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Teachers’ union challenges legality of Wisconsin cyber school

The Wisconsin Connections Academy is a kindergarten through eighth grade virtual school that plans to educate about 300 children from their homes across the state under a charter granted by the Appleton School District. Read The Full Article

Virginia Looks for Economic Lift From Academic-Technology Center

The new facility, called the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, is being built in Danville and will be jointly run by Averett University and Danville Community College, both also in Danville, and Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg. Read The Full Article

WebCT continues to post record financial results

LYNNFIELD, Mass., Aug. 20, 2002 – WebCT, the world’s leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education (http://www.webct.com/), today announced that revenues for the first half of 2002 have more than doubled over the same period last year. Total revenue is up 122 percent, license revenue is up 131 percent, and publisher/content revenue is […]

SmartForce Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract with TELUS Corporation

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—August 19, 2002–SmartForce (Nasdaq: SMTF), the world’s largest and most experienced e-Learning company, today announced a three-year, $4.1 million, agreement to provide e-Learning to 5,000 information technology professionals of TELUS, one of Canada’s leading telecommunications companies. Providing wireless and data/IP services to Canadians at home, at work and on the move, TELUS selected […]

Centra Helps Cognex Corporation Improve Reach to Global Customers and Employees with Real-Time Web Collaboration Platform

Sharon Dratch Centra Tel: 781-994-1151 sdratch@centra.com LEXINGTON, MA (August 20, 2002) – Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA) announced today that Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world’s leading supplier of machine vision systems, has successfully deployed Centra’s real-time Web collaboration platform to deliver interactive, online learning and communications to a large global audience of customers and employees. Faced […]

Blackboard Announces Certified Education Center Program

Blackboard Inc. announced the launch of the Blackboard Certified Education Center(TM) (CEC) program. The CEC program is designed to meet the growing training needs of Blackboard clients across the United States and throughout the world. The CEC program provides convenient and affordable training options to teachers, professors and instructors seeking to take full advantage of […]

ClearOne Conferencing Equipment Specified For New Minnesota Headquarters of Best Buy Co. Inc

ClearOne’s XAP(TM) audio conferencing equipment will be installed in a 400-seat interactive auditorium, an executive boardroom and a distance education classroom. In addition, ClearOne’s GT1524 audio conferencing and PSR1212 sound reinforcement products will be installed in a large multipurpose room that can be divided into four separate meeting rooms. “We selected ClearOne’s products because they […]

University of North Texas System Selects PeopleSoft Enterprise Solutions

PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug 20, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) — PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT) today announced that the University of North Texas System (UNT System) selected PeopleSoft’s industry-leading enterprise solutions, including Customer Relationship Management, Financial Management, Student Administration, Contributor Relations and Human Capital Management. Read The Full Article

Premera Blue Cross Chooses EduNeering for Multi-Year, Enterprise-Wide Training

With more than 18,000 health-care professionals in its multi-state networks, Seattle-based Premera Blue Cross serves more than one million subscribers and their families in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Read The Full Article

Carnegie Learning Elects Long-Time Educational Technology Advocate, Dr. Linda G. Roberts to Its Board of Directors

Dr. Roberts, who has had a significant career in educational technology, will serve as Senior Adviser and join the Carnegie Learning Board of Directors. Read The Full Article