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School and teacher issues using learning objects

One of the difficulties for a project researching in several different countries, not all of which have researchers associated with them, is to deal with the language of respondents. Putting open-ended questions in the questionnaire, which is administered in local languages, makes analysis very difficult because, with no local researchers, the responses would have to […]

FUTUREMEDIA Brings Home Computing Initiative to Winterthur Life UK

Brighton, England, 1st November 2004 – Futuremedia (NASDAQSC:FMDAY), a leading European e-learning provider and the premier supplier of Home Computing Initiative (HCI) programmes in the UK, today announced it has been selected by Winterthur Life UK, part of the Credit Suisse Group, one of the world’s leading financial groups, to deliver the Government’s HCI programme […]

Avaya IP Video Telephony Solution Makes Desktop Videoconferencing as Simple as a Phone Call

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Nov. 1, 2004 – Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV), a leading global provider of business communications software, systems and services, today introduced an Internet protocol-based video telephony solution that makes desktop videoconferencing as simple as a phone call. The solution integrates broadcast-quality video and office phone functionality into a single, easy-to-use interface, […]

Study: Firefox still gaining on Internet Explorer

The percentage of Americans using Mozilla and Firefox, two open-source browsers funded by the Mozilla Foundation, grew to 6 percent in October from 5.2 percent in September and 3.5 percent in June. That 6 percent was split evenly between the two browsers.Read the Full Story

On the air, on the move

“You’re provided a higher level of television with NETV,” said Swift, of Omaha. “It’s television that’s educational, and you always walk away and feel like you learned something new.” Read the Full Story

Voice Over Internet Revolution Will Be Big but Quiet, Prominent Booster Says

Another one is quickly catching on — VOIP, for voice over Internet protocol, a technology that breaks up a voice call into data packets and sends it, like e-mail, along a high-speed connection. Read the Full Story

Plugging Into the Net, Through the Humble Wall Outlet

B.P.L. is the ultimate in plug-and-play. Users plug a small power line modem into any wall outlet and then connect the modem to a computer with a U.S.B. or Ethernet cable, or through a wireless Wi-Fi connection. Read the Full Story

IBM and Partners Create Open Framework for Digital Media

Armonk, NY and Santa Clara, Ca. at Streaming Media West — October 27, 2004 — IBM today unveiled an open digital media framework that will include technology from leading partners such as Adobe, Apple and Cisco Systems to give companies the most advanced capabilities to create, manage and distribute rich media content faster, easier and […]

US Signal Helps Cooley Law School Unite Campuses Across Michigan; Sets Foundation for Distance Learning Next Fall

The project included linking Cooley’s main Lansing campus with Cooley’s two other campus locations in Grand Rapids, Mich. and Oakland County, Mich. via high-speed/low-latency connections. Read the Full Story

Intel to Join in a Project to Extend Wireless Use

The companies said that Intel would make a “significant” investment in Clearwire, which has begun building long-range wireless data networks around the world.Read the Full Story