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More study from home to beat costs Whether or not the Government adopts top-up fees in its White Paper on higher education this month, there is no doubt it is getting increasingly more expensive to be a student these days. Read the Full Article Commission adopts proposal for new e-learning programme The Commission has adopted […]
Eleven Capitol College students already interned at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center last semester, and the space agency is giving the college $300,000 a year for the next three years to hire a coordinator and get the program underway. Read the Full Article
In consultation with the Education Department, the center identified the group to be known as the National File Format Technical Panel. NCAC is located at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) in Wakefield, Mass. The panel will be composed of about 40 knowledgeable individuals representing: Consumers, such as advocacy groups and state and local […]
These virtual schools include many of the basic components found in “face-to-face” education, including teachers, administrators, and guidance counselors; textbooks, schedules, and course assignments; and other instructional resources. of a public school, the social goals of public education, and local control of public education. Read the Full Report (148 Pages).
The objective of this paper is to review open and distance learning in the context of present challenges and opportunities, examine relevant concepts and contributions, outline current global and regional trends, suggest policy and strategy considerations, and identify UNESCO’s initiatives in open and distance learning, including its role in capacity-building and international co-operation. It is […]
The case against ElcomSoft Ltd. was the most high-profile criminal prosecution under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which many education and consumer-rights groups consider unduly restrictive. Although the jury’s verdict doesn’t change the law, legal experts say the case was an important test of consumers’ rights to use digital movies, images, and books […]
An attorney for the entity governing New York’s charter schools said education officials must reject the application for the New York Virtual Charter School submitted by Bennett’s company, K12 Inc. Bennett’s firm has established similar schools in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Minnesota, California, and Arkansas. Read the Full Article
RESTON, VA, December 19, 2002 — VCampus Corporation (Nasdaq: VCMP), a leading provider of end-to-end, web-based e-Learning solutions, announced today a change in executive management, which will enable the company to focus more intensely on a number of major new opportunities in the rapidly evolving e-Learning marketplace. Effective immediately, Daniel Neal, who joined VCampus in […]
In fact, the information society may be perpetuating social and economic inequalities by race and gender, say Lynette Kvasny, assistant professor of Information Sciences and Technology, and Eileen Trauth, professor of Information Sciences and Technology. By themselves, technology and IT skills will not bring more minorities and women into the workplace. Essential in bridging the […]
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released summary statistics of its latest data on the deployment of high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States. The information being released today was filed by qualifying service providers on September 1, 2002, and includes data as of June 30, 2002. Qualifying providers file […]