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On Friday 9th November 2001, the St. Clement University in collaboration with the Institute of Advance Management and Technology (IAMTECH) formally launched their distance learning programme at the British Council Hall, Tower Hill.
When I began teaching college English four years ago, I was enthusiastic about new opportunities for using technology in the classroom. I had visions of students learning to write essays with a computer rather than a pencil, realizing the ease of editing their work; enjoying the speed with which they could write and rewrite; discovering […]
College-bound students at Vallejo High School will tap into an innovative online chemistry class at the University of California, Berkeley, in the campus’s first attempt to provide local high schools with access to introductory college courses. WHEN: 11:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19 WHERE: Vallejo High School, Room 30, 840 Nebraska St., Vallejo BACKGROUND: As part […]
The University will withdraw next month from the Alliance for Life-Long Learning — of which it is a founding member — to pursue an independent long-distance education venture. The new program will allow virtually anyone with Internet access to take Princeton courses online.
Agreements between ACT and two major companies involved in IT and ESL will provide new opportunities for community colleges participating in a nationwide network of ACT Centers. The agreements — with Computer Adaptive Technologies (CAT) and GlobalEnglish — further position colleges that host ACT Centers as “the place to be for distance and e-learning in […]
Teachers who want to help meet Washington’s critical need for educators trained to teach the growing number of language minority students in the state’s K-12 classrooms are encouraged to enroll in a unique on-line preparation program sponsored by Washington State University’s College of Education.
SC200l got underway Saturday and continues through Friday. The conference includes research exhibits from dozens of leading high-performance computing and networking organizations, including Internet2 (live video from the Internet2 booth); on Wednesday the Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative will present a half-day workshop. Opportunities for virtual participation in SC2001 include SC Global and the SC2001 Netcast.
Columbia University, which already is involved in two high-profile distance-education ventures, has opened a portal site that collects and showcases various online courses, course Web sites, publications, and e-learning resources available through the university.
Texas A&M University-Commerce is entering the electronic commerce field with a new academic degree program.
In December, a group of pioneering students from the University of Florida in Gainsville will receive Masters of Business Administration degrees. They will be the first class at the university to complete a two-year MBA program conducted entirely over the Internet.