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Questionmark Perception Powers Mobile Assessments

Pocket PCs, mobile phones, PDAs and other wireless devices are making it increasingly possible for organizations – or mobile employees or students – to benefit from online assessments. Where computers are either impractical or too expensive, such devices offer an affordable and manageable alternative.Using the Questionmarkâ„¢ Perceptionâ„¢ assessment management system, educators, trainers and HR professionals […]

‘i-Schools’ expand concept of IT education

The notion of “information technology” (IT) as a separate field of study is undergoing a radical shift at some of the nation’s foremost colleges and universities–and it is this shift that drew more than 250 deans, faculty members, and graduate students to Pennsylvania State University’s University Park campus for a first-of-its-kind conference last week.Read the […]

NeRDTV: Tim O’Reilly, Open Source Pionner

Open Source pioneer Tim O’Reilly noticed the free software didn’t come with free printed manuals and so a publishing empire was born.Read the Full Story

Storms highlight need for data backup

For school district IT personnel from coast to coast, the recent destruction wrought by hurricanes Katrina and Rita has driven home the importance of backing up school data. Read the Full Story

ACCSCT Selects eCollege to Power Online Training Program

Organizations Share Common Focus on Advancing Educational Opportunities and Excellence in the Career College MarketDENVER – October 5, 2005 – eCollege® [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, has been selected by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) to power ACCSCT’s online training […]

Are You Ready for Web 2.0?

SAN FRANCISCO — No one may be able to agree on what Web 2.0 means, but the idea of a new, more collaborative internet is creating buzz reminiscent of the go-go days of the late 1990s.Read the Full Story

Online Pioneer Sets Out to Shake Up TV

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jeremy Allaire has a long history of shaking up the established order as an Internet pioneer.Read the Full Story

TANDBERG Strengthens Leadership in Distance Education

New York, USA, Oct. 5, 2005 — Demonstrating momentum in the field of education, TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL), a global leader in visual communication, will showcase its latest advances for the education market at the 2005 Keystone Conference, a global K-20 interactive conference, taking place October 3-5 in Indianapolis.Read the Full Story

Free home computer program grows in Dade

Citibank pledges $750,000 to expand computer literacy program to more students in Miami-Dade schoolsRead the Full Story

Why Is Microsoft Afraid of Google?

Its search engine is so ubiquitous that “to Google” somebody or something is now part of the lexicon of hard-core knowledge workers and casual web users alike. Google also has become a gateway to the Internet and taken steps to develop desktop applications, such as Google Toolbar and Google Desktop, not to mention other products […]