Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

Sick Students Still Learning

Massachusetts students recovering from illness at Children’s Hospital get a reprieve from taking the MCAS with their classmates, but lessons and learning don’t stop while they’re being treated.

U.S. Army Leverages PeopleSoft’s Student Administration Application for Online University Initiative with PricewaterhouseCoopers

PeopleSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT), a world leader in providing eBusiness applications, today announced that its Student Administration software will be used within PricewaterhouseCoopers’ online learning portal solution recently selected by the US Army. Under the agreement, PeopleSoft will be instrumental in providing soldiers with convenient and easy access to higher education degrees and advanced training certifications. […]

Industry Leader Kaplan Launches Online TOEFL Skills Assessment Introduction to the TOEFL Accessible Worldwide

Kaplan, Inc., a leading education and career services company, today launched TOEFL Skills Assessment, an entirely online introduction to the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Accessible at Kaplan’s test preparation and admissions Web site www.kaptest.com, the TOEFL Skills Assessment expands access to the hundreds of thousands of international students applying to American […]

Staying Home to Go to School

Education: Academic reasons, not religious, are often cited for the dramatic increase in parent-taught students. Even public districts are now helping out.

Army Selects SMARTHINKING for Online Tutoring Services As Part of Army University Access Online Initiative

WASHINGTON, May 8 — SMARTHINKING today announced that its services will be used within PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s online learning portal solution recently selected by the US Army to provide soldiers with convenient and easy access to higher education degrees and advanced training certifications. Under this agreement, every student-soldier enrolled through Army University Access Online will receive […]

First McDonalds internet cafe in Romania

Customers will have the opportunity to surf the net while eating the famous hamburgers.

Institute of Museum and Library Services Issues fact sheet on accomplishments of Library Services and Technology Act

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administers library funding authorized by the Library Services and Technology Act. IMLS is an independent Federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and lifelong learning by supporting museums and libraries. Federal funds are a catalyst for services that help libraries address a wide range of community needs.

IIMK to launch courses in interactive distance mode

Interactive distance learning courses in management-related subjects are being launched by the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK). The courses are to be conducted in August in collaboration with the New Delhi-based Hughes Escorts Communications Limited (HECL).

X-treme Movie Maker

With more than a dozen digital videos to his credit, Jordan Miller, 14, is the youngest filmmaker to screen his work at the X-Dance action-sports film festival in Park City, Utah.

AARP Investment Program Launches Online Courses

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 24, 2001–The AARP Investment Program from Scudder has launched three interactive online courses, available to the public at aarp.scudder.com, focusing on the unique financial needs of AARP members.