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GeoLearning Customer GoLearn Wins 2003 Grace Hopper Government Technology Award

GeoLearning, Inc., the largest Application Service Provider (ASP) of enterprise learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today that the federal government’s GoLearn e-training site at www.golearn.gov has won a 2003 Grace Hopper Government Technology Leadership Award. The federal e-training site, which is powered by GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro™ learning management system, was recognized for its “leadership […]

Coaches put high-tech play analyzers in win column

For high school football coaches, scouting the competition–or trying to analyze what went wrong or right in a game–once meant tedious hours rewinding and forwarding game tapes.Read the Full Story

Mentor Graphics Announces New Online Training for PADS PCB Design Customers; Interactive Courses Offered to New Users at No Charge

These courses will help shorten the learning curve, increase productivity and provide users with training techniques conveniently at their desktop. The courses, offered on a global basis, are part of a variety of the educational offerings available from Mentor’s Online Knowledge Center(SM). The interactive courses include animated product demonstrations and are offered online, free-of-charge, to […]

advancis.com Launches Online Advantage 4.0 — A Web-Based eLearning Resource Designed to Help Companies Realize the Full-Profit Potential of Their Online Initiatives

Online Advantage 4.0 offers clever anti-SPAM strategies designed to make a company’s employees virtually invisible to spammers.Read the Full Story

Polycom opens India office

MUMBAI: To cater to the growing demand of its products in the country, Polycom, provider of video, voice, data and web conferencing, has opened its office in New Delhi and is expecting a huge growth in the coming days.Read the Full Story

The University of Western Ontario selects WebCT Vista to power next stage of e-learning growth

The university will use WebCT Vista to accommodate the accelerating e-learning enrollments both on campus and from a distance.Read the Full Story

School Away From School

”I’d get too distracted,” he says. ”There would be kids sitting right next to me talking or something, and instead of paying attention to the teacher, I would drift off. Someone would drop a book, and I’d have to look.” Attention-deficit disorder was diagnosed; for a while, Andy took Ritalin, but it gave him migraines. […]

CU-Dillard Collaborative Curriculum Partnership

As we pursue this broader belief, we will discover new insights with respect to liberal arts education in a diverse and digital age. We believe these insights will have national significance, as other institutions address the growing need for liberal arts curriculum informed by diverse thinking and supported by technology.Read the Full Story

Linux providers aim to lure schools with education discounts

The promotions mark an attempt to shift education customers from proprietary operating systems such as Windows or Macintosh to less expensive, open-source alternatives–an increasingly alluring option for school technology leaders in light of waning budgets.Read the Full Story

Internet2 takes shape in Michigan

From a nondescript building with no name in a corporate office park, a University of Michigan professor is quietly leading a nationwide team to develop the next generation of the Internet. Read the Full Story