2,300 Echo Dots put Alexa skills in every Saint Louis University dorm
The Missouri university will become the first higher ed institution to outfit every on-campus living space with an Amazon Echo Dot.
Nearly half of U.S. colleges are using OpenStax textbooks this year
The Rice University-based OER publisher reported that students across 5,160 colleges and universities are saving a combined 77 million on its textbooks.
How Canvas came to unseat Blackboard as the leading LMS
A recent analysis found that Canvas had surpassed Blackboard as the favorite learning management system in higher education. So where do the companies go next?
Microsoft announces smaller, more affordable Surface device
At 1.15 pounds and 10 inches, the Surface Go is made to fit comfortably in a backpack but offer the full performance of a laptop.
Northeastern U. to equip all students with Alexa-powered devices
Following a "highly successful" pilot involving Amazon Echo Dots, the private university wants to expand the Alexa platform to all 18,000 students.
A much cleaner Classroom leads list of latest updates from Google
At ISTE 2018, the tech company introduced "locked mode" for quizzes and a new Classwork page in Google Classroom.