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Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Campus Pipeline, Inc., a leader in Web-integration enterprise software and services for higher education, today announce an alliance that demonstrates the most comprehensive rollout of the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun™ ONE) strategy in higher education. Sun ONE promotes standards-based software architecture, vision, products and expertise to provide data and applications […]
E-learning solutions provider and distance learning leader, Compass Knowledge Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CKNO – news), announced that its “Requisites of a Leader” distance learning program (“ROL Program”), provided by its subsidiary, the Educators’ Learning Network (eLNet), has been recognized by the University of Dayton as a program for which the University will allow […]
WebCT (www.webct.com), the world’s leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, today announced that eCornell, the wholly owned online learning subsidiary of Cornell University, has selected WebCT as the platform for its new online Human Resources Studies certificate program, which draws upon the expertise of Cornell University’s world-renowned School of Industrial and Labor […]
Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick will hold a grand opening ceremony for its new $1.2 million Global Financial Market Center – a high-tech classroom designed to simulate the trading and research environment found at the nation’s leading brokerage houses. It is the only classroom of its kind in New Jersey and one […]
An instructor’s quest to express her personality and passion for teaching in an online course, without compromising academic rigor, led to the creation of a five-step instructional development model. This article describes the process from inception to assessment in the context of an online Histology course and provides a guide for others considering developing online […]
Michael Tilson Thomas conducted a seminar with student conductors and an ensemble from Manhattan school in New York. MTT was in Miami and the event took place via Internet2. It may be viewed a streaming format accessible via Real Player.
The University System of Maryland (USM), the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), and the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) have signed an agreement for the University System of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) to connect to the national Internet2 Abilene backbone as a Sponsored Educational Group Participant (SEGP).
The College Division of Houghton Mifflin Company, a leading educational publisher and a unit of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and Rovia, Inc., a leading provider of secure electronic distribution infrastructure for publishers and other high value content providers, today announced an agreement to deliver interactive, online versions of Houghton Mifflin’s best-selling college titles this fall using […]
The prestigious National Science Foundation awarded the University of Southern California a $600,000 grant to support a $1.2 million project to establish a National Technology Transfer and Commercialization Network.
Quinnipiac University has selected Lectora Publisher by Trivantis as the campus standard authoring software for the school’s expanded learning-centered initiatives.