Laura Ascione, 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.

Blackboard unveils totally redesigned learning platform

July 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Blackboard Inc. today launched the ‘New Learning Experience’--an educational approach that focuses on the learner and promotes better engagement, interaction and quality learning by bringing together and simplifying…

IT Leadership

Texas A&M selects new new cloud-based HR system

July 8, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp today a new contract with Workday, Inc. to replace 35-year-old technology with a cloud-based human resources and payroll system. “Access to…

IT Leadership

Extron SMP 351 automates lecture capture

July 7, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Extron Electronics' SMP 351 now integrates with Opencast Media Server to create end-to-end solutions for recording AV presentations in the classroom, from scheduling to publishing. Opencast is a…

Campus Leadership

Feds increase accountability for low-performing for-profits

July 6, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has taken action to tackle one of the biggest problems in higher education: abusive practices in the career college industry.…

IT Leadership

Brazil’s public universities move to Wi-Fi with Ruckus

July 6, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. announced that its Smart Wi-Fi products and technology have been selected and deployed across nearly one-third of all public (aka federal) universities in Brazil. Thousands…

IT Leadership

Is higher education still viable?

June 29, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

A new report identifies three strategies that could prove useful when it comes to helping institutions of higher education produce students who have the skills and knowledge to…

IT Leadership

Technical college adds additive manufacturing certificate program

June 26, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Stratasys Ltd., a global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, has teamed up with Dunwoody College of Technology as it incorporates additive manufacturing into its curriculum.…

IT Leadership

Can predictive analytics ID “likelihood to thrive” on campus?

June 26, 2015 by Laura Ascione

vibeffect, a family-centered college-decision framework that helps students identify campuses where they’re most likely to thrive, has published a scientifically peer-reviewed paper on how predictive analytics can determine…

IT Leadership

UNC tool tracks state educator prep programs

June 25, 2015 by Laura Ascione

The University of North Carolina system’s new Educator Quality Dashboard provides public access to the university’s research and trend data on the performance of North Carolina’s public school…

Campus Leadership

China’s ‘MIT’ to run tech program in US

June 24, 2015 by By Katherine Long, The Seattle Times

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