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E-Learning: Planning ROI, Choosing Course Type

Integration and e-learning have proven to be two of the best areas of IT investment, according to Nucleus Research analysts in a 2002 publication on technology investments that were bringing high returns (see “Which IT Investments Bring the Highest ROI?” at http://Advisor.com/doc/11103). Nucleus has expanded on those e-learning findings to offers tips for a successful […]

University College London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Team Up for First Human Internet Touch

Professor Mel Slater and his UCL team, Jesper Mortensen and Joel Jordan, will make tactile contact with Professor Mandayam Srinivasan of the Touch Lab at MIT, Cambridge Mass., on the eve of a major conference – Internet2 – on the next generation of internet technologies to be staged in Los Angeles, USA. Read the Full […]

Vemics Launches Distance Learning Content Provider

NANUET, N.Y., Oct 28, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Vemics today announced a distance learning content provider program aimed at assisting colleges, universities and other content providers interested in delivering courses to business professionals and other remote students. An emerging leader in distance learning, Vemics offers unique E-classroom technology and a comprehensive distance learning business model […]

Silicon dreams

India may be known as the world’s leading software developer – but Vietnam is fast receiving kudos from the global software development community. Read the Full Article

Learning Technology Newsletter

Table of Contents * From the editor .. * Distance Teaching using SYIM educational environment (Avgoustos. A. Tsinakos) * Transforming Greek educational High School Model using Systems Thinking Analysis (Avgoustos. A. Tsinakos) * Online Course Design for MBAs (D’Arcy Becker) * Experimenting with experiments: a new approach to audio laboratories (David Eustace, Andrew Gold & […]

UNL goal: Reassure distance students

A recent letter mailed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln office of Extended Education and Outreach is both an attempt to reassure students and recruit new distance education students. Read the Full Article

APEC Economic Leaders’ Declaration in Los Cabos, Mexico

Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum concluded their two-day meetings in Los Cabos, Mexico by affirming their commitment to promote regional economic growth through improved security, freer trade, structural reforms, and expanded use of new technologies. In an October 27 declaration, the leaders pledged to continue their efforts to liberalize trade at […]

Corous Develops Partnership With Dutch Online Experts

The agreement means COROUS will recommend DINKEL’s virtual learning environment TeleTOP® to companies buying COROUS online learning packages. DINKEL will reciprocate by recommending COROUS products to its clients. The partnership is already in operation at the Shell Learning Centre based in The Netherlands where 60 ‘Learning Nuggets’ developed by COROUS are delivered to Shell employees […]

JASON Project accelerates learning in schools

Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreckage of the Titanic in 1986, founded the JASON Project, making it possible for students and teachers to expand their understanding of the earth’s physical systems. Read the Full Article

California’s Community Colleges Turn to Web Conferencing to Save Travel Money

The multimillion-dollar plan, announced Thursday, is expected to save money by cutting back on travel to meetings. Read the Full Article