Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

Open-Access Journals Flourish

In January, an open-access pioneer announced it would more than double the number of journals it offers. Meanwhile, Blackwell Publishing, the world’s largest publisher of academic society journals, is dipping its toes into open access, and the number of free journals has grown by about 300 over the last few months.Read the Full Story

Booklist to launch new online book review venture

As the signature event in the celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2005, Booklist is preparing to launch Booklist Online (BOL), a state-of-the-art Internet venture that will complement and expand on the print journal.Read the Full Story

University of Phoenix Approves Approximately 1,500 SkillSoft Business and IT Courses for College Credit

Under SkillSoft’s agreement with the University of Phoenix’s Prior Learning Assessment Center, individuals can earn college-level credit for completion of SkillSoft courses previously taken as part of on-the-job training programs or certification curricula.“SkillSoft’s Web-based courses offer an excellent way for professionals to develop the critical business and IT skills that are in high demand in […]

Internet essays prove poor buys

A growing number of companies are offering students the chance to buy essays from their websites.Read the Full Story

New service utilises videoconferencing for easy access to London expertise!

Through its custom-built videoconferencing facility in the heart of London, BridgesEducation enables hundreds of high-profile presenters from leading UK universities, research centres and companies to design and deliver lectures, seminars, courses and programmes in the field of higher and executive education.Since all presenters come from prestigious universities, business schools and multinational consultancies, BridgesEducation meets high […]

SciGuides help bring web into instruction

NSTA describes SciGuides as an online “science toolbox” for science educators. It features specially developed guides to quickly locate science content information on the web.Read the Full Story

Computeach Offers Businesses Distance Learning For Helpdesk Technicians

Computeach, a UK IT training provider, has launched the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) course with a blend of self-study options, not offered by any other provider.Read the Full Story

Public television in Reno farms nostalgia from the ’60s

With lineups such as “My Generation: The 60s Experience” “California Dreaming: The Songs of the Mamas and Papas” and “Funky Soul Superstars” which featured live performances from artists who were popular in the 1960s and ’70s, the spring pledge drive was the fourth most successful on record for Reno public television station KNPB Channel 5.Read […]

Free Online Seminar: Mobile Field Editing

In this seminar, one of the world’s top journalists shares his secrets for shooting and editing broadcast video using a mobile field editing system. Join Dr. Bob Arnot and discover how he reveals the inside stories behind some of the world’s most exciting, heartrending and dangerous world events.Read the Full Story

Online, Anything and Everything Can Be a Museum Piece

In the 1960’s, deep in the age of MoMA, Andy Warhol painted a stack of plywood cubes to look like Brillo boxes. That was the end of art, the philosopher and art critic Arthur Danto proclaimed. He didn’t mean that after Warhol there would be no more art, but rather that anything could be art.Read […]