Enrollment in distance-learning programs grows by leaps and bounds
It’s a consortium of public colleges and universities in Kentucky that provides the electronic infrastructure needed to facilitate online courses. Read The Full Article
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Academic calls for UK e-learning standard
Professor Steve Molyneux is calling for the adoption of a national e-learning standard to allow study materials to work across learning management systems. Read The Full Article
Streaming Technology Boosts Enterprise
Now it is becoming a delivery platform for businesses, universities, and government agencies, leveraging on-demand streaming for global access to training and general enterprise communications. Read The Full Article
PLATO Learning Announces Agreement to Acquire LearningElements
The acquisition will bolster PLATO Learning’s growing curriculum solution for elementary schools by providing a research-based early reading solution that meets the new federal “Reading First” guidelines of the “No Child Left Behind” legislation. Read The Full Article
Sending the e-teachers off to school
Professor Neil McLean, the pro vice-chancellor responsible for electronic learning at Macquarie University, in Sydney, should know. Read The Full Article
University wants bedrooms for office space
Office space is so inadequate at the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd that up to five staff are being forced to share an office of less than 20 square metres in area. Read The Full Article
Higher Education: Career workers group elects new president
Freiwald previously served as the employee group’s secretary for three years. She has worked for DBCC since 1994. Read The Full Article
Nurses Wanted
Aug. 7 — Tens of thousands of hospital deaths every year can be blamed on a nationwide nursing shortage, according to a report released today by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Read The Full Article
Managing Your Personal Knowledge of Distance Education
San Diego– Fred Saba, and Vanessa Haakenson, co-founders of Distance-Educator.com will devote their presentation at the 18th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning to “Managing Your Personal Knowledge of Distance Education.” Arguing that literature of distance education has become increasingly opinion-based, they will call the attention of the audience to be more discriminating in […]
U. S. Department of Education Awards Contract For ‘What Works Clearinghouse’
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year, $18.5 million contract to a special joint venture to develop a national What Works Clearinghouse, which will summarize evidence on the effectiveness of different programs, products, and strategies intended to enhance academic achievement and other important educational outcomes. The clearinghouse will help provide education decision-makers with […]