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Could Microsoft’s LinkedIn revolutionize competency-based learning?

June 27, 2016 by Meris Stansbury

LinkedIn has the user data and focus on competency-based employment skills and career advancement. Microsoft has the computational ability to turn this CBE learning into an HR goldmine.…

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Office Mix now works with Moodle open source LMS

February 4, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. (MS Open Tech) recently announced a partnership with Remote-Learner to integrate Office 365 and the Moodle learning management system (LMS). The LMS Moodle is…

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edX and Microsoft Office Mix join to enhance online learning

January 6, 2015 by by Ron Bethke, eCampusNews Assistant Editor, @eCN_RonB

Although most online higher education courses today are presented as mere PowerPoint lectures, Microsoft has joined forces with edX in the hopes that their Office Mix service can…

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Will faculty be interested in this Microsoft tech?

June 5, 2014 by By David Huckleberry

With the announcement of the Surface Pro 3, one can argue that Microsoft has effectively left the tablet market to the Apple iPad and Android devices, and seeks…

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Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector

July 17, 2013July 16, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates said universities that provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) should engage in more "hand holding" with students as a way to stem…

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Microsoft plans large volume production of surface

October 16, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Microsoft Corp. seems to be serious about its foray into the tablet market – the software giant is planning large volume production of its first tablet computer, Surface,…

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Microsoft Surface to officially surface on October 26th

July 30, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Just in time for Halloween (and the launch of Windows 8), Microsoft (MSFT) has revealed that it plans on releasing its first Surface tablets on October 26th, BGR…

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All Windows 8 apps will offer a try-it-before-you-buy-it feature

July 23, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

There's nothing worse than shelling out a couple bucks on an app, only to find out that it's absolutely terrible, right? Well, Microsoft has a plan to eliminate…

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Microsoft unveils Office 2013, announces free consumer preview

July 17, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Microsoft is touting the social, connected and tactile features of the next version of its desktop publishing software, Microsoft Office 2013, RelaxNews reports.

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Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ tablet aims for productivity

June 19, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Microsoft has unveiled a new tablet computer, Surface, that attempts to take advantage of one of the few criticisms of Apple's iPad, particularly among educators—that it is better…

Could Microsoft’s LinkedIn revolutionize competency-based learning?

Office Mix now works with Moodle open source LMS

edX and Microsoft Office Mix join to enhance online learning

Will faculty be interested in this Microsoft tech?

Bill Gates: MOOC providers should take a lesson from for-profit college sector

Microsoft plans large volume production of surface

Microsoft Surface to officially surface on October 26th

All Windows 8 apps will offer a try-it-before-you-buy-it feature

Microsoft unveils Office 2013, announces free consumer preview

Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ tablet aims for productivity

Eureka College Ditches its Laser Print Fleet for Epson Inkjet Business Print Solutions

University of Texas Athletics Deploys Comprehensive Riedel Solution for Seamless Communications and Production

AllCampus Announces Over 15 New Programs and Multiple New University Partners

How Does Higher Education Procurement Work?

Artificial Intelligence And Higher Education

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