Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

Sundays prove hot for learning mecca

For years, residents of Clearwater asked city officials to extend the hours of the city libraries and keep them open on Sundays. For years, the city refused.

UPMC launches late-life Web site

UPMC Health System is offering a new Web site on late-life depression and other geriatric mental health problems.

Pearson and IBM to deliver learning-on-demand

Pearson, the world’s biggest educational publisher, has formed an alliance with IBM to deliver a ‘learn-on-demand’ service to the home.

Educational Software Leader Knowledge Adventure to Introduce Girls to Cutting-Edge Careers in Multimedia on “Take Our Daughters to Work Day”

TORRANCE, Calif. – Leading childrens software publisher Knowledge Adventure® will participate in the ninth annual Take our Daughters to Work® Day on Thursday, April 26, providing girls an opportunity to explore stimulating careers in the multimedia industry and pursue the knowledge they need for success in todays workplace. As part of the companys participation and […]

Public Broadcaster WGBH Forms Media Access Group The Only Organization In The World To Offer Both Captioning And Description Services

Boston, MA (April 18, 2001) — Boston-based public broadcaster WGBH announces the recent formation of the Media Access Group at WGBH to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing, blind and visually impaired communities, which represent a combined audience of 34 million Americans. Media Access Group is the only organization in the world to offer both captioning and […]

Use of English as Global Tongue Is Booming, and So Is Concern

NEW YORK As a band of trained terrorists plotted to blow up the World Trade Center, clues to the devastation ahead lay under the nose of law enforcement officials.

MTN Delivers State-of-the-Art Distance Training to Holland American Passengers

MIRAMAR, Fla., April 3 /PRNewswire/ — Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), the leader in maritime telecommunications and a subsidiary of Verestar, Inc., is proud to announce it will provide the m.s. Veendam, a Holland America Line vessel, with the capability to broadcast live shore-side training seminars onboard their vessel.

Case Study: Distance Learning in Public Health

In recent years, interest in examining technology’s potential to meet training needs for public health professionals has generated new initiatives, such as the Enhancing Data Utilization Skills through Information Technology program.

Verizon Commits $3 Million to Build Online Literacy Network

NEW YORK — Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications, will provide $3 million in grants to the nation’s top literacy organizations to help them create an innovative online Web site (http://www.verizonreads.net) to promote a more literate America. The site, which will be known as the Verizon Literacy Network, was announced today in Dallas […]

Milady Expands Online Offerings in Cosmetology Education

Web-based Teaching and Learning Aid Reinforces and Clarifies Complex Concepts