Grants boost development of ‘on-line case’
Next fall, Isenberg School of Management students will have the chance to try a new kind of business education, the on-line case, thanks to James Theroux, the Flavin Family Professor of Entrepreneurship.
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‘Using the Internet in Instruction’ Is the Topic of … an Online Course
AN ONLINE COURSE offered by Western Kentucky University teaches faculty members and administrators how to use technology efficiently in instruction.
Blackboard Inc. and OnlineLearning.net Develop New Training Program for Faculty Teaching Online
As more and more instructors turn to the Web to enhance their classroom environments or to teach classes entirely online, a growing demand to instruct the instructors has emerged in the e-Education industry.
Western Governors University Forms 4 New Articulation Agreements with Higher Education Institutions
SALT LAKE CITY — Western Governors University (WGU) today announced that it has formed four additional articulation and transfer agreements with higher education institutions from across the country bringing its total to 8. These new institutions include Antioch University (OH), ISIM University (CO), Marylhurst University (OR), and Regis University (CO). WGU’s 4 existing articulation agreements […]
The annual Campus Computing Survey
The annual Campus Computing Survey is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in US higher education. Each year more than 600 two-and four-year public and private colleges and universities participate in this survey, which focuses on campus planning and policy affecting the role of information technology in teaching, learning, and scholarship.
College Officials Worry as Peterson’s Gathers Information on Unaccredited Institutions
WORD THAT RESEARCHERS for “Peterson’s Guide to Distance Learning Programs” are now collecting information about unaccredited colleges has some administrators at mainstream institutions worrying that unaccredited colleges may be listed in future editions of the guidebook.
University Project to Push IT Curriculum
SYDNEY — Monash, Sydney and Queensland Universities are embarking on a project to improve IT curriculum for school students to help prepare them for a wired workplace.
Michigan State U. telecommunication class creates Virtual Commerce Mall on Internet
(U-WIRE) EAST LANSING, Mich. — While new technology is making a world of virtual businesses available on the Internet, some Michigan State University students have been learning more about it through a simulation of their own.
‘Visionary endeavor’ elevates Arizona in high-tech field
ASU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), Intel Corporation and Motorola announced a first-of-its-kind collaborative program focused on the advancement of education programs and research to assist industry in building the next generation of embedded communication systems. This high-tech environment will establish Arizona as a worldwide center for embedded systems technologies. The new center […]
University of Calgary Revolutionizes Distance Learning Program With Live eLearning Software from Centra
LEXINGTON, MA – Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), a provider of software and ASP services for live eLearning and collaboration, today announced that the University of Calgary has selected Centra for the delivery of live eLearning to students across Canada. Since 1995, the Universitys Teacher Assistant Certification Program has utilized traditional teleconferencing to deliver education programs to […]