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Vemics, a leading supplier of virtual learning and meeting solutions, recently announced a national network of Video HotSpots in key business centers, making licensing training programs and continuing education courses easily accessible to securities professionals. Read the Full Story
Reminiscent of the kids in the back of the car on your family’s summer vacation, the persistent question about this technology seems to be, “Are we there yet?†Syllabus asked the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s vice president for research in information technology about his vision for learning management systems and related technologies.Read the Full Story
Its research finds that there are four common issues that companies face again and again. These pitfalls will seem obvious to those folks who have already been through a system integration project, but they may surprise some of you who are knee-deep in the implementation of your LMS. Read the Full Story
AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS – Educational Help, Inc. announces the release of Skill Builder Modules for improving reading skills of dyslexic readers. The Skill Builder software can be used at school or at home. Each module features specific word lists that are grade or subject matter appropriate. The reader spends 20 minutes a day using the Skill […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 10, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that Portugal’s Universidade de Aveiro has chosen Blackboard to provide the university’s Enterprise wide e-education platform.Blackboard will provide Universidade de Aveiro the Blackboard Learning System(TM). The university intends to migrate more than 700 courses from its previous WebCT platform to the […]
GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a $2.56 million 3-year contract with the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety on behalf of New Jersey’s Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force to deliver first responder training to 145,000 police, fire […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 9, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) has announced that it will provide Blackboard Application Service Provider hosting services and the Blackboard Learning System(TM) to Arapahoe Community College (ACC) in Littleton, Colorado. The new Blackboard(R) system will build on ACC’s successful two-year implementation of the Blackboard Learning System-Basic Edition(TM), a […]
Glasgow Caledonian University is the first UK University to purchase folio, the leading enterprise level, electronic portfolio system from the UK distributor Sentient Learning. Since March 2004, Sentient Learning has already received an exceptional amount of interest from UK institutions and vocational training colleges.folio is designed to support reflection, growth, accomplishment and collaboration of vocational […]
This distance learning feat is possible through the marvels of the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District’s new Wide Area Network, which is on schedule to be complete by Sept. 1. Read the Full Story
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Acacia Media Technologies Corp. has sent letters to dozens of colleges in recent days claiming the schools’ use of streaming video in areas like distance learning and video lectures violates company patents. The message: pay up, or risk getting sued. Read the Full Story