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GeoLearning Expands Presence in Washington, DC

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today the official opening of its new sales and technical services office in Washington, DC. The office will house 12 to 14 new employees in sales, project management, technical services and IT positions. The company has also opened a new […]

Enterprise Solutions Open New Horizons For Education

… Literacy skills are reinforced through software. By John Fleischman – February, 2003 Read the Full Story

National Internet2 Day, 18 March 2004

This event, scheduled for the month prior to the Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting, will feature a series of virtual presentations, demonstrations and performance events across disciplines. Read the Full Story

Blackboard Announces General Availability of the Blackboard Content System

Currently being implemented by 19 academic institutions, the Blackboard Content System benefits students, faculty and campus IT administrators by lowering the costs and increasing the simplicity of managing learning content, digital assets and e-Portfolios in an enterprise learning environment. Read the Full Story

LTP Launches eLearnGate, A Customized Portal for the Education Market

This new portal focuses on the educational and training requirements of learners and instructors by bringing eLearning resources and technologies together into a custom-built, hosted, dynamic website. Read the Full Story

Major New Release of Macromedia Breeze Now Available

San Francisco—March 8, 2004—Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the availability of new features for Macromedia Breeze that make web communication more meaningful, effective, and useful. Read the Full Story

Elluminate Releases Blackboard Building Block for Seamless Integration to Virtual Classroom

The Elluminate Live! Building Block enables academic institutions using Blackboard’s academic solutions to easily and seamlessly integrate live, synchronous distance learning and collaboration into their coursework. Read the Full Story

UnumProvident Attacks Training With Technology From Pathlore

Until now, executives at UnumProvident say they’ve relied on spreadsheets, paper files and databases to track their firm’s training needs. But the growing complexity of the disability insurer’s education programs has created the need for an automated training management solution. For instance, UnumProvident’s underwriting department has workers spread across the country. And managers often ask […]

Public Broadcasting gets major grant to upgrade digital signal

PSPB is one of 16 public broadcasting stations receiving a total of $15 million in grant funds to finance the conversion of television services to digital broadcasting in rural areas. Read the Full Story

University of Houston selects WebCT Vista to accommodate accelerating enrollments

LYNNFIELD, Mass., March 8, 2004 – The University of Houston has selected the WebCT Vista(tm) academic enterprise system to accommodate online enrollments that are predicted to double over the next two years to nearly 75,000 seats. WebCT Vista will supplement traditional classroom learning and power distance-learning courses.Other reasons the university chose WebCT Vista over alternatives […]