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Technology Source Author Forums for September/October

These forums are offered in collaboration with ULiveandLearn, an e-learning company that uses the HorizonLive platform to allow participants to interact directly with TS authors via their desktops. You may sign up to participate in any of these free webcasts by going to http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=webchats&issue=185 and clicking on the SIGN UP NOW button or by going […]

District Wide Web

If the question is how to improve instruction for 4,600 students in a cash-strapped K- 8 district, their answer is, “Innovation, innovation, innovation.” Read the Full Article

Virtual Varsity to Offer Degrees

The first degree course in computer studies will be offered through a partnership arrangement between two universities – Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the University of Dar es Salaam. Read the Full Article

Freshman English course goes online

Hochenauer spent several weeks last spring and summer working 20 to 30 hours a week creating the course with his own software on his home computer. He received a Title III grant this semester to improve the course, which has 21 students. Read the Full Article

Back To School: Computers, the Internet and Then What?

Discussions of the digital divide often focus on access to computers and the Internet. But access alone does not bridge the technology gap. Read the Full Article

Teaching at a Distance, Professor Excels

When the associate professor in OSU’s School of Industrial Engineering and Management instructs students on the methodologies that make an exacting science of quality improvement, her expertise therein comes across not only in what, but also how, she teaches Read the Full Article

Educause 2002 Spotlights Campus Pipeline Partner Institutions

Campus Pipeline, Inc. partner institutions take the stage at the Educause 2002 conference, Oct. 1-4, to share software selection and implementation strategies and highlight results from their digital campus implementations. A digital campus is a centralized network that integrates an institution’s technology, information, services, and communities under a single online roof. Join Campus Pipeline and […]

NEW! Blackboard Add-on Module for WebBoard

Akiva recently announced the release of a new Blackboard add-on module for WebBoard 6 Editions. This module allows WebBoard owners to seamlessly integrate their message boards into the Blackboard Learning System, a leading course management system for e-Education, through Blackboard’s Building Blocks technology. “We are pleased with the launch of WebBoard’s add-on module for Blackboard […]

TestOut Granted Patent Pending Status for Simulation Development Technology

Patents to Distinguish TestOut as the Leader in Simulation-based IT Certification Training and Exam Development PLEASANT GROVE, Utah- September 19, 2002- TestOut announced today that it has received patent pending status for five technologies relating to simulation development, enabling the company to create state-of-the-art, intelligent simulations that push the technology envelope. TestOut Corporation is an […]

eCollege’s ClassLive Premium Introduces Audio Capabilities

eCollege(SM) recently announced its synchronous tool suite, ClassLive Premium(SM). ClassLive Premium integrates live audio/visual functionality, typically found in collaboration software, directly into the eCollege course management system to provide real-time instructor-student sessions and record them for future use. As with the company’s current synchronous tool suite, ClassLive(SM), the new audio and archiving features will be […]