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Online education used to combat hospital infections

Health Minister Andy Kerr said the initiative, provided by NHS Education for Scotland (NES), would help in the fight against HAI by providing frontline NHS staff with knowledge on best practice for combating hospital infection.Read the Full Story

Free! Writing Research Assistant Template

Online Teachers:  Take a few moments to review my free online application, Office Hours Writing Research Assistant.  I want feedback to make it even better! Jim Musgrave, English Instructor, Grossmont, San Diego Mesa and Southwestern Colleges

GATT digital library launched

The GATT Digital Library, the culmination of a six-year joint effort between the WTO and Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR), gives the public online access to documents and publications from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), a treaty that promoted international commerce and trade barrier reductions among its members from […]

School camp recruits cyber-crime fighters

Believed to be the first residential high school cyber-security program in the country, the camp was a collaboration among the State University of New York at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), the Griffiss Institute for Information Assurance, and the Cyber Operations Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.Read the Full Story

WCET [Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications] Launches New Pilot Project: AdjunctMatch

In response to this need, WCET is launching AdjunctMatch, an online service, to facilitate the adjunct hiring process for both colleges and universities and individuals seeking part-time employment to teach online and by other distance learning modalities. During this one-year pilot project, participating WCET members will help to shape and test this new service.For more […]

Education Magnified 100,000X

Now, a team of researchers and educators has created a CD-ROM and Web-based software to generate some of the capabilities–and teaching potential–of an SEM using personal computers in a classroom.Read the Full Story

DKV Publishes Three Sites Honored by Webby Awards

The DKV sites were China and Europe, 1500-2000 and Beyond: What is Modern?, published with Professors Kenneth L. Pomeranz and Bin Wong, and the Asia for Educators Initiative; Randolph Bourne’s America, published with the National Arts Journalism Program, the Program in American Studies and the Office of the Provost; and The Architecture and Development of […]

Database of Institutions and Programs Accredited by Recognized United States Accrediting Organizations

Each accrediting organization’s list of institutions or programs is prefaced by a brief description of the accredited status of the institutions or programs on the list and the year for which the list is accurate. The information in the CHEA database was supplied by the accrediting organizations. It has been reformatted but otherwise not edited […]

A New Concept: Virtual Summer Camp Offers Youth Safe Adventures Online

“We are excited to give parents this alternative to expensive summer programs,” said Patricia Carnabuci, CEO of the Home School Learning Network. “Our Virtual Summer Camp will engage students in new ways by using technology as a stepping stone to adventure, both online and off.”With cooking lessons, “nature trail” activities and poetry writing contests, the […]

Farm life series coming to television this fall

“America’s Heartland” will profile the people, places and products of U.S. agriculture.Read the Full Story