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Gardner-Webb University Switches to WebCT to Support Next Stage of e-Learning Growth

Gardner-Webb University, a century-old Baptist institution in North Carolina, has switched to the WebCT Campus Edition(TM) course management system to continue growing its e-learning program. Read the Full Story

THINQ Named 2004 Top Military Training Provider

BALTIMORE, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ — THINQ Learning Solutions, Inc. today announced that it was once again named a Top 100 training provider by Military Training Technology (MT2) from a field of more than 300 invited candidates.Read the Full Story

‘Podcasting’ set to take off

The creator of an online technology news program for like-minded technology-buffs, Bischoff is among a cadre of young technophiles experimenting with a just-emerging form of online communication: podcasting. Read the Full Story

Geisinger Health System Consolidates Compliance Training with Pathlore

“Pathlore’s compliance solution solves the problem of how best to consolidate the delivery, tracking and reporting of regulatory training across our health system,” says Jack Latshaw, Geisinger Health System’s assistant director of Technology Education Services. “The healthcare industry is heavily regulated and our ability to demonstrate compliance with internal and external requirements is a key […]

Blackboard Expands BbOne(SM) Reach with a Dozen New Universities

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that it has added twelve universities to its growing roster of BbOne(SM) clients. The most recent BbOne additions include: Berkeley College, California Institute of Technology, The Claremont Colleges Consortium, Clemson University, The State University of New York at Geneseo, Louisiana State University, University of […]

Technological revolution in Indian education

The software, Global Campus Solutions — Higher Education User Group (HEUG) enables academic institutions to keep online track of students and enhance the productivity of staff.Read the Full Story

Microsoft Pushes Search Technology to Market Amid Stiff Competition

Google signaled that it is ready for a fight, announcing Wednesday that it would nearly double the amount of Web pages available to search through its site. Read the Full Story

Tech-savvy schools reclaim millions

After spending her entire career struggling to keep pace with the unending barrage of paperwork that followed every one of the district’s approximately 17,000 special-needs students through the school system–the second largest in California–Nunes was convinced the district needed a more efficient means of ensuring that eligible students were receiving the care they so desperately […]

Bridging the digital divide in Saskatchewan: New services just a mouse-click away

A recently launched project will effectively eliminate the so-called digital divide between the province’s urban and rural areas. Read the Full Story

New browser to challenge Microsoft

The Mozilla Foundation, a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing open source software, hopes Firefox 1.0 will attract millions of users away from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.Read the Full Story