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Lindquist co-writes first online, interactive text

Dr. Jay D. Lindquist, professor of marketing, and Dr. M. Joseph Sirgy of Virginia Tech, co-wrote “Shopper, Buyer and Consumer Behavior: Theory, Marketing Applications and Public Policy Implications.” The book, available in both paperback and online form, was published late last year by Atomic Dog Publishing.Read the Full Story

College from the comfort of home

… Students don’t need to have extensive computer knowledge to take an online class, said Robin S. Robinson, director of distance education. …Read the Full Story

Egerton University will host 25 African universities attending an international conference on distance education this week

The Minister for Education, Prof George Saitoti, will officially open the two-day conference to be held on the Njoro campus from Thursday.Read the Full Story

Lessons from Launching an Online MBA Program

The College of Business at SDSU is one of the largest in the nation, with over 6,000 enrolled students. The online MBA program was intended to complement the wide variety of on-campus programs in the College. Read the Full Story

Learning virtual history lessons

Choosing a pope is not a typical premise for a video game, but Stephen Haliczer also isn’t your typical video game creator. Read the Full Story

More college hopefuls are applying online

More and more students are logging onto the Internet to start their college careers.Read the Full Story

Call for Short Articles for Encyclopedia of International Computer-Based Learning

The growth of distance learning and computer-based learning is an international phenomenon. In fact, the large-scale uses of distance learning technologies have been primarily developed through the mega-universities in countries such as Great Britain, South Africa, India, and China, rather than in America. This international character has led to the current challenge to both the […]

DTI Secondment aids eLearning opportunities

Sentient Learning, based in Liverpool, has sent Joe Mitchell, its Product Developer Director, on a six-month DTI Secondment to a top American university to explore opportunities for integrating mobile technologies with the company’s innovative online learning resource management system, Sentient DISCOVER. Read the Full Story

BBC Worldwide announces MBA scholarships

Addressing a press conference, BBC Worldwide Managing Director Mark Young said there was a high demand for e-learning in India. Read the Full Story

Flexible Learning Via Web-Based Virtual Teaching and Virtual Laboratory Systems

Web-based teaching is a possible and economical solution to this problem (Lee, 1999).Read the Full Story