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What do you call a chemist who pilots a 1999 Cessna 172R between Lincoln, Neb., and Chicago every weekend so he can someday run his own business? One very determined part-time MBA student. Mark Zieg, 34, is a drug formulator for Novartis Pharmaceuticals and a weekend student at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of […]
Abstract The focus of this paper is the experience of an on-line research group, ProjectH. ProjectH consisted of 100 experts from 15 countries who collaborated using computer-mediated communication, namely electronic mail or email. The anatomy of the process of collaborative computer-mediated communication is profiled and the benefits as well as its constraints in fostering the […]
MORRISVILLE, N.C. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Two leaders in the higher education market, Eduprise, Inc. and Mascot Network, Inc., today announced a marketing and technology agreement to provide colleges and universities with a wide range of value-added services, among them custom system integration and comprehensive e-Learning services, for use with Mascot’s Online Student Center. Eduprise […]
MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies is launching MIT World,a streaming TV station available via the Internet (initially just toalumni and the campus community), featuring campus lectures, colloquia, seminars and special events. MIT Tech Talk, March 14, 2001
MANHATTAN — Courses for K-12 teachers and administrators are being offered this summer at Kansas State University. Courses will be on the Manhattan campus, in various locations throughout the state, through distance education and through travel-study trips. On the Manhattan campus, teachers can choose from a wide variety of scheduling formats: Monday through Thursday, for […]
Institutions can join the Army University Access Online (AUAO) Program by using the guidelines announced here to submit a proposal. Institutions that have already submitted some information (e.g., during the proposal process) will receive a “preferred status” for consideration, but still must submit a complete proposal. A link to the instructions along with other eArmyU […]
RICHARDSON, Texas — Thanks to the rapid advances in communications technology, the business of education will never be the same again. When the Alliance for Higher Education opens its new Center for Collaborative Learning, Research and Communications Technology on The University of Texas at Dallas campus on April 5, there are plans for Texas Governor […]
Something alarming happened in my contract law class. I asked that laptop computers be used only for note taking, and my students went ballistic.
A STUDY BY TWO RESEARCHERS at Cornell University found that wireless-computing programs have mixed effects on the grades of students. While unfettered access to the Internet can enhance a learning environment, the researchers say, it can also harm students’ grades in some cases.
Lilly Endowment grant will be used to create an eLearning Center on the Greencastle campus.