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DirectView, Inc. Selected by Charter Schools USA and Receives Initial Order

DirectView will provide videoconference equipment and solutions to Charter Schools USA. The solutions will be used for remote administration, board and staff meetings, distance learning and virtual fieldtrips. The initial order to DirectView is in excess of $100,000.00. Read the Full Story

SumTotal Systems Recognized as Learning Marketshare Leader in Latest Industry Research Report

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–July 6, 2004–A new report by Bersin & Associates, leading provider of What Works(TM) research and consulting services in e-learning technology and implementation, has confirmed that SumTotal Systems (Nasdaq:SUMT), the industry’s largest provider of learning and business performance technologies, services and processes, owns the largest market share by revenue in the learning management […]

Distance Learning, Inc. (DLI) Attacks Barriers to Education with New, Affordable Web Site

The site is located at http://www.scribestudio.com/ . “We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity to bring many educators to the exciting world of e-learning,” said Chairman and CEO John Cervieri. Read the Full Story

Universities get wi-fi access

Wireless internet service provider SUBzone is to install high-speed wireless net services to more than 55 student unions in Britain.Read the Full Story

Connecting with Broadband: Evidence from the Field

In addition, quantitative benchmarking of individual schools pre and post broadband using standardised performance data were undertaken. It was recognised that there is no universally accepted definition of the term ‘broadband’, although in this study all schools satisfied the criterion of 2mbps connectivity or more.Read the pilot study evaluation

SCT Luminis Data Integration for e-Learning

Their limited integration can create problems when student information and learning management systems overlap functionally—e.g., between registration and grading—because it encourages “shadow data” that might easily fall out of synchronization with the institution’s primary data repository.Read the Full Story

Turnitin(R) to Integrate With Blackboard Solutions

OAKLAND, Calif. and WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — iParadigms, the creator of Turnitin and iThenticate(TM), and Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that iParadigms has joined the Blackboard Developer Network(SM). This summer, iParadigms will use the Blackboard Building Blocks(TM) application program interfaces to integrate Turnitin’s plagiarism prevention service with Blackboard’s Learning System(TM) and Blackboard Portal […]

U.S. Army National Guard Expands Polycom Voice and Video Network as Part of Communications Modernization Plan

PLEASANTON, Calif. – June 29, 2004 – Polycom®, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a leader in unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced that the United States National Guard Bureau, working through federal systems contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), has awarded Polycom reseller AGT the contract for equipping 32 of its Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) offices with […]

Nortel Networks Transforms Education Experience with Leading-Edge Optical Solutions

The University of Pennsylvania is strengthening the ability of its researchers to collaborate on next generation Internet capabilities with their peers around the world through optical networking solutions specifically designed for education from Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT). Read the Full Story

Apple laptops could revolutionize high school

The district has been digital for a while now. Selected as one of the state’s three “digital school districts” three years ago, Quaker Valley remains on the cutting edge in Western Pennsylvania. Read the Full Story