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PersonalWeb Releases Social Learning Platform Update Enabling College Students to 'Study Together From Wherever'

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Tyler, TX (PRWEB) March 19, 2013

Internet technology company PersonalWeb® announced today the launch of its latest version of StudyPods®, a collaborative social-learning platform for university and college students to connect and share academic knowledge with each other at their own university or at colleges worldwide. The site, created with the help of students in The University of Texas System, enables students to connect, collaborate and share academic knowledge with each other at their own university or at colleges worldwide.

“We’ve adopted a new slogan ‘Study together from wherever’ because it better describes one of the key benefits for using StudyPods so students can easily form virtual study groups,” PersonalWeb President Michael Weiss said.

StudyPods new version 2.3 provides a simplified user interface so students can navigate the study-help site more effectively. Free storage space is now increased to 5GBs for each user to ensure there is ample space to store files. Also included are intuitive prompts explaining key functions and tools featured on the site enabling students to quickly become familiar with all the features of StudyPods.

Through StudyPods, students can create individual Pods based on their college coursework. They can fill pods with anything and everything related to their classes, from presentation slides, past tests to homework assignments, notes, and images. This information can then be shared with other students with similar class subjects who can also contribute content to the Pod. Students can easily find the research they need to help complete assignments, locate similar documents and find Pods that they wish to join.

StudyPods users can also connect with each other instantly through chat and notifications; making group projects more efficient and easier to coordinate.

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About PersonalWeb: PersonalWeb was established in Tyler, Texas by a team who has been responsible for creating some of the Internet’s most popular software and applications used by tens of millions of people worldwide. The company develops groundbreaking products based on its patented technology that is fundamental for many important elements of cloud computing technology, distributed search engine file systems, social media and content addressable storage. For more information, please visit http://www.personalweb.com







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Learnhive, an Adaptive K-12 Learning Solutions Provider, raises $400K from Angel investors

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(PRWEB) May 29, 2013

The school experience is essential to a child’s educational development. Students must be able to have structured conversations with their peers and teachers in a collaborative environment, in order to gain an in-depth understanding of any subject. At the same time, the teacher has the challenge to cover the prescribed syllabus topics within a particular year. So in the process, it is not practically possible where the individual learning needs, especially remedial or advanced, can be met by the overall classroom experience.

Princeton-based LearnHive manages to do exactly what the classroom experience cannot: through their flagship “Personal Concept Tutor”, it provides an individualized learning experience that is personally catered to students. It uses an adaptive learning approach to pinpoint students’ strengths and weaknesses, creates specialized, curriculum based, learning activities that are structured for each student’s needs, which can be done outside the school. And just like a private tutor, the more a student uses the Personal Concept Tutor, the better it gets in guiding them in overcoming their weaknesses, boosting their strengths, and doing better in school.

This promise is exactly what the Angel investors in the U.S. and India have bought into and invested in. Learnhive raised $ 400,000 in seed round from an eclectic group of Angel investors that span education, Wall Street and retail expertise. “Alongside adding improved app features, this infusion of funds will help us to provide unlimited worksheets, games and tests covering the entire U.S. Common core state standards for Mathematics and English. And tapping into the advisory experience of our Angels will be invaluable.” commented Shiv Shankar, Founder and CEO, Learnhive.

Students are used to the interactive, fast-paced interface of smartphones, tablets and laptops. The Personal Concept Tutor takes advantage of such technologies by providing a very intuitive, engaging, learning experience that is available across any Apple, Android or Windows 8 based tablet or smartphone of their choice. The students can seamlessly move from learning on their iPad while traveling, to learning on their laptop/PC when at home.

While the Personal Content Tutor succeeds in creating an individualized experience, it does not neglect to create a community of learners who can collaborate to optimize the educational experience, perhaps calling forth the “hive” mindset implied in the company’s name – students are able to submit questions in order to bolster their understanding of the material and are able to enter quiz, writing and drawing contests with other students from around the world, allowing educators and users to combine the cooperative element of classroom learning, with the global scale of the Internet.

Learnhive also provides Smart Learning Math Cards, which are available as standalone Apps for Mathematics covering Grade 7 through Grade 10, and can be downloaded from the Apple and Google App stores. These cards condense the entire Math syllabi for a particular school grade to just 80 Smart Learning Cards. Each smart learning card in the App provides quick visual summary of a concept with beautiful illustrations and examples, and helps students to revise important Mathematics properties and formulae. The App also provides practice and challenging exercises within the app to test mastery of that topic.

Visit http://www.learnhive.com to find out more about how Learnhive is helping students do better in school.







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Learning Management Solutions Discussed in New Cutting-Edge M&M Report Published at MarketPublishers.com

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London, UK (PRWEB) November 15, 2013

Learning management systems (LMS) refer to different software applications that use web-based technology for the planning, management, delivery and appraisal of the process of learning. Recently, the demand for LMS has witnessed considerable increase due to the benefits such systems provide, namely the availability of learning content anywhere and anytime, their ability to integrate with external systems and, as a consequence, facilitate importing/exporting of learning content, the ability to provide learning for distributed learners, as well as the flexibility of learning.

At present, many organizations are interested in the integration of LMS into the learning process and development framework. Meanwhile, LMS providers take efforts to elaborate systems that have robust capabilities in order to extend the existing support for mobile and social learning.

New research report “Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market (Products (Content Management, Student Management, Performance Management, Collaboration, Administration), by Users (K-12, Higher Education, Corporate)): Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2013 – 2018)” worked out by MarketsandMarkets (M&M) has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd.

Report Details:

Title: Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market [Products (Content Management, Student Management, Performance Management, Collaboration, Administration), by Users (K-12, Higher Education, Corporate)]: Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2013 – 2018)

Published: November, 2013

Pages: 195

Price: US$ 4,650.00

http://marketpublishers.com/report/services/other_services/learning-management-systems-lms-market-products-by-users.html    

The report provides an insightful qualitative and quantitative analysis of the global LMS market. It presents a comprehensive market assessment by products, verticals, deployment models and geography. The research study describes the current situation in the market, highlights the historical background of the market, examines the key factors driving and restraining the market, and outlines the main market challenges and opportunities. The report contains detailed value chain analysis, evaluates the competitive pressure in the market, profiles the leading companies, uncovers essential information on the recent mergers and acquisitions and venture capital funding. Moreover, the report offers market future outlook through 2018.

Report Scope:


    In-depth analysis of the global LMS market.
    Comprehensive market assessment by products, verticals, deployment models and geography.
    Historical and present data on the industry performance.
    Extensive examination of the key factors influencing the market growth.
    Discussion of the main market challenges and opportunities.
    Value chain analysis.
    Description of the competitive scenario.
    Detailed profiles of the leading market participants.
    Vital information on the recent mergers, acquisitions and venture capital funding.
    Market future outlook through 2018.

More new research reports by the publisher can be found at M&M page.







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