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Internet2: Logistical Networking

At the Spring Member Meeting, researchers from LoCI Laboratory at the University of Tennessee, where this work is being pioneered, demonstrated “Video IBPster,” an application which can deliver video at high performance over Abilene using technology that is simpler and less expensive to deploy than current approaches to streaming video. Access the Site

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Introduce Distance Education

All qualifying candidates will be evaluated, selected and assigned to either a pilot project or a waiting list. Should the programme be approved, candidates on the waiting list will commence their studies in 2004. Read The Full Article

Md. libraries using online training

Started as an experiment three years ago in Carroll County, the project spread to 16 of the state’s 27 public library systems last fall with the help of the Maryland Library Partnership (www.maplaonline.org/partnership), a nonprofit cooperative of the library systems. Read The Full Article

VIDEO WEBCAST: Early Childhood Education: Ready to Read, Ready to Learn

During the May Satellite Town Meeting Under Secretary Hickok and his guests will explore the following questions and challenges: In what ways can communities ensure that all children are given the opportunity to learn the fundamental skills needed to be successful in school? What do effective preschool and early literacy programs look like? What resources […]

University of Virginia to Host Conference in Preparation for Formalizing African Relationship

The consortium would expand relationships with U.Va. built over the past 25 years and would encourage collaborative work in environmental sciences, long-distance learning, international studies and HIV prevention. Read the Full Article

Intel taps California school as ‘world showcase’ for technology

Over the next six months, the company and its partners will contribute $3.9 million in products and services to the school and showcase it around the world as a model for the future. Read the Full Article

Course-Management Companies Are Still Seeking Elusive Profits

But the companies haven’t gotten there yet. Read the Full Article

California Budget Cuts Will Bring Reductions in Spending for Campus Technology

As the weakened national economy takes its toll on yet another state, Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, has proposed cutting spending across the board to make up for the $23.6-billion budget deficit California is facing. Read the Full Article

Greenville High School students first in district to use video conferencing

As odd as that sounds, when 12 Greenville High School French students linked up with a docent, or museum guide, for the Indianapolis Museum of Art Tuesday afternoon through video conferencing, they gradually began to better understand each other while they spoke French during the hour-long session. Read the Full Article

eCollege Selected as Enterprise-Wide eLearning Solution for TCU

eCollege Wins Bid Based on Extensive Analysis of Products, Services and Total Cost DENVER – May 22, 2002 – eCollege [Nasdaq: ECLG], the leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, today announced it has been chosen as the enterprise-wide eLearning solution for Texas Christian University’s distance and on-campus programs. eCollege currently […]