Education channel debuts
The creation of cable Channel 99 stems from the city’s franchise agreement negotiations with Antietam Cable. Read The Full Article
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Centra Names Paul R. Daly as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA) announced it has appointed Paul R. Daly as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. With more than 20 years of progressive accomplishments in the enterprise software industry, Mr. Daly, former President of Baan Americas, brings a strong background of worldwide sales, marketing, channels, and business development experience to Centra’s executive […]
Syria opens Middle East’s first virtual university
The state-run Syrian Virtual University gives students access to resources from international institutions, as well as personal guidance from tutors and careers experts. Read The Full Article
Simulation may be the e-learning “killer app”
Simulation-enabled content can revolutionize learning and accelerate the transfer and application of knowledge. Enterprises should leverage the scalability and immersion characteristics of simulations to accelerate time to competency and depth of competency. By 2006, 70 percent of all off-the-shelf and custom e-learning content will include some application of simulations (0.8 probability). Read The Full Article
The Year Ahead: “Conceptual Confusion” in Distance Education
With the current issue of Daily News, Distance-Educator.com starts its eighth academic year of publication. During this time, we have seen the field of distance education leaving its peripheral status in K-12 and higher education, as well as in business and industry, and assuming a position of prominence. Between 1995, the year Distance-Educator.com commenced publication […]
National Workshop on Distance Learning.
The workshop will be held at Lake George, NY, September 24-27, 2002. More than forty people from nearly 30 institutions including the University of Illinois and the United States Army are expected to attend this fourth annual workshop. “The support of the Sloan Foundation is further recognition of the SUNY Learning Network’s leadership in distance […]
Lawsuit targets technology charter school in St. Louis
The district’s chief claim in its latest suit is that the University of Missouri at Rolla cannot legally sponsor a charter school in St. Louis. Read The Full Article
A College Offers an Online Guide for Teaching About September 11
It can be a difficult task, but it’s an important one, says Douglas Stuart, director of Dickinson College’s Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues. Read The Full Article
Jones Knowledge Will Give Away Its Course-Management Software
Details of how the software would be made freely available to developers have not been worked out, company officials acknowledged. They said the transfer would take place by the end of the year. Read The Full Article
Online Schools Won’t Get Easy ‘A’
But administrators of virtual K-12 schools (where teachers and students interact on the Internet) say expanding enrollment attests to their popularity with parents. Read The Full Article