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Interactive Advantage Corporation Deploys ToolBook to Create Turnkey Solution for Rapid Development of Software Simulations

BELLEVUE, Wash.–Feb. 5, 2004–Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), leader in enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Interactive Advantage Corporation (IAC), a multimedia software development and consulting company, and a leading Click2learn value-added reseller in the Southeast US, has successfully deployed ToolBook Instructor as the enterprise authoring solution for its QuickStart Package.The program is designed to help companies rapidly […]

GeoLearning and InfoSource Announce Courseware Partnership

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of hosted learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today a strategic partnership to market InfoSource, Inc.’s How To Master line of online training and assessment products. Under the terms of the agreement, GeoLearning will resell and host InfoSource’s How To Master line of e-learning programs as part of its […]

Universities benefit from Sentient DISCOVER

Through its architecture, Sentient DISCOVER seamlessly integrates learning management systems, library management systems, OpenURL Resolvers and content repositories such as online journal databases.Birkbeck – University of London, Bradford University, Buckingham Chilterns University College, Stirling University and the University of Edinburgh are just a few institutions benefiting from Sentient DISCOVER with Athens Authentication.Sue Godsell, Subject Librarian […]

New SCT Matrix Student Management Suite Helps Universities Connect with Constituents Across Campus Boundaries

MALVERN, Pa. — February 3, 2004 — It is now easier for universities to foster better constituent relationships, target role-based communication, and manage business operations with the latest upgrade of SCT’s (Nasdaq: SCTC) SCT Matrix™ student management suite version 2.4.1. Large universities face the complex task of balancing the relationships constituents have with individual colleges […]

Social Security Administration Selects GeoLearning for Hosted eLearning Solution

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of hosted learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today that the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has selected the GeoMaestro™ learning management system and e-learning delivery platform to manage agency-wide e-training. The SSA’s e-learning program is part of the federal government’s Gov Online Learning Center e-Training Initiative.The deployment of […]

SkillSoft Announces Major Advancement in Integrated, On-Demand e-Learning For Global Enterprises

NASHUA, N.H., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of enterprise e-learning, today announced the availability of SkillPort(TM) 6, the latest version of its delivery platform for e-learning courseware, Referenceware(TM), certification preparation exams, online mentoring, and other information resources. Among major SkillPort 6 enhancements are SEARCH-and-LEARN(TM), which now gives learners the […]

Coventry University Chooses WebCT Vista To Drive Online Learning on Campus

London, England, February 2, 2004 – WebCT, one of the world’s leading providers of e-learning solutions for higher education, today announced that Coventry University has selected the WebCT Vista(tm) academic enterprise system (AES) to expand its e-learning facilities across the institution. The move will further increase the uptake of e-learning and enable University lecturers to […]

Universities Speed Up Open-Source Plans

George Washington University, for one, is in the process of removing Microsoft Corp. technology from its data centers and replacing it with Linux (news – web sites), primarily because of the cost and burden of security patching, said David Swartz, CIO at GWU, in Washington. Swartz spoke at a ComNet Conference & Expo panel last […]

Ball State’s wireless computer network gets faster

Increasing speed from 11 to 54 megabits per second (Mbps) will improve access of data via e-mail and the Web. Users connect to the wireless network with a wireless network interface card in their laptops or handheld computers. Ball State’s wireless network has 3,000 users.Read the Full Story

UNC-Greensboro Spin-off eLearning Dynamics To Launch PDA Product

The new product, LearnTracfx, will be released March 8 at wireless computer industry events nationally. Read the Full Story