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Abstract:Digital texts are not new. In 1991, a videodisc-based program called Windows on Science became the first state-adopted electronic textbook in the United States. It was an interactive, multimedia-based program that enhanced the classroom learning experience with video and audio. Unfortunately, technology changed rapidly and videodisc players went the way of 8-track tapes. Ways need […]
Seeking a better understanding of the rules governing the $2.25 billion-a-year federal eRate program, more than 200 members of the school, library, and vendor communities gathered in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30 for a day-long intensive workshop.Read the Full Story
Over a decade ago, concerns about fraud and abuse by some correspondence schools led to federal restrictions on, among other things, the percentage of courses a school could provide by distance education and still qualify for federal student aid. This study reviewed the extent to which the restrictions affected schools’ ability to offer federal student […]
Veterans of the battles over public broadcasting know the script by now: Right-wing Republicans denounce NPR and PBS for being too “liberal,†threatening to cut their federal funding. Public broadcasting’s defenders rally to “save†Big Bird and the like.Read the Full Story
aggressively pursuing a policy that will have effects for decades to come is little discussed: the enforcement of copyrights.Read the Full Story
Abstract:Each year an estimated 5 million Americans pursue education or training through what is known as distance education. Distance education, which is also known as distance study, e-learning online education, correspondence study, home study, independent study, and other various terms, has existed in America for more than a century. Yet, few teachers, counselors, students and […]
The cost of attending a public four-year institution rose by 22 percent between 2001-2 and 2004-5 and tuition and fees for in-state students at the institutions grew by 33 percent, more than for any other sector of higher education, according to a U.S. Education Department report issued Thursday.Read the Full Story
The Federal Communications Commission intends to harness the federal E-rate program to restore telecommunications services to schools and libraries affected by Hurricane Katrina, commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has announced.Read the Full Story
The term “digital divide†has traditionally described inequalities in access to computers and the Internet between groups of people based on one or more dimensions of social or cultural identity.Read the Full Story
JANESVILLE — The Blackhawk Technical College Board Wednesday voted to waive out-of-state tuition fees for non-Wisconsin students taking distance education classes through BTC.Read the Full Story
