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Weblogs becoming a growing trend for Net surfers around the world

Keeping online diaries, or “weblogs” as it’s called, is a new movement that’s grown popular among regular Internet users. In it, users transcribe their thoughts and feelings onto a Web site just as they would in a personal diary. Read the Full Article

NEW! Blackboard Add-on Module for WebBoard

Akiva recently announced the release of a new Blackboard add-on module for WebBoard 6 Editions. This module allows WebBoard owners to seamlessly integrate their message boards into the Blackboard Learning System, a leading course management system for e-Education, through Blackboard’s Building Blocks technology. “We are pleased with the launch of WebBoard’s add-on module for Blackboard […]

TestOut Granted Patent Pending Status for Simulation Development Technology

Patents to Distinguish TestOut as the Leader in Simulation-based IT Certification Training and Exam Development PLEASANT GROVE, Utah- September 19, 2002- TestOut announced today that it has received patent pending status for five technologies relating to simulation development, enabling the company to create state-of-the-art, intelligent simulations that push the technology envelope. TestOut Corporation is an […]

eCollege’s ClassLive Premium Introduces Audio Capabilities

eCollege(SM) recently announced its synchronous tool suite, ClassLive Premium(SM). ClassLive Premium integrates live audio/visual functionality, typically found in collaboration software, directly into the eCollege course management system to provide real-time instructor-student sessions and record them for future use. As with the company’s current synchronous tool suite, ClassLive(SM), the new audio and archiving features will be […]

GeoLearning Introduces GeoMaestro LMS & E-Learning Delivery Platform

GeoLearning, Inc., a leading developer of Web-based learning solutions, announced today the official release of its new GeoMaestro learning management system and e-learning delivery platform. The GeoMaestro architecture provides unparalleled support for content development and managing learning in a blended environment. The new system also offers enhanced system navigation with GeoLearning’s unique 3D graphical user […]

:-) turns 20

The IBM researcher has devoted his professional life to artificial intelligence, the practice of teaching computers how to think like humans. Read the Full Article

Telecommunications equipment for a state learning program up for grabs

The equipment was earmarked for the now-defunct Arizona Learning Systems, a statewide project that was run by community colleges, including Pima Community College. Read the Full Article

Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers

Ms. Harding, an eighth-grade English teacher at Viking Middle School in Guernee, Ill., scribbles the words that have plagued generations of schoolchildren across her whiteboard: Read the Full Article

VCampus Revolutionizes E-Learning Delivery Through New Web Services Platform

RESTON, Va., Sept. 17, 2002-VCampus Corporation, the leading provider of web-based, end-to-end e-Learning solutions, today announced the rollout of VNexus™, a next generation platform making VCampus the first e-Learning company to launch a fully SOAP-compliant Learning Management platform with unmatched web services capabilities. Through VNexus, organizations can now take advantage of the cost effectiveness of […]

Digital Identity and the Future of the Internet

But as the Internet has grown in popularity and as Web services seek to deliver customized, user-centric experiences, the technology industry finds itself answering a whole new set of questions around identity: “digital” identity. Read the Full Article