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OutStart to Anchor Navy e-Learning

In collaboration with its partner THINQ, a Billerica, Mass., maker of training software, OutStart will help the service establish standards for content development, collaborative authoring, workflow and use in a variety of mediums (Web, classroom materials, printed documents and PowerPoint slides). Read The Full Article

BBC under new fire over e-learning plans

The study, carried out by strategic consultancy SRU and reported in The Telegraph, claims that media firms such as Granada and Reed Elsevier could lose up to £400m of business if the government approves BBC’s application to use £150m of TV licence funds to develop free educational services via the web. Read The Full Article

Paige Touts Technology, E-Learning on His No Child Left Behind Tour Across America

DENVER, Colo. — U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today highlighted the importance of harnessing the power of technology to expand access to learning and make sure no child in America is left behind. Paige discussed technology and e-learning at the No Child Left Behind Forum on E-Learning at the Denver Center for the Performing […]

Training site goes to head of the class

It’s graduation time for the National Learning Center. Read The Full Article

Fed e-learning uniting on Web

The first phase of an initiative to unify e-training services across federal agencies by the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management Budget will debut this month.Read The Full Article

Bell Canada expands its line of e-Learning solutions

TORONTO, July 10 /CNW/ – Bell Canada today announced that it has signed an agreement with NETg, a worldwide leader in corporate education and training and part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE, TSX:TOC), to deliver NETg’s e-Learning courses material to Bell’s customers.Read The Full Article

American Public Power Association’s new e-learning portal powered by Apogee Interactive Inc.

Introduced at the association’s 2002 National Conference, APPA’s Web site (www.appanet.org) now contains an e-learning doorway to a “Study-Center” featuring dozens of energy-related and utility-specific courses developed by Apogee. The Study-Center courses are available to APPA members through the portal at a discount.Read The Full Article

Think you can run Enron? Play the game

Aldrich is co-founder and vice president of SimuLearn, a software start-up focusing on corporate learning tools that look and run like computer games.Read The Full Article

A Computer Scientist Creates Digital Tours of Mexican Artist’s Murals

When he saw Orozco’s “The Epic of American Civilization,” an imposing mural that hangs in Dartmouth’s Baker Library, “I was completely blown away,” Mr. Farid says. “It’s incredibly beautiful and powerful.”Read The Full Article

Challenging times for e-learning developers

According to local developer David Webster, managing director of Kookaburra Studios, more cost-effective technology will significantly reduce e-learning development times.Read The Full Article