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HorizonLive 2.6 browser-based architecture requires no custom plug-ins, add-ons or downloads, is highly scalable and accommodates PC, Mac and Unix operating systems. According to John Walber, implementation is fast with no need for complex technical assistance. Presenters are able to setup their own meetings or create virtual classrooms using a wide range of tools unique […]
Commonwealth Court yesterday tossed out the Pennsylvania School Boards Association’s legal challenge to cyber charter schools and said such schools were permitted under state law. Read The Full Article
Columbia-based BEAMHIT announced Monday the establishment of the National Distance Learning Marksmanship Training System Center. Read The Full Article
Many find they can rise through the ranks with their particular expertise, but fail to make the final transformation to general management, in charge of a variety of departments, until they gain this award. Read The Full Article
A Swindon company dubbed the ‘happiest workplace in Britain’, a Cambridgeshire hospital, and the Coventry-based Jaguar car company are the latest organisations to feature in the BBC TWO television series PY Gerbeau’s Rules of the Game. Presented by PY Gerbeau, the charismatic Frenchman who achieved celebrity status as the trouble-shooter who rescued the ailing Millennium […]
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 18 — Saba (Nasdaq: SABA), the leading provider of Human Capital Development and Management (HCDM) solutions, today announced that Schlumberger, a global technology services company, has deployed Saba Learning, Enterprise Edition to manage its learning activities, streamline internal certification management procedures, manage competencies, and enable all its employees worldwide to access […]
Psychologists at Texas Tech University compared how well students did in the same course presented in traditional classroom lectures and online, and found a critical difference in students who did better Web-based work. Read The Full Article
Stick a free computer, wired to the Internet, in every day-care center in Pennsylvania, and let children, rich and poor, start handling technology as soon as they are introduced to blocks and pencils. Read the Full Article
This is the key finding of the first published study to examine the effect of televised sex on memory for commercial messages. The work was performed by researchers at Iowa State University. Read the Full Article
A tiny, economically disadvantaged school has won top honors for its innovative use of technology to bring state-of-the-art educational services to students and parents spread across vast distances in northwestern New Mexico. Gallup-based Rehoboth Christian School is the winner of the Thin Client @ School™ Contest 2002 co-sponsored by thin-client technology leaders National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM), […]