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MADISON, Alabama — Take a virtual field trip to Antarctica and talk with scientists working there, or maybe “travel” to Frankfurt, Germany, to interact with the consultant general.SOURCE: Al.comRead the Full Article
2012 3rd International Conference on E-Education, e-Business, e-Management and E-Learning (IC4E 2012) January 5-7 2012 Hong Kong, China IC4E is an international forum for state-of-the-art research in e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and E-Learning. 2012 3rd International Conference on e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and E-Learning (IC4E 2012) will be held in Hong Kong during January 5-7, 2012. It […]
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released results from a second undercover “secret shopper” investigation of for-profit colleges, this time attempting to enroll a fictitious student online at 15 unnamed institutions.SOURCE: Inside Higher Education Read the Full Artcile
Several Republicans in the U.S. Congress who voted this year to overturn net neutrality rules — with most opponents arguing the rules would create the first-ever regulation of the Internet — have now signed on to sponsor one of two bills that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders to shut […]
University of Waikato musicians in Hamilton used high-speed Internet2 and IPv6 format to link digital video and audio and open this year’s Asian Telemusic Concert at the Musicacoustica festival live in Beijing.SOURCE: Internet2
Appalachian State University’s Distance Education program is experiencing a gradual decline in applications and revenue, administrators said.SOURCE: The Appalachian OnlineRead the Full Article
As the largest provider of financial aid in higher education, with about $134 billion in Title IV funds provided to students in fiscal year 2010, the Department of Education (Education) has a considerable interest in distance education. Distance education–that is, offering courses by the Internet, video, or other forms outside the classroom–has been a growing […]
Professor Simon Hosken’s online Arkansas history class is the most recent of ASU courses to begin using the virtual program called Second Life.SOURCE: The Harald, Arkansas State UniversityRead the Full Article