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Boston University, in cooperation with National Technological University and PBS: The Business & Technology Network, will launch its online Distinguished Lecture Series on April 20, 2001 and extending through June 2001. One to three-day short courses covering state-of-the-art engineering topics will be delivered in distance-learning format. Courses will cover such topics as High Speed Photodetectors, […]
“New Teaching/New Learning at MIT,” a showcase of innovations in teaching and in educational technology, transformed the wood-panelled Rm 34-401 into something between a sukh and the ultimate science fair last Friday. The busy event, attended by members of the MIT Corporation as well as faculty and staff, was part of MIT’s annual MacVicar Day.
If you have never been to university and nobody you know has been to university, how are you supposed to know what life is like there, what options you have for your studies, or even what an undergraduate is? Everybody has been to school and knows what school is like, but universities remain a mystery […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT students can now test and probe fragile, microscopic electronic structures via a novel online lab that can be accessed from dorm rooms and other convenient locations 24 hours a day. Although the lab’s focus is the study of microelectronic devices like transistors, the general idea could be applied to state-of-the-art labs […]
WHEN LORI A. SCHAER WAS RUNNING for president of the student government at Washington State University in May, she campaigned entirely in chat rooms — because this student government is exclusively for the university’s online program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — SMARTHINKING has expanded its market from two- and four-year colleges and universities to high schools, graduate schools, and consortiums, proving its services valuable to the future of American education. SMARTHINKING has also been chosen as the tutoring provider of the new distance education program developed by and for the United States Army. […]
DENVER — March 5, 2001–Today Jones International University™, Ltd. (JIU), the first fully online accredited university, launched six online master of education (M.Ed.) degrees in e-learning. This is the first time M.Ed. degrees featuring e-learning programs have been offered completely via the Internet. Specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s working professionals, the degree […]
Register for fall classes using the Web — Indiana University students will have the option of registering for fall 2001 classes using a Web browser and an online registration system. Campuses will phase in this new method of registration as it becomes available throughout the spring semester. Walk-in registration at campus registration centers and touchtone […]
WELLESLEY, Mass. – Babson College and Cenquest, a leader in delivering school-branded educational programs over the Internet, today announced an agreement with Intel Corporation, the world’s largest chip maker, to deliver a custom MBA program designed primarily for Intel employees. The Babson curriculum will be developed around real Intel work projects, for an advanced degree […]
They will investigate their own areas’ local history as they learn new skills in the CLUTCH (Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History) Club Millennium Award Scheme when their training begins later this month. The project is being supported by £700,000 of National Lottery funding and is a joint venture between the Open University and the […]