Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

How adult learning changed a life

Research for the Basic Skills Agency being published on Monday will show there is often “undramatic” progress by learners in adult basic education.

ANTI-DRUG ADS ARE NOTICED BY IOWANS: ISU STUDY

AMES, Iowa — Iowans are taking notice of anti-drug public service ads, a new Iowa State University study indicates.

OnlineLearning.net Debuts New Online “Mergers & Acquisitions Accounting and Tax Course” From Fulcrum Information Services

Popular Business Course is Offered Exclusively Through OnlineLearning.net

Working-class Academics on Internet

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — James Vander Putten, a bus driver’s son turned education professor, was a promising graduate student attending an elegant faculty reception when his blue collar slipped out.

Educational Video Conferencing Wins RFP to Provide Distance Learning Initiative to Brooklyn Public Library

EVCI agreement with nation’s fifth largest public library viewed as first step in providing IP-based teleconferencing technology, equipment, technical training and videoconferencing services to public libraries

PBS, NPR Will Join Forces on Web Programming, Promotion

Media * The initiative, billed as a ‘strategic alliance,’ stops short of on-air production ventures, for now.

ADL Releases Version 1.1 of the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)

News and Events Full Story January 16, 2001 ADL Releases Version 1.1 of the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) WASHINGTON, D.C., January 16, 2001 – The Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory (ADL Co-Lab) has achieved a major milestone in the development of common open-architecture specifications for “net-centric” learning. The ADL Initiative is a collaborative effort […]

Limiting TV viewing reduces aggression in children, study says

Reducing the amount of time that grade-school children spend watching television and playing video games can make them less aggressive toward their peers, say researchers at the Medical Center.

Homeschool teacher numbers grow

Tina Shideler and Carlee Hilger left their professions teaching in public and private schools three years ago to tutor homeschool students full time in Chattanooga. They are among a growing number of homeschool teachers for hire in Hamilton County.

PLATO Learning extends its reach into home and school markets via new distribution agreement with BrainstormUSA

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – January 8, 2001 – PLATO Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ: TUTR) today announced its partnership with BrainstormUSA, an Atlanta-based marketer of educational software, hardware and technology products. This partnership will bring the PLATOÒ Educational Titles product line, with over 66 courses in reading, writing, math, science, vocabulary and job skills, to the consumer market […]