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Engineers Develop Material That Could Speed Telecommunications

Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have demonstrated that light can travel on an artificial material without leaving a trace under certain conditions, technology that would have many applications from the military to telecommunications.SOURCE: Columbia University Read the Full Article

Math research reveals early-learning needs

Basic arithmetic and focus on numbers is crucial to student successSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Booz&Co: The power of Web 3.0 – how to prepare–Download the Report

The advent of Web 2.0 allowed users to go beyond the passive consumption of web content, enabling them to participate fully in the actual generation of content on any number of new media.SOURCE: ComputerWeeklyRead the Article and Download the Report

A Network for Wild Experimentation

ESNet and Internet2 have built a networking test bed for ideas that are too disruptive for the networks that people actually use.SOURCE: MIT Technology ReviewRead the Full Article

Higher Ed E-Learning Growth To Continue at Modest Pace Through 2015

While electronic learning will continue to grow in higher education, that growth will be a bit slower than previously anticipated, according to a new report released this week. In fact, that slowing trend will be felt worldwide across nearly all segments–with a few notable exceptions. SOURCE: Campus TechnologyRead the Full Article

For-Profit Debate Redux

WASHINGTON — To many observers, the debate over how and whether the Obama administration would regulate for-profit colleges seemed to end with the release of the final “gainful employment” rule in June.SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article

Capella University Acquires Resource Development International Ltd

Capella Education Company, a provider of online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, Monday announced that it has acquired Resource Development International Ltd (RDI), an independent provider of United Kingdom (UK) university distance learning qualifications, for £9.3 million ($14.9 million).SOURCE: InvestinUKRead the Pres Release

$200,000 in funding announced by Australian Moodle Partner, NetSpot, to sustain early stage eLearning innovations from the Higher Education sector.

NetSpot announced a $200,000 eLearning Innovation Fund today at the annual Moodle Conference in Sydney in front of over 500 delegates.SOURCE: NewsMakerRead the Press Release

Worldwide eLearning Market to Reach $49.9 billion by 2015

Ambient Insight Reports Strong International Demand for eLearningSOURCE: PR Newswire Read the Full Article

Killing Peer Review

When a cadre of international scientific research powerhouses announced last month that they were teaming up to create a top-shelf, peer-reviewed free journal in the medical and life sciences fields, some called it a “triumph of open access” — proof that the tide was turning in favor of a once-radical movement aimed at cutting through […]