Using Google Base in Higher Ed

In an announcement about Google Base on the company’s blog, CollegeBoard.com is listed as one of the first users of the service. The service has a section for "course descriptions" and another on "education."

The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Google Helps Students Search for Colleges

Well, this is interesting. A lot of the content in ‘course descriptions’ is from the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. It is easy to see CALI adding Lessons here, even our subject outlines. I do wonder how this will be integrated into the regular Google results.

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