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Under the terms of the agreement to merge the companies, unanimously approved by both Boards of Directors, SmartForce shareholders are effectively receiving a premium of approximately 19 percent based on Friday’s closing prices and approximately a 30 percent premium to the 30-day trailing average prices of the two companies’ shares. Following the merger, SmartForce shareholders […]
“The Intellexis courses are a key addition to the offerings available through our GeoLearning Center and GeoExpress learning management platforms,” said Frank Russell, president and CEO of GeoLearning. “The availability of these courses in multiple languages will help us meet the growing demand for e-learning internationally, and makes this a significant strategic partnership for GeoLearning.” […]
Renaissance Education Group today opened its doors to a new subscription-based education learning community for home school math and science students and regularly enrolled students in need of enrichment and tutoring. PersonalProfessors.com is an online education community where students attend 15 minute lectures, work through the material in moderated discussions, and receive one-on-one live tutoring […]
“The new release of Virtual U accomplishes two great things,” said Jesse Ausubel, Program Director for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (www.sloan.org), which sponsored the original and updated development of Virtual U. “Users get a dramatically enhanced program and they get it free. The power of Virtual U is now available to anyone with an […]
The workshop will include presentations and interactive discussions on these and related topics: Setting realistic and measurable program goals and success criteria. Integration of e-learning into strategic corporate initiatives The role of organizational culture and its impact on e-learning success Communications and marketing Measuring results Overcoming resistance to e-learning Case studies and best practices will […]
“This poll reaffirms that Ohioans see the value of a college education,” OLN Executive Director Kate M. Carey said. “And more importantly, we see the increasing interest in an online degree which tags with the rising enrollments over the past two years. That is great news for Ohio‚s 41 colleges and universities offering online courses […]
4Developers LLC announces Net Snippets 2.0 – An Internet research software product that enables information specialists, researchers and individuals who rely heavily on the Internet for information, to save, manage and publish their findings in an intuitive and productive manner. While the Internet is heavily used as an information source, when it comes to effectively […]
The eLearning Guild™ is a Community of Practice for designers, developers, and managers of e-Learning. Through this member driven community, they provide high-quality learning opportunities, networking services, resources, and publications. Members of the community represent a diverse group of instructional designers, content developers, web developers, project managers, contractors, consultants, and managers and directors of training and learning services […]
Abstract: The Open Source movement has established over the last decade a new collaborative approach, uniquely adapted to the Internet, to developing high-quality informational products. Initially, its exclusive application was the development of software (GNU/Linux and Apache are among the most prominent projects), but increasingly we can observe this collaborative approach being applied to areas […]
Surprisingly, the survey reveals a key role for students in keeping their schools’ computers running and connected to the Internet, with more than half (54 percent) of districts relying on students for technical support. Moreover, in a trend that may mark the beginning of a sea change in learning and the relationship between students and […]