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Centra Appoints David Anderson New Vice President of EMEA Sales and Service Operations

LEXINGTON, Mass. (October 30, 2002) – Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), the leading provider of software and services for real-time communication and collaboration, today announced the appointment of David Anderson to its executive management team as Vice President of Sales and Service Operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In his new role, Anderson will […]

Copyright Office Publishes 2003-2007 Negotiated Rate Adjustments For Noncommercial Educational Broadcasting Compulsory License (67 Fr 66090)

CALENDAR November 18: Beginning on this date, the initial round of comments in the Copyright Office triennial rulemaking proceeding on exemptions from the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works may be filed electronically through the Copyright Office website. Comments will be limited to those proposing specific classes of works […]

Click2learn’s Aspen Helps CompuCom Sell Expanded E-Support and Help Desk Services

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 30, 2002–Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), today announced that CompuCom Systems, Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of IT outsourcing, technology procurement and systems integration services, has chosen the Aspen Learning Management System (LMS) to help it develop and deliver an expanded offering of its award-winning E-Support and Help Desk Services to CompuCom clients. […]

VCampus Online Tuition Revenues Up 6% Over Q2 2002

“VCampus continues to be an e-Learning industry leader. Our investments in sales and marketing this quarter, high customer satisfaction and our recent launch of VNexusTM, position the company for greater revenue growth in the coming year,” said Daniel Neal, President and Chief Executive Officer of VCampus. “Our technology enhancements, including recent SCORM conformance, support our […]

New web resources help school leaders understand NCLB

The latest resources are a 140-page desktop reference covering every major program and aspect of the legislation and the inaugural issue of a new eMail newsletter published by the department. Read the Full Article

The Online Life of the Millennial College Student

College life today puts them in an entirely different environment: one that allows them to date, play games, register for classes, publish their diaries, and buy books (and anything else they want)—with the entire planet and do it without ever leaving their rooms. It’s a world lit by incredible opportunity and darkened by shadows of […]

Wallenberg Hall opens new era in innovative learning

New information technologies developed during the last two decades have the potential to change education as much as the printed book transformed learning during the last millennium, Provost John Etchemendy said at the reopening of Building 160 as Wallenberg Hall on Oct. 24. Read the Full Article

3 state universities proposing changes in their educational focus

The changes may be forced by changing economic times – less state funding to the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University while the costs of programs, faculty and keeping the campuses in shape continue to increase. Read the Full Article

UC Makes Free Online Test Prep Available to All Students

Interactive online test prep courses are being made available free of charge on the California Virtual High School Web page. The courses feature user-friendly tutorials, practice sessions that dynamically adapt to each student’s ability and a vocabulary builder with more than 2,000 words. Students may also select a parent or teacher as a “coach” to […]

New Report Cites Value of Virtual Education

The report, entitled The California Virtual School Report: A National Survey of Virtual Education Practice and Policy with Recommendations for the State of California, was commissioned in order to study the patterns, costs, and effectiveness of statewide virtual programs in meeting educational needs that are not being met by traditional means. UCCP, a University of […]