3 Higher Ed Institutions & 5 Faculty-Led Teams Earn First-Ever OLC Digital Learning Innovation Awards

OLC has revealed the recipients of the 2016 OLC Digital Learning Innovation Awards (#DLIAward). These awards recognize exemplary higher ed faculty-led teams and institutions for advancing undergraduate student success through the adoption of digital courseware. Each award is accompanied by a monetary reward: $100,000 for institutions and $10,000 for faculty-led teams. The awards were presented …

Online Learning Consortium Announces Partnerships with Open SUNY and Drexel University Online

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) just announced two new partnerships. The first is with the State University of New York’s Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE) and Center for Professional Development (CPD). This alliance will initially focus on providing access to Open SUNY’s instructional design certificate program through the OLC Institute. In addition, …

Vya’s Creative Production Management Systems Offers Robust Alternative for Users of IBM/Unica MOOD

Vya, a leading provider of simplified local marketing systems for distributed organizations, recently announced the latest release of its creative production management systems, enabling users to seamlessly route, approve and track progress on creative projects with an upgraded user experience and enhanced reporting capabilities. Vya's creative production management systems offer a robust alternative for users of …

Greenlight Insights Forecasts U.S. Virtual Reality Revenues to Reach $38 Billion in 2026

The global virtual reality industry will experience very modest growth during the next two years, according to a new 10-year forecast by Greenlight Insights, the global leader in virtual and augmented reality market intelligence. In its Virtual Reality Industry Report: Fall 2016edition, released today in partnership with Road to VR, Greenlight states total U.S. VR …

Navads Selected by Shell as Global Provider of Location Data Management

Navads (@Navads), the leading provider of location content to the databases that power the navigation and mapping industry, recently announced it has been selected by Shell as its global provider of location data management services. Under the agreement, Navads will provide location data management for 35,000 of Shell’s fuel retail locations worldwide, ensuring optimal visibility for …

Advice Interactive Chooses Shout About Us for Custom Response to Online Reviews

Shout About Us recently announced its ReviewNavigator software has been selected by full-service digital marketing agency Advice Interactive Group to bring the power of personalized, intelligent management of online customer reviews to Advice’s brand and local business clients. The agreement includes Shout About Us’ EZ Response™ patent-pending technology for single-dashboard response to all major review sites …

Former US Under Secretary of Education Martha J. Kanter to Present the 2016 OLC Digital Learning Innovation Awards

Former US Under Secretary of Education Martha J. Kanter, Ed.D., will present the 2016 OLC Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) during a special awards luncheon, on Nov. 17, at the OLC Accelerate conference, in Orlando. This is the first year of the DLIAwards competition, which recognizes faculty-led teams and institutions for advancing student success through …

Online Learning Consortium Announces 2016 Class of OLC Fellows

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) recently announced Jennifer Richardson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Learning Design and Technology, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University, and Robbie Melton, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor of eLearning, Mobilization and Emerging Technologies for the Tennessee Board of Regents, have been named to the 2016 class of OLC Fellows. They will be …

Empyr Adds 4 Major Partners to Its Online-to-Offline (O2O) Marketing Platform

Empyr, the fast-growing online-to-offline (O2O) marketing platform, recently announced Coupons.com, LivingSocial, Microsoft and Swagbucks have joined its rapidly growing partner network. Being able to show attribution from when a consumer sees an offer online to when they make an in-store purchase has remained one of the largest unsolved opportunities on the web. Empyr has closed this loop …

OLC’s Online Learning Journal Celebrates 20 Years in Publication

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its scholarly journal, Online Learning (OLJ), which has been publishing important research in online learning for scholars, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers around the world, since 1996. "For two decades, Online Learning has remained committed to our mission to promote the development and dissemination of …