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Higher education is one of the rare institutions in which adoption of technology has not reduced the cost per people served. Simply put, the organizational structure of most of the institutions of higher education is prohibiting them to benefit from information technology Read the Full Article
Collegis, the leading provider of comprehensive technology services to higher education, will manage all core technology functions at MCC, including the most efficient use of administrative software, such as financials, admissions and registration. The corporation, based in suburban Orlando, Fla., will provide an executive director to lead the MCC information technology department and develop a […]
Distance learning is most often defined as learning delivered by technology so the student and the instructor are in separate places. Sometimes, the teacher and student meet at the same time, as in courses delivered by the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). Other times, the learner is confined by neither place nor time, as when courses […]
Readers will be able to redistribute the articles in the two journals without limitation, the scientists said. The journals, to be titled Public Library of Science Biology and Public Library of Science Medicine, are expected to start publication during the last half of 2003. Read the Full Article
ARLINGTON, VA – December 17, 2002 –Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages all of an organization’s learning and knowledge, today announced that Perrigo Company, the nation’s largest manufacturer of store brand pharmaceutical and nutritional products, has selected Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) to manage and track all of its employee learning. […]
LYNNFIELD, Mass., Dec. 16, 2002 – WebCT, the world’s leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, is helping break down campus walls by becoming the first e-learning management technology vendor to support “Shibboleth” access and authorization technology across its entire product line. Shibboleth – an Internet2/MACE (Middleware Architecture Committee for Education) initiative – […]
Computer simulations and graphic animations will replace equipment and instruments as students go online to test principles of mechanics, waves, electricity, magnetism, and optics. The lab is being designed to help distance-education students satisfy an introductory-science lab requirement. Read the Full Article
What do college textbooks have to do with a holiday sweater for Mom or those boots Dad always wanted for his hiking trips? According to Akademos, Inc, proprietor of the popular website TextbookX.com and one of the leading providers of educational resources on the Internet, the relationship is actually quite straightforward. “Typically, students just let […]
Critics of on-line teacher evaluation system Pick-a-Prof won out in the first round. But a revamped proposal got overwhelming support from UND’s Student Senate on Sunday. Read the story online
The students work with computer software that simulates what would happen if, for instance, two dangerous chemicals were mixed together, or the power of a laser beam were amplified. The software, called Virtual ChemLab, was developed by Brian F. Woodfield, an assistant professor of chemistry. Read the Full Article