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E-Learning continues to be the fastest-growing sub-sector of a $2.3 trillion global education market. Recent research by Hezel Associates, an education consulting firm, projects the global market for online higher education is estimated to exceed $69 billion by 2015. Institutions seeking to gain a foothold in this sector face a myriad of issues requiring market-specific […]
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 – In 1991, David Gelernter, a computer scientist at Yale, proposed using software to create a computer simulation of the physical world, making it possible to map everything from traffic flow and building layouts to sales and currency data on a computer screen.Read the Full Story
TV Critics Press Tour, Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2005) – Beginning Sept. 6, PBS will make available – exclusively over the Internet – broadcast television’s first entirely downloadable series, featuring PBS technology columnist and industry insider Robert X. Cringely’s interviews with personalities from the ever-changing world of technology. NerdTV will be available for download […]
Site features audio clips from ten of the world’s top physicists describing the equation, and an exclusive video clip from the television program http://www.pbs.org/nova/einstein. “Einstein’s Big Idea” airs on NOVA Tuesday, October 11, 2005 from 8-10PM ET on PBS, check local listings. Press materials can be found at pressroom.wgbh.org/nova or pbs.org/pressroom.Read the Full Story
AbstractArt museums in the United States share a common mission to educate many people — from families to teachers to researchers. But how do these museums use the World Wide Web to extend their educational mission? More specifically, what kinds of educational materials do U.S. art museums offer to online visitors, and how broadly available […]
CHICAGO —The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is proud to announce the publication of “Colleges, Code and Copyright, ACRL Publications in Librarianship no. 57,†from The Center for Intellectual Property at University of Maryland University College.Read the Full Story
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Naval War College (NWC) and the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) are teaming up to offer select command master chiefs (CMC) new Navy and Joint Professional Military Education (NPME/JPME) learning opportunities in residence or at a distance.
Why were some cultures able to conquer others? Why do some populations barely scrape by when others have more loot than closet space? Is it genetics? Work ethic? Plain dumb luck? Read the Full Story
The Meaning of Food is an exploration of culture through food. What we consume, how we acquire it, who prepares it, who’s at the table, and who eats first is a form of communication that is rich with meaning.Read the Full Story
