley High School figured out a way to connect his students to science in their own community, combining virtual field trips with hands-on activities and physical tours of local points of interest.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/20/11
Microsoft has opened up its Office 365 public beta to a bigger crowd worldwide. The company also warned that its latest beta accounts for the online productivity suite will not be transferable to Office 365 for education when the beta program ends.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/19/11