The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is giving Apple iPads to students who have limited or no access to a computer outside of school
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Microsoft Office 365 and HIPAA
Microsoft has worked with US universities to inform a Business Associates Agreement (BAA) and meet the security, privacy and other regulatory requirements mandated by the US HIPAA
Google Course Builder
Google has launched a new tool for building online eLearning courses. Called… Course Builder 🙂 Getting as original as Microsoft with their product names
Apple iTunes U
Apple enters the market for online education tools by expanding iTunes U beyond webcasting to delivering online courses
Google case study: Georgetown University
Georgetown University rolled out Google Apps for Education for 20,000 students, teachers and faculty staff, replacing a twelve year-old internal messaging system
Microsoft case study: Warwickshire Schools Portal
Warwickshire County Council have migrated to a hybrid on-premise/online solution for their education service portal ‘WeLearn’
Yale concerns with cloud computing
Early lessons learned when planning a transition to cloud computing – do not focus solely on the technical capability, there are always external social and economic factors to consider
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