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Saba Expands Support for Open E-Learning Platform

REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF., May 1, 2002 – Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the leading provider of Human Capital Development and Management (HCDM) solutions, today announced the expansion of its support for learning technology standards, growth in the Saba ecosystem of partners, and compatibility with a wide range of platform components. With this broad support, Saba offers the […]

Hearing Text, Not Tunes, on Your MP3 Player

TALKING computers are nothing new. Computers in sci-fi movies have been chatting away for years (think HAL in “2001”), the physicist Stephen Hawking uses a voice synthesizer to communicate, and the occasional nerd still thinks it’s cute to record a computer-generated answering-machine greeting. Read the Full Article Note: You must register to get access to […]

Apple’s new eMac sports 17-inch screen

The all-white desktop, which will be sold only to teachers, schools and college students, features a 700MHz G4 processor, a 40GB hard drive and 128MB of memory. Read the Full Article

ReadyGo Updates E-Learning Authoring Tool

ReadyGo has updated its Web Course Builder (WCB) authoring tool for designing Internet-based e-learning courses. With version 3.0, ReadyGo has added several new features that should let you design courses faster, and make those courses easier to use: Read the Full Article

Browser-based teaching

To date, public schools have struggled to provide enough PCs for student needs, while teachers have been left to wrestle with technical and support issues. Read the Full Article

Aspen View Schools selects Elluminate’s vClass™ for online learning and meeting

Elluminate, an innovative provider of online, interactive, eLearning tools and services, has announced that Aspen View Schools has selected vClass, its virtual classroom software, to begin offering distance education for their schools. “After 18 months of reviewing potential software solutions, we have chosen to work with Elluminate and their vClass technology.” says Dr. Dean Lindquist, […]

The Coming Battle for DVD-Burning Dominance

Claiming it has already shipped 500,000 SuperDrive-equipped Macs and more than 2 million DVD-R media discs, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is taking advantage of its early adopter status to claim leadership in the race to dominate the up-for-grabs DVD authoring market. Read the Full Article

New York’s Natural History Museum Pioneers Use of Internet2

But only one independent museum — the American Museum of Natural History in New York — participates in the network consortium Read the Full Article

Satellite in the education market

Satellite technology especially has attracted the attention of educators and trainers to the idea of distance education in a way that no earlier technology managed to do. Read the Full Article

FAS Launches Interactive Learning Initiative

Speaking at the launch, Minister for Enterprise Mary Harney said that Net College offers users the opportunity to promote lifelong learning and skills training through flexible methods that are not inhibited by location or time. Read the Full Article