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Siva Vaidhyanathan, one of academe’s best-known scholars of intellectual property and its role in contemporary culture, sits under a portrait of Elvis Presley painted on black velvet and talks about file sharing on campuses, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, pressures on libraries from the USA Patriot Act, and the ground that arts and culture are […]
BECTA – the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency – is recognised by teachers and internationally for its excellence and expertise in ICT in education affairs.Read the Full Story
Typing “Internet degree” in a search engine finds a page full of replies. 6 News found one site called instantdegrees.com. The company touts getting a degree and legal use of a title in just days with no attendance.Read the Full Story
The U.S. attorney’s office in Cedar Rapids alleges that six women and a man fraudulently applied for aid to pay for distance education courses at Cedar Rapids’ Kirkwood Community College. The scheme, which lasted from January 2001 to March 2004, netted the group about $400,000, the indictment states.Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 10, 2004 — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting today announced the creation of the $4.7 million Digital Services Fund, which will assist local public television stations in creating the first generation prototypes of digital content and services. “Public broadcasters are trailblazers on the digital frontier,†said CPB President and CEO Kathleen Cox. […]
Meanwhile, Washington lobbyists are pushing members of Congress to write a bill that would exempt the Universal Service Fund from complying with the federal law that caused the funds to be stopped in the first place.Read the Full Story
Kelso states, “The plan will guide the acquisition, management and use of technology within the executive branch of state government for the next five years.” Read the Full Story
E-Rate reimburses schools for Internet service, wiring and some equipment, getting proceeds from surcharges on long-distance phone bills.Read the Full Story
In February 2000, with much fanfare, the British government announced funding of £62 million ($113 million) for a national, commercial e-university called United Kingdom e-University (UKeU).Read the Full Story
This guide provides facts and figures to help you understand the No Child Left Behind Act.OVERVIEW