Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

8 Picked To Study Workplace Technology

The program will be administered by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association and the state community college system.Read the Full Article

Long-distance education gaining in popularity

With work schedules, family obligations and other responsibilities, however, fulfilling such a goal may seem impossible until far in the future. Read the Full Article

Online course to help rural families operate businesses

The first-ever session of “Enterprising Rural Families: Making it Work” will begin Feb. 17. Those interested can register online and obtain fee information at www.eRuralFamilies.org. Read the Full Article

BOCES celebrating 50 years of education

Planning for the 50th anniversary celebration, scheduled April 15 at the BOCES complex, is in full swing and BOCES students are building a commemorative anniversary float and a car to pull it in area parades this summer. Read the Full Article

Corn Growers to Offer High-Speed Internet Access

Under the customized AgriStar program, current and new NCGA members who sign up for a one-year association membership will qualify for significant discounts on the AgriStar Powered by DIRECWAY equipment and monthly service. AgriStar and Hughes Network Systems joined forces last year to develop the high-speed satellite network for agriculture. Read the Full Article

Domestic responsibilities impact on women’s training

The survey, commissioned by management training provider Cambridge Online Learning (COL), reveals that twice as many women as men have missed out on training due largely to domestic demands or because they only work part-time. Read the Full Article

Wayne BOE fails to approve home schooling applications

The vote resulted in a standstill because some board members are trying to get the message across they don’t agree with recent state legislation allowing parents to teach their children with minimal qualifications. Read the Full Article

School of the Air goes visual

The technology is being installed at the Alice Springs school this week and students in remote central Australia will be able to see their teachers from about April. Read the Full Article

New Navy goal: ‘a culture of learning’

NORFOLK NAVAL STATION — Lost in the shuffle of almost-daily deployments, the Navy has established the Naval Personnel Development Command that Adm. Vern Clark, chief of naval operations, said would revolutionize the way that the Navy trained its sailors. Read the Full Article

Farmers may get education online

An ambitious proposal to bring computers, high-speed Internet access and online learning to as many as 45,000 Kentucky farm families could take its first step toward reality tomorrow in a vote by Kentucky’s Agriculture Development Board. Read the Full Article