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Public Release of Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment

Members of the Sakai Educational Partners Program (SEPP) have been reviewing the beta version of the software since their highly successful conference with 170 attendees in June. This release to the public is Sakai Release Candidate 1 (RC1), and it puts the full code in the hands of any institution that wishes to begin using […]

Internet2 opens new frontiers for area schools

The schools that receive their Internet access through Educational Service Unit 10 — which includes most of Grand Island’s schools — as well as ESUs 11, 15 and 16 now have access to Internet2.Read the Full Story

Health & Human Services Deploys GeoLearning’s Hosted LMS for 66,000 Employees

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), a federal government agency employing more than 66,000 employees, has selected the company’s GeoMaestro learning management platform to power Health & Human Services University (HHSU) and manage human […]

Acadient Joins WebCT Powerlinks Network

BOSTON-14 July, 2004 – Acadient, a leading developer and distributor of online learning for the higher education and financial services industries, today announced it joined the WebCT PowerLinks Network as a content developer. Acadient will develop and deliver fully customizable online course materials for use in both WebCT Campus Edition and WebCT Vista. “Acadient is […]

Teachers’ TV to broadcast in 2005

The Government believes that the channel will be an innovative way to help raise standards in the classroom, and is being funded directly by the Department for Education and Skills to the tune of £20million.Read the Full Story

ItSpeaks to web: Don’t sit there, say something

Audio use on the web today is “very spotty,” said Steve Olenick, president of AudioLink Inc., a recording studio for leading educational publishers such as Houghton-Mifflin Co., Curriculum Associates, and others. But Olenick hopes to change that. He’s the founder of the ItSpeaks Initiative, which he describes as “a web group for like-minded individuals who […]

GeoLearning Named to Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Companies

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, has been named to TrainingOutsourcing.com’s list of the Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Industry. Selection to the list was based on experience in managing multi-year engagements, commitment to training business process outsourcing (BPO) services, recognition as a leading outsourcing […]

Futuremedia Agrees Expanded Co-Marketing Activities With Microsoft To Promote Learning For Allâ„¢

“HCI offers employers a tax-efficient and cost effective way of providing their staff with a tangible employee benefit for a minimal investment. Our Learning For All programme capitalizes on the HCI initiative to engage people and enhance performance by providing a home computer and exciting learning packages for the whole family in addition to the […]

Cadpo Announces 1,000th SolidWorks i.get.it eLearning Subscription Sold

“We are excited to welcome Heath Tecna as the 1,000th subscriber to i.get.it for SolidWorks,” says Kevin Noe, president, Cadpo. “Their recent purchase, through our partner CAE Northwest, gives their engineers 24/7 access to all of our current SolidWorks training and course updates for the next twelve months.”Read the Full Story

Open Source 2007: How Did This Happen?

Sustainable economics means that an institution’s base budgets can support the licensing fees, developers, maintenance, training, and support required for application software. Read the Full Story