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The switch from analog to digital broadcast television is referred to as the digital TV (DTV) transition. In 1996, the U.S. Congress authorized the distribution of an additional broadcast channel to each broadcast TV station so that they could start a digital broadcast channel while simultaneously continuing their analog broadcast channel. Later, Congress mandated that […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The state Board of Education has blocked requests by three groups seeking to open or expand charter schools in Nevada.Read the Full Article
The role of distance education is shifting. Traditionally distance education was limited in the number of people served because of production, reproduction, and distribution costs. Today, while it still costs the university time and money to produce a course, technology has made it such that reproduction costs are almost non-existent. This shift has significant implications, […]
Blackboard has prevailed in an e-learning patent dispute against Desire2Learn. A federal jury in Lufkin, TX made the determination Friday afternoon, following a two-week trial. Blackboard was seeking $17 million in lost revenue, as well as an injunction against the company, which is based in Canada.Read the Full Article
United States Distance Learning Association holds 2008 National Distance Learning Week to generate broader awareness and appreciation for distance learning.Read the Full Article
Following on the heels of its newly released survey on illegal downloading among students, Microsoft this week announced that it will launch a new curriculum for middle school and high school students focusing on intellectual property.Read the Full Article
When the full House of Representatives begins its consideration Thursday of legislation to renew the Higher Education Act, much of the focus will still be on the price of college. But the bill that lawmakers will be discussing, a draft of which began circulating over the weekend, takes a more tailored approach to the scrutiny […]
The federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program, which helps put technology into the hands of students in classrooms across the country, is slated for zero funding for the fifth straight year under President Bush’s 2009 budget proposal.Read the Full Article
Alabama legislators have been spoiled. Their task of adopting state budgets is made much easier when there is lots of revenue growth, which state government has experienced in recent years.Read the Full Article
Allegations fly as Blackboard’s patent infringement suit against Desire2Learn heads for a showdown Read the Full Article
