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Collaboration between researchers is essential to discovery. In the 1950s, Francis Crick and James Watson worked side by side in a University of Cambridge lab to unravel “the secret of life” — the structure of DNA. But like-minded researchers are not always in the same place. With the establishment of a new high-speed, high-bandwidth network […]
“Global awareness” is a catchphrase on the lips of many educators, but one group of privately operated schools is working to bring that concept home to its students in a more concrete form.
BOCA RATON, Fla., Mar 20, 2001 — VirtualAcademics.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VADC) announced today the signing of an agreement with Rochester (Taiwan) Consulting Corp. (AsiaBoss.com). Under the new agreement, VADC will offer Chinese MBA corporate training curricula to a group of more than 10,000 Taiwanese executives. This agreement further strengthens VADC’s previously established strategic […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Global Alliance for Transnational Education(R), Ltd. (GATE(R)), an organization devoted to defining quality education around the globe, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Distance Education Network (EDEN) to work jointly to advance online learning and other forms of transnational education. Transnational education is any learning activity in which the […]
Internet penetration across the European Union has grown rapidly and the number of EU households connected has increasing by 55 percent between March and October last year, according to a communication (report) on the impact and priorities of the E-Europe 2002 initiative.
IN THE LATEST SIGN THAT DISTANCE EDUCATION has become mainstream, a traveling road show of sorts has been promoting the cause of online instruction in Tokyo and other Asian cities during the past week, courtesy of the U.S. State Department.
PETACH-TIKVA, Israel — Gilat Communications, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GICOF), today announced that it reached an agreement with Campus Online Limited, a leading educational application service provider in Asia Pacific to offer the Campus Online Distance Learning Solution in Greater China. The new solution offers a number of award-winning features that ensure instructor control of many content choices, […]
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Walden Institute, a leader in providing online certificate and professional development programs in technology, business and management, today announced a new relationship with THINQ Learning Solutions. Under the agreement, Walden’s instructor-facilitated courses will be offered to THINQ’s current and future list of corporate clients. THINQ customers will have access to Walden’s […]
The World Bank yesterday announced a US$2.0 million credit to Sri Lanka for a Distance Learning Project, which will create specialised training opportunities for senior decision-makers in the public and private sectors.
Vancouver, BC — FirstClass Systems Corporation, Canada’s leading e-Learning solutions provider, is pleased to welcome Protrain Solutions, the United Kingdom’s leading independent training consultancy and solutions provider, as the newest member of FirstClass’s global business partners. Protrain Solutions was founded in August, 1996, and has already seized a major share of the UK’s e-Learning market. […]
