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eCollege® and ETS Announce Agreement to Deliver Online Solution for Measuring Instructional Quality in Higher Education

DENVER – January 26, 2005 – eCollege® [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, and ETS, the world’s largest private, nonprofit educational testing and measurement organization, today announced an agreement to deliver an online course evaluation solution that will help institutions more efficiently measure, manage and improve instructional […]

New test gauges ICT literacy

Beta testing for the new ETS exam, called the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Literacy Assessment, began on Jan. 31 and ends March 31. Aggregate score reports for colleges and universities participating in this trial will be available to school officials sometime in June.Read the Full Story

Elluminate Supports the New Golden Age in American Education

Pampano Beach, Florida., (February 8, 2005) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, announced today the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) hosted their first professional development webinar using Elluminate Live!â„¢, an eLearning and Web conferencing solution for the real-time organization. Education professionals located […]

Aetna Selects CEU.com for Education

CEU.com, a leading nationwide provider of online CE courses, will provide Aetna insurance license holders with state approved, Internet-based courses in life and health insurance. These courses will allow employees to fulfill state-mandated insurance CE requirements.Deborah Kelly, Aetna’s Head of Learning Services, said CEU.com will provide much needed flexibility and convenience to employees.“The Internet centralizes […]

Chatting freely with animated historical characters

Walk into the Hans Christian Andersen museum and you might see and hear the man himself. Though only virtual, he can hold visitors’ attention for up to 15 minutes, chatting with them about himself and telling his fairy-tales. Read the Full Story

Quantum Tutoring Software Improves Student Test Scores By Full Letter Grade

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – February 1, 2005, Quantum Simulations, Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) tutoring and assessment software, announced the results of a research study evaluating the effectiveness of Quantum’s Chemistry Tutors and Automatic Grading/Assessment Tool at Carmichaels Area Junior/Senior High School in Carmichaels, Greene County, Pennsylvania.The one-week study included 51 high school students […]

FLVS amd Macromedia Partner to Offer Students Online Web Design Courses

”We’re pleased to partner with such a respected national leader in virtual schooling,” said Megan Stewart, director of Global School Solutions at Macromedia. “The FLVS program enables all students to have access to effective online learning. We recognize that students want to learn via technology and they want to learn to use the latest technology […]

Search for Participants Begins as PBS Greenlights New Miniseries – TEXAS RANCH HOUSE

— New PBS Series For Spring 2006 Follows In The Footsteps Of The 1900 House, Frontier House, The 1940s House, Manor House, Colonial House And Regency House PartyRead the Full Story

Interactive Learning Guide to Help Faculty Make Sense of Copyright Laws

Structured as a subway map, the interactive guide asks faculty a series of questions related to the nature of the copyrighted works they want to use and the methods in which they plan to use them. As each question is answered, the faculty progress through the virtual subway system, learning important copyright rules that apply […]

Survey: Users confuse search results, ads

Though it polled only adults, the survey’s results underscore the need for educators to teach their students how to understand and evaluate carefully the information they find online–particularly as today’s generation of students increasingly turn to the web as their primary research tool. Read the Full Story

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