Download or View the UCLA Internet Report, Released October 25, 2000
The Center released the first-year installment of the UCLA Internet Report on October 25th
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NASA, University of California to Form Landmark Partnership
The announcement will be made during a news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2000, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (PDT) in the Moffett Training and Conference Center, Bldg. 3, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. “The innovations and scientific discoveries of the future will not come from NASA, industry or universities alone. […]
Change in Academe
by Executive Director David Longanecker In recent history, nothing has so profoundly changed higher education as technology. But with this change comes a unique responsibility – to demand rigor, discipline, and evidence that our new ways are making a positive, sustainable difference. This wouldnt be so necessary if our business werent so important. We could […]
Petaluma: Online Classes Open Doors of Education for Adults
People who have wanted to take adult education courses but couldn’t find time to attend class may now learn at their own pace at home.
UCLA Study Monitors Impact of Internet on Society
LOS ANGELES — Concerns the Internet revolution has dehumanized America may be unfounded.
Kansas State University: K-State Grain Science Center Facilities
K-State Feed Mill The new facilities are necessary if K-State is to continue producing the qualified graduates necessary for the industry’s success in the 21st century.
Teleremote and Robotic Surgery Featured Oct. 24 at Surgeons’ Meeting in Chicago CONTACT: — Karl Storz’s OR1 Allows Surgeon in Chicago to Remotely Control Surgery at Johns Hopkins’ Bayview Medical Center
CHICAGO, Oct 23, 2000 (BW HealthWire) — Physicians from around the world are gathering this week in Chicago for the American College of Surgeon’s 86th Annual Clinical Congress (ACS), one of the largest gatherings of surgeons in the world.
UT Building Virtually Ensures the Best Learning Environment
AUSTIN – Inside the new building dedicated Thursday at the University of Texas at Austin, engineering students can go on a virtual visual tour of the human body in classes held in a 196-seat auditorium complete with a digital sound system and Internet connections at every chair.
SCT’s Munkittrick Elected Vice Chair of WICHE Caucus for Educational Telecommunications
The Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET) was founded by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The Western Cooperative is a membership-based organization that serves as a clearinghouse for information, an advocate for effective policies, and facilitator of multi-state projects in telecommunicated education. A recent important work was the release of the “Guidelines […]
Prosaic Concerns Drive Distance-Education Programs at One Community College
Pasadena City College’s entry into online instruction was driven partly by a desire to alleviate parking problems and partly by a sense that students wanted the convenience of working from home, says Nino B. Valmassoi, associate dean of extended learning at the college here.