Stalled Arizona wiring project gets new life—at a new price
Work on the massive technology infrastructure was stalled when money from the original contract dried up in June. Read The Full Article
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Simulations evolve as training tools
Companies across the country are investing in new software and online simulation games to train middle managers for top positions and teach workers the financial aspects of their companies. Read The Full Article
Build a meeting of the minds online
The concept behind such communities is to unite agency personnel online to focus on a specific objective or problem. That could mean discussing invasive plant trends, vetting global trade policy or comparing class notes. The possibilities are endless. Read The Full Article
Life with laptops at IU ‘dynamic’
Ph.D. student Eric Ban sat at his dark Dell laptop in the Education Library and hovered the mouse-pointer over a printer icon. “I can send wireless to that printer — anything I want,” Ban said, gesturing at the library’s printer. Read The Full Article
SCORM: Clarity or Calamity?
“The SCORM spec is going to be successful almost by default, but unless all e-learning specifications turn the focus from infrastructure to pedagogical soundness, they are in danger of becoming instructionally irrelevant.” Read The Full Article
Conferencing: boardrooms to classrooms
Often ballyhooed strictly as an alternative to business travel, conferencing is, quite simply, convenient collaboration among people. Through conference calls, forums, instant Read The Full Article
IBM Demonstrates Early Support of Emerging E-Learning Standard
FORT BELVOIR, Va., July 31, 2002 — IBM Corporation today exhibited its e-learning standards leadership with the demonstration of a sequencing engine, built to support the upcoming SCORM 1.3 specification. SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) is a set of e-learning specifications compiled by the U.S. government’s Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative to support interoperability. […]
Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. Standardizes on Blackboard for Fast Growing Online Higher Education Division
July 30, 2002, Washington, D.C. – Blackboard Inc. today announced that Sylvan’s Online Higher Education (OHE) division has adopted the Blackboard Learning System™ as its e-Education operating system. The expanded strategic relationship between the companies provides Sylvan with a customized version of the Blackboard Learning System for course authoring, management and delivery. Sylvan, a recognized […]
The Internet2 Detective
A small icon in the corner of the desktop indicates at-a-glance the capabilities of a computer’s network connection.