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A Parent’s Guide To The Internet Released

Mars Publishing’s A Parent’s Guide to the Internet is ready to become available in bookstores nationwide September 2001, the only completely non-technical Internet guide for Parents. The Internet is here is stay. We live in a wired world, and it will never go back to what it was before. The statistics are staggering. Currently more […]

Blackboard Offers Two Integrated Solutions for Education

Blackboard Course & Portal Solutions provides online course management, academic communities and administrative services using the award-winning Blackboard 5 software. Blackboard Commerce & Access Solutions, including Blackboard Optim9000� and Blackboard Envision�, supplies Web-enabled operation of student identification, dining services, campus commerce, building access, as well as increases in business with off-campus merchants. Get More Info

“LearningWeek Live” Features Denise Easton, Advocate for “Layered” Approach to Learning

Easton is a strong advocate of “layered learning”, whereby learning experiences are crafted to include use of an appropriate mixture of various media to ensure learning objectives are met, rather than forcing all learning to happen through a single channel. Media may include online courseware, web-based synchronous workshops, face-to-face instruction, conference calls or “teleclasses”, and […]

The Commonwealth of Learning

The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality education and training.

The Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative

Section 508 requires that Federal agencies’ electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. The Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative is a Federal government interagency effort to offer information and technical assistance to assist in the successful implementation of Section 508.

Allaire

ColdFusion includes visual programming, database, and debugging tools in ColdFusion Studio, an integrated development environment for building your applications. Open integration with databases, email, directories, Java, XML, and enterprise systems means you can develop complex Web applications quickly and easily. Get More Info

National Film Board of Canada’s English Program in 2001

Approximately 65 new productions will be launched by the National Film Board of Canada’s English Program in 2001. NFB English Program’s slate of new releases features an impressive array of documentaries, animated shorts, and videos and websites for youth from some of Canada’s most acclaimed filmmakers, as well as by many first-time directors. This website […]

Virtual University Gazette

July, 2001

OnlineLearning Magazine

July/August 2001

Electronic School

July 2001