KCTCS and SoftChalk Win 2012 Bronze IMS Learning Impact Award

Richmond, Virginia, U.S. – May 25, 2012 – SoftChalk and the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) together won a bronze Learning Impact Award from the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC). SoftChalk and KCTCS were chosen as winners … Read More

Towards a Library in the Cloud

From Jeff Kahn It goes without saying that the library is changing in the new age of digital content; after all, libraries have led the way with cloud computing, moving content to remote storage before we had such a cute … Read More

Online vs. Face-to-Face Library Instruction – What Works?

Julie Nichols and Kristin Johnson, Librarians at Northeast Lakeview College, have found that moving their library’s traditional face-to-face instruction to online modules provides 24/7 point-of-need access to the materials students need to complete their assignments. In this interview Nichols and Johnson discuss … Read More

2012 Lesson Challenge Winners Announced

Richmond, Virginia, U.S. –  April 18, 2012 – SoftChalk, LLC, a leading developer of content authoring software for e-Learning, today announced the three winners and honorable mentions for its annual Lesson Challenge. The Lesson Challenge, an online contest that runs … Read More

Teaching Science Totally Online at Ocean County College

Today we have a special guest post from Dr. Jim Brown, an Associate Professor of Science and the former Dean of Science, Engineering, Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ocean County College (OCC). OCC was one of the first community … Read More

Behind the Scenes with Jacqui Cain, an OER Content Developer

Jacqui Cain, an instructor at College of the Redwoods, has worked on many OER projects. She has developed content as part of the the Open Course Library Project and created an open textbook/reader under the Kaleidoscope Grant. She is also … Read More