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eCollege AU+ Offers Offline Exam Building Capabilities For Faculty

eCollege Leverages .NET Technologies to Enable Integration with Respondus for More Convenient Exam Authoring DENVER – October 2, 2002 – eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, today announced a partnership with Respondus, an innovative leader of offline assessment software. The partnership marks eCollege’s first third-party web […]

Walter Annenberg, Dead at 94

Publisher, Ambassador Walter Annenberg, Dead at 94 Read the Full ArticleCNN.com Walter Annenberg, Philanthropist and Media Baron, Dies at 94 Read the Full ArticleThe New York Times WALTER ANNENBERG: U.S. Media Executive/Publisher/Diplomat Read the Full ArticleThe Museum of Broadcast Communications Life and Times of Walter Annenberg Read the Full ArticleThe Desert Sun The Annenberg Foundation […]

OpenCourseWare makes its debut

Almost 40 MIT courses in 16 academic departments and the Sloan School of Management are now available. Read the Full Article

UNC/Campus Pipeline Develop Prospective Student Portal

Relationship Accelerates Portal Availability; Builds on Market-Leading Digital Campus Technology CHAPEL HILL, N.C. and SALT LAKE CITY—October 1, 2002—Campus Pipeline, Inc. and the 16-campus University of North Carolina today announced the co-development of a prospective student portal that will deliver online access to information and services for prospective or recently admitted students and interactively guide […]

UC Berkeley Extension Online Fiction Instructor Awarded for Excellence

UC Berkeley Extension Online instructor Mary Ann Koory has been honored with a prestigious teaching award from the Sloan Consortium for her excellence and innovation in her Extension Online courses “Shakespeare” and “Mystery Fiction.” “Dr. Koory has mastered the art of combining high academic standards, enjoyable learning techniques and stimulating intellectual discussion to create courses […]

Survey: Internet now essential in college

Students spend hours each day using the Internet, and they’re not just surfing. Read the Full Article

Spatio-Temporal Models of Distance Education

Coldeway’s Quadrants Dan Coldeway, while at Canada’s Athabasca University, developed the first place/time model of distance education systems (Simonson 2000). Distance learning has evolved considerably since then, but Coldeway’s framework is still a good high-level model of education delivery in a spatio-temporal context. Coldeway’s model is very straightforward. The dimensions of time and place are […]

Seton Hall’s Stillman School and Setonworldwide Announce Online MBA

Professionals desiring career advancement despite the toughest job market in nearly eight years, now have an opportunity to earn a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) degree online that can help them stand apart from other job hunters and promotion seekers. Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business and SetonWorldWide, the University’s online campus, have teamed […]

Campus Pipeline Propels Higher Education Open Source Technology

Luminis Doubles JA-SIG’s uPortal Adoption; Campus Pipeline Contributes New Aggregated Layout Manager Feature to Greater Developer Community SALT LAKE CITY—September 26, 2002—One year after announcing a groundbreaking relationship with the leading sponsor of higher education open source software development, the Java in Administration Special Interest Group (JA-SIG), Campus Pipeline, Inc. announces important development contributions and […]

Harvard ManageMentor® PLUS – New Product from Harvard Business School Publishing

The Online Resource for Managers In a Hurry Offers an Enriched Learning Experience September, 2002 – Harvard Business School Publishing has unveiled an enhanced version of Harvard ManageMentor®, the online performance support tool for managers in a hurry. Harvard ManageMentor PLUS continues to provide managers with a fast, effective resource that helps them tackle the […]