The Chronicle of Higher Education: Continuing Education and Social Networking Combine to Attract Students

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog discussed the potential of a new partnership between SunGard Higher Education and Epsilen in a recent article. “Epsilen, another e-learning platform built around social networking, just announced a partnership with SunGard Higher Education to draw on student information in a similar way. The Epsilen environment also lets faculty members use online material from The New York Times both for assignments and to promote discussion. Felice Nudelman, executive director of education for the Times, told the story of a professor of international affairs who left his Epsilen group open after the class finished and final grades were posted. Months later, there was a spike in online activity and discussions. Students were watching the Olympics, and had started discussing the athletic competition in the context of the international-politics issues raised during the class.”

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Continuing-Education-and/8720/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en