New Active Learning Platform Will Enable Echo360 to Partner With Universities and Colleges to Strategically Enhance Teaching and Learning Outcomes Before, During and After Classes

McGraw-Hill LearnSmart™ Surpasses One Million Student Users, Company Offers Preview of Next Generation Adaptive Technologies Designed to Improve Student Performance

Denver, CO – November 6, 2012 – ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc., a technology leader that helps schools more efficiently create and administer direct assessments, and generate actionable data to measure and improve individual student learning outcomes, today announced the launch of its Exam Intelligence (E.I.) solutions at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver.

DENVER, Colo., EDUCAUSE Booth #1433 — November 06, 2012 — Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the trusted market leader for video management and academic, enterprise and event webcasting, today announced the company’s Mediasite platform will be used to webcast the EDUCAUSE 2012 Annual Conference this week at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo.

Washington, Nov. 5, 2012 – Blackboard Inc. today unveiled a major new release for its flagship LMS Blackboard Learn™, marking a significant milestone in the company's effort to bring new innovation to its core teaching and learning products. The release brings a fresh approach to the user interface, an emphasis on social learning and significantly improved value for institutions and educators working to improve student retention.

Boston – November 05, 2012 – Pearson today announced Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based, content service that provides instructors with easy access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson is partnering with Silicon Valley non-profit Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, and will leverage Gooru’s powerful search capabilities to build applications that seamlessly integrate high-quality learning resources on the web, including OER, with instructor-created and Pearson content. Faculty will also have the ability to publish their customized digital course content within multiple types of learning management systems, including Pearson’s OpenClass and LearningStudio.

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Solano Community College, serving 11,000 students annually, has partnered with Pearson to launch an integrated blended learning program designed to increase access to course content and reduce costs to students.

New survey from Babson Survey Research Group and Pearson cites fewer barriers to adoption,
with emphasis on video, blogs and wikis for instruction