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E-learning comes to CRM

By 2003, the e-learning market will adopt an “ecosystem” model incorporating real-time, asynchronous, and content management capabilities. Through 2005, e-learning services will increasingly be delivered as embedded components within enterprise portals, applications, and collaboration systems. Read The Full Article

University rolls out high spec network

The University of Ulster has installed a £1m IP-enabled network to support its CampusOne virtual learning infrastructure with voice, video and data. Read The Full Article

World’s First Internet Portal for Visually Impaired Children Brings Honors to Microsoft Canada and Bill Gates

The medal is awarded to individuals who have made an exemplary commitment to advancing the rights and freedoms of blind people around the world. Read The Full Article

Traditional turn for ‘virtual’ university

The University of the Highlands and Islands began in 1993 by offering courses using communication technologies like the internet and video conferencing. Read The Full Article

Sonic Foundry to enable university’s e-learning initiative

After a successful beta program earlier this year, York (http://www.yorku.ca/) will offer online learning to a select group of students beginning this fall. Read The Full Article

RIAA Support Will Propel Eastern N.C. Fiber Optic Program Forward

Commission members of the state’s Rural Internet Access Authority (RIAA) approved a $2.9 million grant for a fiber optic cable backbone that will stretch from Moyock to Wilmington. The fiber network, being built along the same route as the natural gas pipeline already under construction, holds the potential for impacting 39 counties astride or east […]

Laptops offer students power, portability

For parents with a college-bound daughter or son, this year’s excursion probably involves deciding between a desktop PC and a laptop for toting to school. Read The Full Article

1 in 4 Teachers Is Not Trained in Field

The issue is expected to draw broad attention this fall because, for the first time, the federal government will require schools to tell parents when their children are being taught by these teachers. Read The Full Article

Expected Record Enrollments Continue at Elementary and Secondary Schools, Colleges and Universities This Fall

For the seventh consecutive year, record numbers of students are expected to enroll in public and private elementary and secondary schools this fall, and college enrollment will break the previous year’s record for the fifth year in a row. According to “Projections of Education Statistics to 2012,” released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National […]

Academic-Library Groups Still Oppose Modified Software-Licensing Act

The library groups say the changes to the law, called the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, or Ucita, are a step in the right direction, but don’t go far enough to protect scholars’ interests. Read The Full Article