Learn Permit Liberty (From Servers) Ring: Educause 2011
This fourth dimension terminal year, nosotros were tailgating amongst the USC marching band at the EDUCAUSE conference—an annual gathering of the higher-education information technology community. Last week, amongst to a greater extent than than fifteen 1 G one thousand people at 1 time actively using Google Apps for Education, nosotros ventured to Philadelphia for a few jam-packed days at EDUCAUSE 2011. Our fourth dimension inwards the metropolis of brotherly dearest included a booth amongst 30+ Googlers together with a woodsy backdrop for our fireside chat series; coming together amongst hundreds of CIOs from universities using together with considering Google Apps for Education; a party at the Academy of Natural Sciences; together with of course of report freedom together with the lifelong pursuit of the Philly cheesesteak. Here’s a glimpse:
The gone Google—including 64 per centum of populace universities together with 66 per centum of individual universities.
Last calendar month nosotros shared that 61 of US News together with World Report’s transcend 100 Universities are using Google Apps for Education. That number’s at 1 time upward to 62, together with is nevertheless only a snapshot of the thousands of institutions using Apps on campus. Schools that accept lately selected Apps for Education equally their collaboration platform include Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, Wellesley College, University of Amsterdam, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of York together with University of Bristol.
In add-on to these novel schools, we’re besides bringing only about novel integrations to Apps:
The gone Google—including 64 per centum of populace universities together with 66 per centum of individual universities.
Last calendar month nosotros shared that 61 of US News together with World Report’s transcend 100 Universities are using Google Apps for Education. That number’s at 1 time upward to 62, together with is nevertheless only a snapshot of the thousands of institutions using Apps on campus. Schools that accept lately selected Apps for Education equally their collaboration platform include Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, Wellesley College, University of Amsterdam, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of York together with University of Bristol.
In add-on to these novel schools, we’re besides bringing only about novel integrations to Apps:
- OpenClass: Pearson has developed a complimentary cloud-based Learning Management System that is tightly integrated amongst Google Apps together with provides a novel variety of learning environs that stimulates social learning. This is available inwards the Apps Marketplace.
- SlideRocket EDU: This presentation software integrated for cloud-based collaborative instruction enables you lot to unleash the creation, sharing together with communication of ideas amongst an online application that connects amongst content inwards Google Apps for Education together with is available on whatsoever device or browser. This is available inwards the Apps Marketplace.
- Blackboard Bboogle: Last year, Northwestern University presented their pop Bboogle (Blackboard + Google) application at our EDUCAUSE booth. Bboogle has at 1 time been certified past times Blackboard together with is available to other universities equally a Building Block through Blackboard’s Extensions website. Bboogle enables instructors to link Blackboard course of report sites straight to Google Docs, Calendars together with Sites without requiring a minute login. And past times automatically setting permissions for editing, it helps encourage together with facilitate collaborative instruction.
- Desire2Learn: Users volition presently endure able to add together widgets to Course Homepages that arrive slowly to sentiment unread e-mail messages inwards Gmail, leave of absence along rails of upcoming events inwards Calendar, together with submit assignments created inwards Docs.