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E-mail service keeps University of Minnesota parents in the know

MINNEAPOLIS (January 3, 2001 1:13 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) – Cindy Krueger lives 250 miles from the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus, but she knows a lot about what goes on there.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant, Associate or Full Professor

College Of Education http://www.coe.missouri.edu Assistant, Associate or Full Professor Networked Learning Systems Development School of Information Science and Learning Technologies http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~sislt http://www.ctie.missouri.edu A collaboration between the Colleges of Engineering and Education has formed around a research initiative entitled “Networked Learning Systems.” The key challenges of NLS are the advancement and integration of learning systems, information […]

Higher education’s undercurrents

Set against the backdrop of swirling presidential-campaign politics, American higher education at the turn of the second millennium was marked by court decisions, technological advances, and individual achievement.

A Columbia U. Professor Praises the Interactivity of Teaching Online

MICHAEL KIRSCHENHEITER, a professor of accounting at Columbia University’s School of Business, was one of the first university professors to work with UNext to put one of his courses online. He says the lack of personal contact with his students is a drawback in online instruction, but the use of interactive features like animation helps […]

Rutgers’ RUNet 2000 to receive $3.1 million in additional federal funding

NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. – RUNet 2000, Rutgers’ project to implement and deploy a comprehensive, advanced information and communication network, will receive a $3.1 million appropriation as part of the newly enacted 2001 federal budget. This support will come from the Department of Education’s Technology Innovation Challenge Grants program, which aids ventures that use technology for […]

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technologies

The Pennsylvania State University College of Education Department of Adult Education, Instructional Systems, and Workforce Education and Development & School of Information Sciences and Technology POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Position Available: Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technologies Beginning: Fall Semester, 2001 Appointment conditions: This newly created position represents a collaboration between the College of Education and […]

UNext.com and the Open University Business School Announce Joint Online Learning Initiative

DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan 2, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — UNext.com, the Open University, today announced an initiative to offer online courses from UNext’s Cardean University to OUBS alumni and to develop innovative courses together.

Kansas State University: Industrial/organizational psychology master’s degree available through distance education

DEC 14, 2000, M2 Communications – MANHATTAN — Kansas State University will offer a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology through distance education. The class is now being formed and will begin in July 2001.

Kansas State University: K-State receives Technology Award for Online Education system

DEC 14, 2000, M2 Communications – eMANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s Division of Continuing Education has received a Creative Use of Technology Award from the Association for Continuing Higher Education Inc.

“Rapid Response in an e-World”

Remarks by Penn State President Graham B. Spanier E-Business Dedication Day Wednesday, December 13, 2000