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One new, edtech startup presses course materials forward toward mobile, custom, and open. Ann Arbor, Michigan (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 Ginkgotree, a web app to help faculty build their own, online coursebooks from any resource, launched less than 4 months ago and emerged from their beta this past month. Turns out, the young, unfunded team of four is making some mega waves. If the name sounds familiar, you may have heard about their win at the EDUCAUSE Game Changers Business Competition....

DENVER, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (EDUCAUSE Booth #540) -- In 2012, adaptive learning became one of the most important and exciting trends in education technology, and in that year McGraw-Hill Education cemented its status as the adaptive learning leader, celebrating a number of milestones for McGraw-Hill LearnSmart(TM) - the company's industry-leading adaptive study tool - as it helped colleges and instructors improve student performance. As part of this year of achievement in...

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AcademicPub(TM), the leading provider of custom books - digital and print - for the higher education community, announced the upcoming addition of multimedia capability, enabling instructors on the platform to add a video, audio or image link to the copyright-cleared product available for student purchase. The announcement was made by Caroline Vanderlip, CEO of AcademicPub parent SharedBook Inc. "At every step of the way AcademicPub has...

SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CourseSmart®, a leading Educational Services Platform and the world's largest provider of digital course materials, today announced a beta pilot to test CourseSmart Analytics, an innovative new solution which measures students' engagement with digital course materials. A centerpiece of CourseSmart Analytics, is CourseSmart Engagement Score Technology(TM), a proprietary algorithm that evaluates standard usage data such as page...

CINCINNATI and DENVER, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As admissions offices prepare for the deluge of documents from 2013 college applicants, Hobsons introduces a web-based interface for the paperless review of applications. Hobsons, a leader in recruitment, communication, and student success solutions, debuts the AppReview solution at this year's Educause conference in Denver, the premier gathering of the brightest minds in higher education information technology. (Logo:...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 6. 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012 --- WHEN: November 6-9, 2012 --- WHERE: Colorado Convention Center 700 14th Street Denver, CO 80202 rSmart is exhibiting at booth #1361 --- WHO: The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference was designed to provide information and solutions to education...

DENVER, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EDUCAUSE Booth #540 -- On the heels of the recent expansion of an e-book pilot program to more than 25 institutions nationwide, McGraw-Hill Education today announced the creation of its Digital Learning Partnership Program, which encourages colleges and universities to transition to digital in ways that promote deeper learning, better pass rates and higher rates of retention. The new program, which builds upon the experience and results from...

ANDOVER, Mass., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications company, today announced prominent analyst, consultant and blogger Michael Krigsman will moderate a panel of industry-leading higher education CIOs who will share how they have transformed their roles to thrive in today's high-pressure university environment. In the face of the continuing stagnant economy, technology upheaval, vicious competition, and the proliferation of Massively...

SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CourseSmart®, a leading Educational Services Platform and the world's largest provider of digital course materials, in partnership with Internet2 and EDUCAUSE, today announced a research project to test a simple, convenient and affordable approach to digital course materials. Up to 20 institutions will be invited to participate in a trial of the CourseSmart Subscription Pack, a one-stop shopping experience where students can buy all...

NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A promising model for the purchase, distribution and use of e-books and digital course materials on college campuses took an important step forward today, as McGraw-Hill Education, Internet2 and Courseload announced that they have partnered with EDUCAUSE to expand an e-book pilot program to more than 25 institutions, including major research universities and community colleges, for the fall 2012 semester. The pilots enable participating...