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Increasing Visual Literacy Skills With Digital Imagery

The use of images is becoming more pervasive in modern culture, and schools must adapt their curricula and instructional practices accordingly. Visual literacy is becoming more important from a curricular standpoint as society relies to a greater degree on images and visual communication strategies. Read the Full Story

Software Framework Opens Up Data-Sharing

“I can confidently say we have over 40 states implementing SIF at either the state or district level—in 250 districts serving 2.5 million students,” said Larry L. Fruth II, the executive director of the Washington-based School Interoperability Framework Association.Read the Full Story

TANDBERG Unveils New Group Video Systems

New York, USA, and Oslo, Norway — Feb. 9, 2005 — TANDBERG®, a global leader in visual communication (OSLO: TAA.OL), today announced that its MXP technology now provides an advanced level of support for the Cisco Systems, Inc. Internet Protocol (IP) telephony solution.TANDBERG introduced dedicated group video systems that provide seamless integration with Cisco CallManager […]

Polycom Introduces First Service Partner Certification Program to Support Real-Time Communications

PLEASANTON, Calif. – Feb. 10, 2005 – Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, today expanded its core channel programs with the introduction of the Polycom Certified Service Partner (CSP) program. An industry first, the CSP program certifies Polycom’s best-in-class service and support channel partners by verifying their performance […]

SwedishAmerican Consolidates Training with GeoLearning’s Internet-Hosted LMS

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning technologies, announced today that SwedishAmerican Health System, a not-for-profit, locally governed health care system headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, has achieved significant cost-savings and return on investment from deploying its ASP-hosted GeoMaestroâ„¢ learning management system and accompanying learning services.SwedishAmerican launched its virtual Corporate University […]

KESDEE partners with Pathlore to host financial e-Learning courses

About Pathlore:Pathlore Software Corporation provides the most widely adopted learning management solution in the world. Millions of users and over 1,000 organizations rely on Pathlore’s learning-management offerings to drive business performance. Whether your company’s success depends on developing and retaining employees, getting sales channels up to speed quickly on new products, increasing quality and customer […]

WBT Systems’ LMS is ‘One of the Most Open on the Market’

The report notes “TopClass is a well-established and very robust LMS, along with its tightly integrated sister LCMS product”. It continues “The System’s success is due, in large part, to its very strong underlying technology, which makes it one of the most open LMSs on the market.and also allows it to be deployed with considerable […]

Over 30,000 Students Stayed in Online Courses Because of Embanet’s 24/7/365 Live Technical Support

“Embanet’s help desk continues to be one of the best student retention tools for institutions with online programs”, says Jeffrey E. Feldberg, Chairman of Embanet Corporation. “Our Level 3 Help Desk Analysts are trained with the single goal of keeping learners in their courses with a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude. Our belief that having highly […]

WebCT unveils enterprise-class e-learning modules for colleges and universities growing their use of e-learning

BARCELONA, Spain., Feb. 7, 2005 – Today at the 4th Annual WebCT European User Conference, WebCT, provider of higher education’s most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, introduced WebCT Vistaâ„¢ modules that customers can selectively add to WebCT Campus Editionâ„¢. This new modular approach lets institutions initiate enterprise e-learning practices with unprecedented flexibility, value and […]

SunGard SCT Announces .NET Version of SCT PocketRecruiter

MALVERN, Pa., February 07, 2005 — SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), today announced the general availability of SCT PocketRecruiter 2.0. Built on the popular Microsoft .NET platform, SCT PocketRecruiter 2.0 is now compatible with a broader range of personal digital assistant (PDA) devices.Microsoft.NET is a set of software technologies for connecting information, […]