Menu

Distance-Educator.com

Premier Portal for Professionals Since 1995, Covering Technology-Based Education

Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

VCampus Announces Next-Generation Web-Based Course Management System

VCampus Corporation (Nasdaq:VCMP), a provider of end-to-end, fully hosted e-Learning solutions, today announced the release of its enhanced web-based Course Management System to support both self-paced and instructor managed online learning. Read the Full Story

‘Digital credentials’ aim to keep kids safer online

i-SAFE’s Digital Credential Program provides a piece of hardware that students would carry around on a keychain and insert into the USB ports on their computers. Read the Full Story

Intel Says Chip Speed Breakthrough Will Alter Cyberworld

The invention demonstrates for the first time, Intel researchers said, that ultrahigh-speed fiberoptic equipment can be produced at personal computer industry prices. Read the Full Story

Georgia to build state VPN

The new Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN would replace the existing frame relay network used by state, county and municipal government organizations. That includes schools, libraries and law enforcement agencies. Read the Full Story

Factors affecting the use of open source software in tertiary education institutions

It is often available at no cost and is mostly supported by developers providing their services for free. Considerable interest has been shown in OSS by tertiary education institutions (TEIs) because of the promise of a reduced total cost of ownership of the software, potentially better support, freedom from vendor lock–in, ability to tailor the […]

ADL’s SCORM Reaches New Milestone

The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative has released Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 2004, formerly referred to as SCORM Version 1.3.Read the Full Story

SCT Banner® Supports Goal of University of California, Merced to Build Technologically Advanced Campus

SCT (Nasdaq: SCTC) announced today that the University of California, Merced has licensed SCT Banner® to support the student and financial aid operations of its new, state-of-the-art campus.The Merced campus, the first American research university built from the ground up in the 21st Century and the 10th campus in the UC system, has selected SCT […]

We’d Like a Bit More, For a Little Less

Things have gotten a lot more complicated lately. Without knowing the companies behind each of these services, can you tell which is fastest by its name alone: High-Speed or HiSpeed? TeleSurfer or TopSpeed? MegaModem or SpeedBand?Read the Full Story

Students watch Web to do their laundry

The sudden realization that you had nothing to wear Monday morning except for an ancient undershirt and a tattered pair of flare-leg corduroys. The frantic scramble for quarters. Lugging a canvas bag the size of a VW Beetle and a suitcase of Tide down to the laundry room — only to find 30 other people […]

Galveston Independent School District With PLATO Learning on District-Wide Implementation Through TARGET Grant

The partnership between PLATO Learning and Galveston ISD was made possible through the Texas Education Agency’s TARGET (Technology Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas students and teachers) grant initiative. Read the Full Story