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Navy Selects 16 Institutions for a Pilot Distance-Learning Program

THE U.S. NAVY has struck deals with 16 colleges to offer distance-learning degrees for sailors through a program that will begin on a pilot basis this January. The program will most likely be expanded to include additional colleges within the next few years.

OnlineLearning.net Will Start 2001 Offering More Than 250 Online Classes From UCLA Extension and the University of San Diego — Record Number Of Enrollments Drives Increase In Slate Of Course Offerings

LOS ANGELES, Nov 6, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Starting the Year 2001 with a record number of courses and programs, OnlineLearning.net — the leading online provider of continuing adult education nationwide — is delivering a slate of more than 250 courses from partners UCLA Extension and University of San Diego.

New Study Finds WebCT Used Extensively At 1,560 Colleges and Universities — Millward Brown IntelliQuest Study Finds 148,000 Faculty Will Be Teaching 303,000 WebCT Courses With 5.8 Million Actual Students In 11 Million Seats

LYNNFIELD, Mass. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 6, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) — A new study conducted by Millward Brown IntelliQuest has found that WebCT is used extensively at the higher education portion of its customer base.

Optivision Enables First Real-Time Interactive, Multi-City, Multi-Track Music Video Recording Session — Groundbreaking Event Links Five University Campuses With World-Class Musicians Via Live Streaming Audio and Video

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov 6, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Optivision(R) Inc., a leading provider of networked streaming video products, today announced the successful completion of the first ever multi-location music video recording session using real-time streaming video over Internet2(R) networks.

University System of Maryland to Enhance Teacher Quality in Prince George’s Schools with $4.1 Million from U.S. Department of Education

The University System of Maryland (USM) has been awarded $4.1 million by the U.S. Department of Education over five years to enhance teacher quality in Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS), one of the state’s largest public-school systems.

University Develops New Online Service

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State has developed an on-line, one-stop-resource of all sorts of facts on the university, from budget and finances and alumni activities to student enrollment and Penn State history.

Blackboard Announces Next Generation ‘Building Blocks’ (B2) Product Strategy at Annual Users Conference — Over 600 Customers Gather to Focus on Advancing Education and Using Technology to Bring Schools, Colleges and Universities Online

WASHINGTON, Nov 3, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Today Blackboard Inc. opens its second annual Blackboard Users Conference to host more than 600 e-Learning leaders from across the country. The event takes place today and tomorrow, Nov. 3-4, at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel, Washington, DC.

Virtual U Game Released

NEW YORK, NY (November 2, 2000) — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, and Enlight Software are proud to announce the release of Virtual U: Game Version, a stripped down version of Virtual U, the software that simulates a university system, and provides a compelling new way to understand and […]

Online learning advances

A new Tennessee Board of Regents program that allows students to earn a diploma with just a computer and Internet connection will transform classroom teaching, Chancellor Charles Manning said.

An Online Course Takes Another Look at the Vietnam War

AN ONLINE COURSE offered by a professor at California’s Citrus College examines the controversies and questions surrounding the Vietnam War. Some of the topics students explore include the origins of Vietnamese nationalism and the strategies and tactics of the United States.