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National Open U. of Nigeria Plans to Start Operations in October

Instead, the distance-learning institution will emphasize traditional media, particularly television and radio, that already reach a wide audience in Nigeria, said Olugbemiro Jegede, director general of the university. Read the Full Article

Extension Professor’s Perennial Website Continues to Grow

Unlike more skeptical colleagues, Perry was convinced that the new technology really would go worldwide and become a web that linked common people as well as professionals and institutions. Read the Press Release

“Virtual” Symposium on Space Research Lands at The University of Houston

The University of Houston is one of two universities in the United States invited to “virtually” participate in the scientific conference, “Life in Space for Life on Earth,” June 3-7. The symposium sessions will be delivered to UH via a webcast, which will then be viewed by a local audience in a large classroom in […]

The Microscope and the Skeleton: A Digital Photomicrography of Hard Tissues

A Digital Photomicrography of Hard Tissues was held earlier in 2002 at the Hunter Galleries and is presented here in capsule—representing recent trends in the microscopic study of skeletons and scales. Visit the Website

UH-Hilo to graduate its first distance-learning students

They are the first UHH graduates from this high-tech program, but probably not the last. Seventy-four students were enrolled for the spring semester in such wide-ranging distance-learning courses as computer science and Hawaiian studies. Read the Full Article

A Professor Finds That Even Statistics Can Be Palatable Via Distance Education

Mr. Gray, an assistant professor of agri-business management at Purdue University, teaches an online quantitative-methods course in Purdue’s agri-business M.B.A. program. Read the Full Article

In New Gallup Survey, U.S. College Students Believe Science and Technology Critical to the War on Terrorism

In a new Gallup survey commissioned by Bayer Corporation as part of its Making Science Make Sense initiative, a significant number of today’s college students report they are considering altering their career plans due to September 11. They believe that science literacy is important for average Americans to deal effectively with future terrorist threats and […]

Philadelphians Jittery Over Plan to Privatize 20 Schools

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Blended Learning – Turning the training center into a learning center

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Mixing and Matching Distance-Education Software

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