Podcasters Tune into Apple
And for good reason: Apple’s announced support will be a signal event for the technology, propelling it from a hobbyist’s pursuit to a medium that less tech-savvy people might explore and enjoy.Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Microsoft Makes XML the File Format for the Next Version of Microsoft Office
REDMOND, Wash., June 1, 2005 — When Microsoft announced support for XML in Microsoft Office 2000 seven years ago, many corporate computing customers were unfamiliar with the business value possible from a common data format capable of being understood across applications, platforms and the Internet. Today, with more than 300,000 developers building XML into their […]
Southern University and A&M College Selects Blackboard Commerce System
WASHINGTON, DC, Jun 02, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) announced today that Southern University and A&M College, a renowned Historically Black Colleges and Universities member (HBCU), will license the Blackboard Transaction System(TM) to recover and create revenue while improving security and safety on campus.Read the Full Story
Looking into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Open-Standard Internet Video
Start with the premise that standards-based compression technologies, such as MPEG-2, have effectively solidified the broadcast market. Add in a pinch of discontent with proprietary compression technologies and a dash of hope that H.264 (AVC) is enough of a quality leap from MPEG-2 that broadcasters will adopt it.Read the Full Story
Questionmark’s New Assessment Management System Raises the Bar
Questionmark Perception Version 4 includes workflow management, distributed authoring, drag-and-drop publishing, easy-to-use WYSIWYG HTML authoring, and powerful content management capabilities make it easier to organize, store, secure and publish assessment content. Many of these ground-breaking new features resulted directly from customer input Questionmark receives during user conferences, briefings and other events that bring Questionmark developers […]
Laptop learning: Schools moving in with students
Arizona Virtual Academy, the only Tucson-based cyber school in the state, uses the K12 curriculum that was formulated by former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett to re-create, as closely as possible, a traditional classroom environment inside the home.Read the Full Story
Shared technology fortifies rural ed
Now, a new report from the nonprofit Rural School and Community Trust (RSCT) suggests distance education is at its best when clusters of small schools pool their resources in efforts to bolster staff, procure funding, and create more choices for ambitious learners. Read the Full Story
Latest version of Thinking Cap Campus(TM) receives SCORM 2004 certification
SCORM – the Shareable Content Object Reference Model is the defacto standard in the packaging of eLearning content and is the driving standard of interoperability between learning systems.Read the Full Story
Distance Education Services Advisor, Sessions.edu, was Chosen as Alliance Partner by Angel Learning
New York (PRWEB) May 25, 2005 — Sessions.edu has partnered with ANGEL Learning to offer online education services to users of the company’s web-based learning management system – ANGEL|LMS. In addition, Sessions will be a presenter at the 3rd Annual ANGEL User Conference on June 3, 2005 at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.Read the Full […]
Fans Flock to Firefox Flicks
The collaboratively written application has hit more than 50 million downloads, spurred primarily by word-of-mouth advertising.Read the Full Story