Social Media

iParadigms, creators of Turnitin and the leader in originality checking and online grading, today announced the results of a new plagiarism study which shows that secondary school students in the United States rely more heavily on social networks for content in their papers and less on cheat sites and paper mills compared to college students. (registration required)

Protecting students from digital abuse has become a crucial component of school curriculum. All schools who receive e-rate funding must teach students about Internet safety, and many states have passed cyberbullying laws that require school-based instruction and teacher training on the topic. As a result, Knowledge Delivery Systems, a provider of strategic professional development solutions for teachers, schools and districts, has developed two new courses for educators on Internet safety and cyberbullying, presented by national expert Nancy Willard.

GoingOn Networks, Inc. announced today that Arizona State University (ASU) has selected the GoingOn Academic Engagement Network to help foster new levels of engagement and collaboration across its campuses. The GoingOn platform provides ASU with an integrated solution for deploying an academic social network where students, faculty and administrators can more easily collaborate and share information outside the confines of their online courses.

Student recruiting firm TargetX is making it possible for admissions offices to capitalize on the dominant role of social media in the lives of their prospective students. Through a key enhancement to the Student Recruitment Manager (SRM), TargetX is integrating the two most important social networks into its groundbreaking customer relationship management system.

Jenzabar®, Inc., a leading provider of software, services and strategies for higher education, announced today a new feature within Higher Reach by Jenzabar® that allows higher education institutions to create a Facebook Catalogue Application, connecting the continuing education catalogue directly with the school’s Facebook page.