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Thursday, 30 August 2012

Thinking of going back to school in an online environment?

Posted on 10:48 by Unknown
If you are not be actively enrolled or attending college and not in default or near defaulting on a student loan, you can "test drive" online learning at TestDriveCollege.com. Education Dynamics created "Test Drive College" as a program to provide "students with the opportunity to discover if online learning is right for them by taking a college course online at no cost or obligation."  This
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Remote Proctor NOW by Software Secure

Posted on 07:28 by Unknown
When you want to take an exam without scheduling - Remote Proctor NOW lets you take a test at your convenience


For students, time is
always at a premium – especially when studying or preparing for an exam
while managing other responsibilities, like a job or family. What if you
could offer students the ability to take their exams anytime and
anywhere with no scheduling? With Remote Proctor
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012

How to find BbWorld, DevCon, & Other Conference Recordings

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It is hard to believe that it has been over a month since the fast pace, fun, learning week with Bb. Now we can reminisce some of the event, right in our own office. There were so many GREAT sessions to pick from this year at the Blackboard DevCon and BbWorld Conferences, many of us were unable to attend all the sessions we wanted. Thankfully Blackboard (Bb) recorded several sessions and
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Monday, 13 August 2012

ExamSoft Integrates with Blackboard Learn

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I did a post on July 5, 2012 that talked about ExamSoft and other testing applications, based on SU's experiences, click here to read more. I also mentioned ExamSoft in my BbWorld Day 2 recap post, as they held a panel discussion to learn more about what Bb clients needed in secure testing and how their product could help.

Business Wire announced that ExamSoft Worldwide had a  new building
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Friday, 10 August 2012

Online degrees & distance education, is there a difference?

Posted on 09:22 by Unknown
As most everyone in higher education knows there has been a long debate on the quality of online degrees versus degrees obtained from universities with a physical campus. I believe this battle is not really about the "quality" of the degree, but society and competition. 

To start with degree mills have been around for ages and are generally are reached online and in many cases make a degree look
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Thursday, 9 August 2012

eXplorance, A Portal To Your Users

Posted on 08:22 by Unknown

Shenandoah University does not do business with eXplorance as we are still trying to work out online evaluations. So I have no first hand experience with their product, however they did attend the 2nd Annual VaBug conference last September in Richmond. The feedback received from attendance was excellent and attendees were impressed that the company would come all the way from Canada for a
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012

A Place To Visit: Metro Richmond Zoo

Posted on 08:59 by Unknown
If Moseley (VA) is not to far away from you and you have young kids or just like animals, I suggest you visit the Metro Richmond Zoo. The zoo is just the right size for small through middle school age children. They have a Safari Train that will take you through their "Africa" free range area and only accessible via the train. They have a Sky Ride that will take you across the majority of the zoo
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012

What is Brainshark?

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When I heard about this company the first thing that came to mind was a shark in the ocean and the movie Jaws, so I was glad to see they used a shark fin in their logo. Brainshark provides clients with a cloud-based software for creating,
sharing and tracking online and mobile video presentations. Brainshark proivdes the ability to transform static content into voice-enriched video
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012

WileyPlus and Blackboard

Posted on 17:56 by Unknown
Shenandoah University installed the WileyPlus Blackboard building block almost immediately after the announcement came out. I was wondering if I did the right thing at BbWorld because I heard other admins saying they don't like publisher building blocks due to support issues, but it has proven to be a good thing for SU. Read my initial post on the new publisher building blocks, by clicking here.
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Turning Technologies Host Webinars in August & September

Posted on 17:03 by Unknown
Availability is limited. Register today for each session that you wish to attend.

TurningPoint Webinar Series:
August 21st 2:00 p.m. EST PowerPoint Polling.
August 22nd 2:00 p.m. EST Anywhere Polling.
August 23rd 2:00 p.m. EST Self-Paced Testing

Pedagogical Webinar Series:
Wednesday, August 29th – 2:00 p.m. EST.
Javier Horta, M.D., Ph.D. Lecturer in Physiological & Organic Chemistry,
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