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With interest and investment in large scale e-learning and knowledge management escalating around the world, this is an opportunity for an audience in the UK to hear about the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI http://web.mit.edu/oki ). OKI is a collaboration by a group of leading universities, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and other […]
These specifications, called the Sakai Technology Portability Profile, will ensure software being developed will operate across the systems of participating university partners: UM, Stanford University, Indiana University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read it Online
With an annual budget of $720 million, the MTA runs bus, subway, light-rail and commuter rail services as well as a freight rail system. The agency’s employees range from bus operators and mechanics to directors and general managers. Each will use the LMS to manage their career development plans as well as register for classes […]
WebCT PowerLinks™ provide a framework for institutions to integrate key campus technologies and extend the WebCT platform with innovative applications to meet their specific needs. The Questionmark Perception Connector for WebCT Campus Edition allows instructors to incorporate assessments, designed in Questionmark Perception, within their WebCT courses. The assessments can be organized, scheduled, and included in […]
WHAT: Congressional briefing: “Data-driven Decision Making: A Powerful Tool to Improve Student Achievement” HOSTS: CoSN, the premier national voice in education technology leadership that promotes the use of information technologies and the Internet in K-12 education (www.cosn.org), in partnership with Educational Testing Services (www.ets.org), SAS (www.sas.com), IBM (www.ibm.com), Dell (www.dell.com), Plato Learning (www.plato.com), SchoolNet (www.schoolnet.com), […]
While education sites aren’t currently moneymakers, more sophisticated content may allow providers to charge more for bite-sized learning. Read the Article
For its 2003 eLearning Instructional Design Symposium, The eLearning Guild pioneered what was believed to be the first ever blended event, combining physical attendance and virtual participation via Elluminate Live! The Guild continues its innovative use of Elluminate Live! with its monthly online forums, providing a comprehensive live eLearning experience that includes a variety of […]
The decision builds on the college’s five-year-old e-learning program, Online College @ Santa Barbara City College. Built on the WebCT Campus Edition(TM) course management system, the program offers 140 courses by 40 faculty members for 3,500 students. Eighty of the courses are fully online.
The answer, bizarrely, depends on whether you use a cable connection or a telephone data line, even though the two services offer comparable access to the Internet. Read the Full Story
According to META Group, the new METAspectrum evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies with “products that enable the registration, delivery, tracking, hosting and administration of learning events.”Pathlore was positioned in the leadership segment of the METAspectrum analysis, and was specifically recognized for its strong execution as well as enhancements to its enterprise LMS suite. […]