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Regents approve new distance education

“There is a huge teacher shortage in Texas, so people can continue teaching and work on this (their degree) in the evening,” said Preston DuBose, marketing coordinator for the office of Distance Education. “The people who would be taking classes are already in the system.” Read the Full Article

Education council names new president

The council is an advisory group to the Instruction Commission on issues related to continuing education, while promoting the value of continuing education. Read the Full Article

De Anza offers 24-hour online tutoring

De Anza College has partnered with SMARTHINKING, a source for online tutoring and academic support, to offer free online tutoring services to its students.

Tulsa Community College superstructure supports city’s growing educational needs

For the first time since TCC opened, then Tulsa Junior College, in 1970 its enrollment has exceeded 20,000 students for two or more consecutive fall and spring semesters. Read the Full Article

Big Tech Firms Delve Into E-Learning

The industry has come far from being a hodgepodge of start-ups. The advance of larger tech companies deeper into the e-learning business is shaking up the landscape. Read the Full Article

Board of Regents to act on eliminating division Friday

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman recommended eliminating the division as part of $7.5 million in budget cuts to the main campus of the university. Read the Full Article

Odessa College hosts ESL telecast

The telecast, “Integrating Technology into Your ESOL Program,” was produced through STARLINK, a teleconference network funded partially by the state, to public school and college educators and literacy volunteers nationwide, said OC Dean of Distance Education Robert Munoz. Read the Full Article

Royal & SunAlliance Goes ‘Live’ with Saba to 50,000 Employees Worldwide

REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF, Oct. 9, 2002 – Saba (Nasdaq: SABA), the leading provider of Human Capital Development and Management (HCDM) solutions, today announced that the global insurer, Royal & SunAlliance, has gone ‘live’ with the first stage implementation of Saba’s e-learning solution. The e-learning platform will provide training to around 50,000 employees in Royal & […]

Learning-Centered Evaluation of Computer-Facilitated Learning Projects in Higher Education

The project sought to address widely-acknowledged shortcomings in the evaluation of Computer-facilitated Learning projects (CFL), identified in a CUTSD report by Alexander & McKenzie, in 1998. It involved staff development in evaluation of CFL projects, proceeding from the premise that academics in most discipline areas generally have neither the skills nor expertise to carry out […]

San Diego State University Launches Web Pages for Spanish-Speaking Parents

San Diego State University announced today that it is the first university in California to make important admissions guidelines and requirements available in Spanish on its Web site. Latino advocates and SDSU say the move bridges an information gap between Spanish-speaking Latino parents and the higher education community and will help more high-achieving Latino children […]