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http://www.pbs.org/alcatrazisnotanisland The Independent Television Service (itvs.org) and PBS (pbs.org) debut the comprehensive companion Web site to the documentary ALCATRAZ IS NOT AN ISLAND http://www.pbs.org/alcatrazisnotanisland. In 1969, a small group of Native American students claimed Alcatraz Island. Thousands of Native Americans eventually joined them, retaking Indian land for the first time since the 1880s. ALCATRAZ IS […]
ARLINGTON, VA – October 30, 2002 – Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages all of an organization’s learning and knowledge, announced today that Union Pacific Railroad has selected the Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) to manage Web-based and classroom learning for its 48,000 employees. The implementation of Plateau 4 LMS will […]
Both “Madison Heights” and “Lifelines” are designed to bridge the gap between the needs of low literate populations and increasingly overextended service providers. Read the Full Article
After receiving complaints about the random nature of education at some distance learning schools, the association is to investigate conditions at about 800 such educational institutions from the 2003 academic year. Read the Full Article
Liz Ayliffe jumped at the chance of creating a virtual classroom, without bullies, in her own home. Read the Full Article
Pehin Dato Haji Awang Abdul Aziz introduced Design and Technology as a new curriculum in schools. Read the Full Article
Potential applications abound. “In addition to sound and vision, virtual reality programs could include touch as well,” said Mandayam A. Srinivasan, director of MIT’s Touch Lab and leader of the MIT team. Read the Full Article
And girls in the United States say they’re comfortable with technology more often than girls in other countries do, according to the report. Read the Full Article
I. Introduction Good afternoon. I want to thank Professor Phil Weiser and the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program for inviting me to Boulder. I can think of no better place than the foothills of the Rockies to talk about — what else — the broad new vistas and open spaces in spectrum policy presented by technological […]
The IVC, which coordinates distance education courses in Illinois, reported a 49 percent increase in the number of students taking online courses statewide last spring. Read the Full Article