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Fresno State Takes Leading Role in Promoting Web Accessibility

The video, “Web Accessibility – Access For All,” is the first of its kind in the California State University system and was funded by the CSU to provide the 23 campuses with an introduction and resources to help start solving access problems. The project was conceived and coordinated by Candace Lee Egan, Fresno State’s Web […]

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Pitt County Schools to Implement Sprint-Provided Distance Learning Program in District’s Six High Schools

GREENVILLE, N.C., Aug 7, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Pitt County Schools will start the new school year with quite a show on Monday, as educators showcase their new distance learning system with a pair of countywide videoconferences. Read The Full Article

Vemics Breaks New Ground With Distance Learning Solution Enabling Onsite Delivery of Live, Interactive, Instructor-Led Courses

NANUET, N.Y., Jul 29, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Vemics, Inc. today announced a groundbreaking distance learning solution that combines its unique virtual classroom platform with courses from leading colleges and universities to enable the onsite distribution of live, fully interactive, video-based distance learning programs for organizations with an ongoing need for education, certification, training and […]

The Chinese Columbine

In early June, two boys, aged 13 and 14, set fire to a Beijing Internet cafe in retaliation for having been kicked out by the manager earlier that evening, killing more than two dozen patrons and injuring another 13. Read The Full Article

UNext to launch online MBAs

The hook? Prestigious academic partners that include such leading institutions as the University of Chicago. Read The Full Article

Blackboard, Chalking Up Success

CEO Michael Chasen and Chairman Matthew Pittinsky say the 5-year-old company is a veteran of the technology recession because they obeyed traditional business school lessons: Follow the profits, not the powder. Read The Full Article

Online Course Helps Medical Professionals Learn to Diagnose and Treat Fungal Infections

“This is an area that has been for many years the backwater” of infectious-disease research, he says. Read The Full Article

Stalled Arizona wiring project gets new life—at a new price

Work on the massive technology infrastructure was stalled when money from the original contract dried up in June. Read The Full Article

New OU Access Centre Makes Learning Easier For Disabled Students

Staff at the centre, at the university’s main campus in Milton Keynes, will carry out needs assessments for disabled students and those in training to identify the specialist technology and other support they may need. Students across the south Midlands are expected to use the centre in its first year of operation. In her speech […]