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Sentient Learning Launches Learning Object Repository- With a Difference

Sentient LearnBase is a learning object repository with a difference, it not only provides a repository for learning objects, but it will be delivered to institutions with an innovative user friendly Microsoft ® Word based authoring tool – Sentient LearnBuild.The philosophy behind Sentient LearnBuild is one of technological inclusion. It is thought that the familiar […]

Call to show Scotland’s hidden treasures online

Mark Jones, chairman of Scotland’s educational digital archive Scran, and director of the Victoria and Albert museum, is leading the calls for an online “encyclopedia” to make the nation’s cultural assets accessible to all. Read the Full Story

Blackboard Course Cartridge Catalog Grows to More Than 3,500 Course Offerings

WASHINGTON, Dec 16, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that it has added 1,165 new Blackboard Course Cartridges(R) to the offerings now available to higher education institutions and individual instructors through the Blackboard Learning System(TM). Read the Full Story

Online UK library network goes live with first key phase

The People’s Network Online Enquiry Service will deliver a real-time information service to the public by providing ‘live’ access to library and information professionals across the internet. Read the Full Story

Bill Cosby appears in educational series

“Dr. Cosby – School of Life” began airing Monday on the Philadelphia School District’s local-access cable television station.Read the Full Story

Support from World-Leading STM Publisher Will Help Establish SLA Online University

At a special briefing yesterday at SLA Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Elsevier announced that it has made a one-time gift to the SLA Campaign for Professional Development. Read the Full Story

Google adds major libraries to its database

It may be only a step on a long road toward the long-predicted global virtual library. But the collaboration of Google and research institutions that also include Harvard, the University of Michigan, Stanford and the New York Public Library is a major stride in an ambitious Internet effort by various parties. Read the Full Story

PeopleSoft Announces New eLearning Classes for PeopleSoft World Customers; Company Introduces 30 New On-Demand Web Courses

The new on-demand courses, developed by PeopleSoft World experts in PeopleSoft Education, provide World customers with convenient and cost-effective training on product implementations, technical basics, and end-user functionality.Read the Full Story

Report On Global Expansion of U.S. Higher Education Released At Summit

Washington, D.C., December 8, 2004 – Dr. Richard Hezel, president of the education consulting firm Hezel Associates, today released a preliminary report detailing foreign market opportunities for U. S. higher education institutes. Dr. Hezel shared the findings during the international portion of the NorthStar international summit titled “Riding the Wave or Weathering the Storm? Mapping […]

CEU.com Named Best of the Web

CEU.com was selected Best of the Web for its “use of clear and coherent” multimedia tools, “expansive” online curriculum and “fast reporting of earned credits to state insurance bureaus and companies on behalf of students.”The annual Best of the Web awards were announced in November. To be eligible for consideration, Web sites must provide relevant […]