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New Kind of School Here’s (virtually) everything you need to know about the brave new world of e-learning. By Kathleen Vail The Cyber Charter Challenge A new trend could lure thousands of students and millions of dollars away from school districts. By Glenn Cook Whose Student Is It, Anyway? Virtual schools present a host of […]
The University of Denver will give 29 students the opportunity to walk away with master’s degrees in social work in 2004 without leaving La Plata County – even though the students will be sharing classes with peers in Denver. Read the Full Article
The big deal: the dissolution of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Division of Continuing Studies. After a Monday request by UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, the board added this item to its agenda. Read the Full Article
The “Brighter Horizons in Early Literacy” project is receiving half of the contribution. This is the second year that Verizon has provided funding for this pilot project, which improves literacy in preschool-aged children. Read the Full Article
Around five times a week, Sally Nowak puts on training seminars for fellow Agilent Technologies Inc. employees in Australia, Germany, Singapore, and numerous other locations around the world. Read the Full Article
BitLaw was created by Daniel A. Tysver, a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Beck & Tysver. Visit the Site
Videoconferencing locations are San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Bakersfield. The program will be webcast from CSU Dominguez Hills at: http://dominguezonline.csudh.edu Our presenters are looking forward to this statewide opportunity to promote and tie together the activities around the California Council on the Humanities’ “California Stories.” Humanities Council’s Executive Director Jim Quay will join me in […]
Abstract: Despite the exponential growth in the availability of online education programs, there appears to be little empirical evidence that could provide a cogent basis to guide the practice of, or judge the quality of, such offerings. The purpose of the current paper is to explore certain elements of existing pedagogical theory that can help […]
These technology centers are designed to help farm workers and other low-income individuals improve their English literacy, become fluent in the uses of information technology, and provide access to a wide-array of education resources. Both centers will have video conferencing capabilities to communicate with and access resources at the University of Washington and beyond. The […]
The fuss began when instructors at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury, Conn., complained that an alternative instructional program for potential dropouts violated state law by allowing students to be taught not by certified teachers—but by machines. Read the Full Article