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OSLO, Norway, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fronter is helping parents be active participants in their children's learning. By using the Fronter Learning Platform pupils and parents are given access to relevant and updated information, whenever and wherever they want. The result is more motivated pupils - and more involved parents. "Fine" is usually the answer children give when asked "How was school today?" and most parents find it difficult to get more information from...

OULU, Finland, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elektrobit (EB) has released a whitepaper on Cognitive Communication Networks that explores how cognitive radio can be utilized in military communications. The white paper discusses how cognitive radio works and how future wireless systems equipped with cognitive radio capabilities could dynamically access new frequency bands, and at the same time protect higher-priority users on the same bands from harmful interference....

Highlights include: badges, mobile access, simplified administration and many usability improvements. Perth, Western Australia (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Moodle, the open source learning platform used by millions around the world, has released Moodle 2.5, adding hundreds of improvements and exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. Inspire with Badges: Educators can award badges based on a variety of chosen criteria with the new Badges feature in Moodle, making it easy...

Clary Icon, the US-based manufacturer of the Clary OneScreen™ interactive video whiteboard, and the US StarBoard® Division of Hitachi Solutions America have entered into a joint sales and marketing partnership. Under this agreement, Hitachi’s StarBoard sales and marketing team will provide full sales and support to both customers and resellers of the Clary OneScreen. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Clary Icon, the US-based manufacturer of the Clary OneScreen™ interactive...

Steady growth for the Alliance-based e-Learning Management & Software firm Amvonet is strengthened by the announcement of two new hires and grand opening of satellite office in Columbus, Ohio. Alliance, Ohio (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Steady growth for the Alliance-based e-Learning Management & Software firm Amvonet is strengthened by the announcement of two new hires. AMVONET is an active participant in the e-learning market, delivering services to K-12, university, healthcare and...

From Magnatag Visible Systems: Project managers organize projects and track their progress with the new Do-Done StepTracker magnetic whiteboards. Macedon, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Teams who focus on productivity, process, quality, 5S and other lean manufacturing improvements use the new Do-Done StepTracker whiteboard as a rallying point for project management and coordination. “We use the Do-Done board to display the current status of our company-wide lean initiatives and training. Each...

Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, today announced that Globe University, a comprehensive system of career colleges, universities and training centers that includes Broadview University and Minnesota School of Business, has selected its VitalSource Bookshelf® platform to launch e-learning solutions to educators and students throughout the Globe University system. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group...

The University’s Language Centre is deploying Kaltura’s MediaSpace CampusTuube video portal, as well as integrating Kaltura’s video extension for Moodle into its Languages@Warwick platform. Coventry and London UK (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The Language Centre at University of Warwick, one of the UK’s leading universities, announced today that is has selected Kaltura, the leading open source video platform (http://www.kaltura.com), to power video for teaching and learning. The Language...

NATICK, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kurzweil Educational Systems(®), a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, Inc. [NASDAQ: ABCD], a leading educational solutions and services company committed to helping all students reach their full potential by providing evidence-based solutions and services, announced today that a robust and flexible reporting feature has been added to Kurzweil 3000(®)-firefly. This reporting feature, available to any customer with a current...

A coalition of communications advocates visited The Clare senior living community in Chicago to learn about how residents are using mobile technologies including smartphones and tablets. Their use of technology was documented to presented to Illinois State Legislators in order to promote the importance of technology to different demographics. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 A coalition of communications advocates visited The Clare senior living community in Chicago to learn about how...