By Laura Devaney, Director of News, @eSN_Laura, Author at eCampus News

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Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Study: Flipped science class helps women, those with lower GPA

September 25, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Taking a flipped approach to science instruction could help women and students with lower GPAs score higher on exams, according to a new study. Physical chemistry students who…

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Cengage Learning acquires Learning Objects

September 24, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Cengage Learning, a global education company, announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company. Learning Objects powers innovative, customized and adaptive online learning programs…

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Students prefer laptops, tablets for learning

September 24, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

As learning goes more mobile, a new study reveals that college students still prefer laptops as their primary learning device, though they also expect tablets to play an…

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At U-Michigan, mixing supercomputers and big data

September 23, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A new way of computing could lead to immediate advances in aerodynamics, climate science, cosmology, materials science and cardiovascular research. The National Science Foundation will provide $2.42 million…

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Online course innovator launches mobile player

September 23, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Smartphones and tablets have become a day-to-day part of our lives. And the opportunity to learn on-the-go is not only a huge benefit, it’s a requirement. Versal is…

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Florida Atlantic adopts Internet of Things platform

September 22, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Florida Atlantic University's Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) is adopting Telit's deviceWISE IoT Platform in an effort to aid the university's research projects and…

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AIR partners with UVA-backed education accelerator

September 22, 2015 by Laura Ascione

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will partner with the Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) under an agreement making it a preferred research and evaluation outlet for the newly-launched…

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Pearson hosts third student coding contest

September 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Pearson is partnering with the Hour of Code to launch the third annual Student Coding Contest. The 2015 contest places an emphasis on recruiting college students and teams…

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Carnegie, XanEdu partner to improve math delivery

September 18, 2015 by Laura Ascione

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and mobile content provider XanEdu have partnered to deliver developmental math programs to higher education instructors. The Carnegie Foundation selected…

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New platform addresses content consumption

September 17, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A new platform has launched in an effort to provide content publishers with granular control of how their content is consumed. The first product, Share By StoryCloud, now…

Study: Flipped science class helps women, those with lower GPA

Cengage Learning acquires Learning Objects

Students prefer laptops, tablets for learning

At U-Michigan, mixing supercomputers and big data

Online course innovator launches mobile player

AIR partners with UVA-backed education accelerator

Pearson hosts third student coding contest

Carnegie, XanEdu partner to improve math delivery

New platform addresses content consumption

Gale Digital Scholar Lab Expands to Help Students Present and Share Digital Humanities Research

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College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

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Laramie County Community College to Unveil New SmartCIM 4.0 from Intelitek

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