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Patent Office Grants D2L Reexam Request

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this weekend granted Desire2Learn its request for a reexamination of Blackboard Inc.'s e-learning patent. Desire2Learn is, at present, the defendant in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Blackboard in July 2006.
(2/26/2007)

ProProfs Launches Free Online Quiz Service

Online learning resource provider ProProfs.com has launched a new service called ProProfs Quiz School, which allows teachers to generate custom quizzes online. The new service is available free for educators and students.
(2/22/2007)

Angel LMS Integrates with Horizon Wimba

Angel Learning has released enhancements to its Angel Learning Management Suite (LMS), enabling it to integrate with Horizon Wimba's Live Classroom and Wimba Voice Boards.
(2/21/2007)

Pennsylvania DOE Adopts Real-Time Collaboration Tools

The Pennsylvania Department of Education will implement new real-time collaboration capabilities using LiveAccess from Vemics Inc., a developer of collaboration and learning tools. Live Access combines multipoint video, voice, and data technologies with content, consulting, and customer support.
(2/21/2007)

Canadian District To Expand Fast ForWord Implementation

School District 16 in New Brunswick, Canada has adopted Fast ForWord from Scientific Learning Corp. (SLC). Fast Forward is a family of digital learning tools designed to develop "the neurocognitive skills required to read and learn effectively." The district said the program boosted early reading skills dramatically and that it will use Fast ForWord with more students in the future.
(2/20/2007)

Blackboard Connects Faculty and Students with Scholar

Blackboard has launched a new, free service for users of its CMS technologies: Scholar, a "social bookmarking" service designed to connect faculty and students across institutions. Scholar is the first product released from the Blackboard Beyond Initiative, which focuses on centrally hosted Web services.
(2/15/2007)

TI Releases Spanish-Language Learning Activities

Texas Instruments today released new learning activities supporting the company's "We All Use Math Every Day" (WAUMED) math education initiative. The activities are now available in Spanish.
(2/13/2007)

Altair Intros IQity Learning Suite

Altair Learning Management has debuted IQity Learning Suite, a distance learning system for grades 9 through 12.
(2/12/2007)

Texas SBE Adds Saxon Math to Adoption List

According to Harcourt Achieve imprint Saxon Publishers, the Texas State Board of Education has approved Saxon Math Courses 1, 2 and 3 for its instructional materials adoption list for middle school students. The company said yesterday that the curriculum "is 100 percent conforming and covers each required element of essential knowledge and skills."
(2/8/2007)

Corel Launches Painter X Curriculum

Corel Tuesday launched a new version of its painting an illustration suite, Painter X. Following that release, the company also announced a new visual arts curriculum at the annual convention of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA). The first part of the curriculum, called "Digital Painting and Sketching Using Corel Painter X," is now available free of charge.
(2/8/2007)

Cherokee County Uses ViewCast for Distance Learning

Cherokee County School District in South Carolina has implemented new technologies in two of its high schools to support its distance learning courses. The district has adopted ViewCast's Niagara GoStream portable streaming media encoder to capture and encode classes, which are then broadcast to students unable to attend in person.
(2/7/2007)

TCEA: Learning.com Debuts K-5 Math Curriculum

At the annual convention of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA), online instruction provider Learning.com today debuted a new supplemental math curriculum for K-5 students. Dubbed Aha!Math, the new service combines math instruction with gaming nd offers tracking and assessment features through the Learning.com management system.
(2/6/2007)

TCEA: Discovery Upgrades PowerMediaPlus

Today at the annual convention of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA), Discovery Education announced upgrades to PowerMediaPlus.com, the company's curriculum-oriented media on demand system. According to Discovery, the new features add enhancements to the site's usability.
(2/6/2007)

Math Goodies Expansion Pack Released

Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies, an educational software developer, released the latest expansion pack for its math learning software. This is the sixth version of the "The Math Goodies CD." The upgraded version will add to the already existing content in earlier versions of the software.
(2/5/2007)

Wisconsin Online High School Launches

Insight Schools has partnered with the Grantsburg School District in Wisconsin to launch a new online high school. The Insight School of Wisconsin debuted last week and is opening its virtual doors for the 2007/2008 school year. Information sessions for parents and students will be held beginning today and running through Feb. 23.
(2/5/2007)

Update: Sakai, Blackboard Comment on Patent Pledge

Yesterday, we reported that Blackboard had released a legally binding pledge stating that the company would not assert its patent rights against open-source developers in the CMS space or against developers of "home-grown" systems. The non-assertion pledge also covers those who service such systems, including hosting, maintenance, support and customization. And it includes the current patent, as well as patents pending. We spoke with Blackboard representative Matthew Small, who provided some insight and clarification on the pledge. Since then, we've also had a chance to speak with Chuck Severence, executive director of the Sakai Foundation--a central player in the patent discussion--for additional comments.
(2/2/2007)

Blackboard Pledges Non-Assertion of Patent on Open Source Developers

In a surprise twist on the ongoing controversy over Blackboard Inc.'s e-learning software patent, the company today announced that it will not assert its patent rights against open-source developers. Blackboard had maintained previously that it was supportive of the pen-source community and that it would not be looking at those developers as targets for patent litigation, but it had stopped short of making a formal pledge until today.
(2/1/2007)

Update: Blackboard Clarifies Patent Pledge

Earlier today, we reported that Blackboard had released a legally binding pledge stating that the company would not assert its patent rights against open-source developers in the CMS space or against developers of "home-grown" systems. That pledge also covers those who service such systems, including hosting, maintenance, support and customization. Concurrently, critics of Blackboard's patent--in particular trade group EDUCAUSE and open-source developer Sakai--released a joint statement on the Blackboard patent pledge, supporting it but with some caveats. We had a chance to speak to Blackboard representative Matthew Small today to get some clarifications on the pledge.
(2/1/2007)

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