April 12, 2013 
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A Learning Record Store (LRS) = a place to store learning records. The LRS is a new system that goes hand in hand with the Tin Can API. As Tin Can enabled activities generate satements, they’re sent to an LRS. The LRS is simply a repository for learning records that can be accessed by an LMS or a reporting tool. An LRS can live inside an LMS, or it can stand on its own.
(Full Story: http://tincanapi.com/learning-record-store/ )
August 14, 2012 0 Comments
Lexim is a learning management system that is available to all teachers, regardless of which system their institution has adopted.
(Full Story: Lexim – making eLearning available to every teacher, from any institution)
August 14, 2012 0 Comments
With best-in-class teaching and discussion tools, Lore turns your class into an online community. By signing up, you’re joining the largest network of instructors and students in the world. Learn more.
(Full Story: Lore. Learn more. – what do you teach?)
January 28, 2012 0 Comments
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaplan Test Prep’s SAT On Demand course has been recognized as the top high school “Test Tool Website” in ComputED’s 2011 Education Software Review Awards (EDDIE Awards). The EDDIE Awards, now in its 16th year, recognize innovative programs and websites that augment classroom curriculum and improve teacher productivity, providing parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence. Winners are selected from around the world and judged on academic content, potential for broad classroom use, technical merit, subject approach and management system.
(Full Story: Kaplan’s SAT On-Demand Course Wins 2011 EDDIE Award)
December 12, 2011 0 Comments
We believe that there’s a lot more to class than lecture. Post links, videos, files. Start discussions. Write a blog post. Ask about an assignment. Classes are meant to be social, but they rarely are. We’re changing that.
(Full Story: Coursekit – simple way to manage your course and engage your students)
December 7, 2011 0 Comments
“We wanted to create a simple, elegant LMS that covers 95% of instructors’ needs, like grading, file management, calendaring, submitting assignments, and emailing with the class,” says Joseph Cohen, 20, who left Wharton after his sophomore year when he scored $1 million in seed funding this past June to start Coursekit. “Blackboard covers 100%– that’s why it’s such a cluttered platform.”
(Full Story: The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education | Fast Company)
May 17, 2011 0 Comments
Lead the way with our gradebook, lesson planner, attendance, reporting and calendar. For teachers, parents and students.
(Full Story: LearnBoost – opensource gradebook, lesson planner, etc)
April 18, 2011 0 Comments
Would anybody pay for Instructure’s hosting and support when they could host the LMS themselves?
Instructure Canvas, the new entrant in the education learning management system market (LMS), has closed $8 million in a Series B round of financing led by OpenView Venture Partners, EPIC Ventures, TomorrowVentures, and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurveston.
(Full Story: Instructure’s Canvas LMS: Go open source, get serious investment capital)
April 8, 2011 0 Comments
Learning Management + Social NetworkingSchoology is a free web-based learning management system (LMS) built on a social network. Schoology leverages the familiarity of popular social media tools to improve communication and collaboration.
(Full Story: Schoology – Your Digital Classroom)
March 29, 2011 0 Comments
PrepMe allows teachers to upload source materials, tests, quizzes and more. Because much of the learning and testing is based online, Coursification is ideal for professors and teachers who are comfortable with placing all of their content on a web platform. PrepMe’s offering could also be useful for remote teaching.
(Full Story: PrepMe’s Coursification – Personalized Online Learning Platform)
