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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) plans tech, FM channels

Chennai, May 8. (PTI): In keeping with the country’s national agenda for education, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will commence a `technology’ TV channel and FM channels, with a radius of 75 km, in Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata from August 15 next. Convener of `Gyan Darshan’, the country’s prime educational TV channel run […]

IBM details next version of WebSphere app server

Company officials believe they have evolved WebSphere with Version 5.0 to serve as an integrated development environment that can span portals, application workflows, and wireless applications. Read the Full Article

Why Are Today’s Hottest Learning Technologies Producing Such Lukewarm Results? Expert Explains Why

But did they get their money’s worth? Read the Full Article

VCampus Wins $1.2 Million Contract to Provide E-Learning to the Department of Veterans Affairs

VCampus® Corporation (Nasdaq:VCMP) announced it has signed a $1.2 million contract to implement, host and manage the employee e-Learning solution for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Following on the heels of other recent government contract wins for VCampus, the agreement secures VCampus’ position as the e-Learning Application Service Provider (ASP) with the greatest reach […]

Workforce Committee Republicans Congratulate U.S. Workers on Best Productivity Rate in 19 Years

News from the Committee on Education and the Workforce John Boehner, Chairman WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Labor Department today reported a robust worker productivity rate — 8.6 percent in the first quarter of this year — Workforce Committee Republicans praised our nation’s workers for being the driving force behind the current economic recovery.      […]

Treasury Department Announces Office of Financial Education

The Treasury Department today announced the establishment of the Office of Financial Education (OFE) as part of its ongoing effort to improve financial education for all Americans. The OFE will develop and implement financial education policy initiatives, and will oversee and coordinate Treasury’s outreach efforts. Secretary Paul O’Neill has made financial education a focus at […]

GeoLearning Releases MyPlan™ Competency Management Tool

GeoLearning, Inc., a leading developer of e-learning systems and Web-based training solutions, today unveiled MyPlan™, a Web-based competency management tool that enables organizations to better match company initiatives with the best employees, select qualified employees internally, carry out succession planning, and perform career management and employee development. A component of the company’s Geo Learning Center™ […]

New Software, Tools Ease Internet Collaboration and Grid Computing

A new package of software and other tools will make it easier for U.S. scientists, engineers and educators to collaborate across the Internet and use the Grid, a group of high-speed successor technologies and capabilities to the Internet that link high-performance networks and computers nationwide and around the world. The package of “middleware,” or software […]

Jordan Says It Will Encourage Distance Programs in Public and Private Universities

The plans are part of a broad strategy, encouraged by King Abdullah II, to develop Jordan’s educational infrastructure through the use of computers and information technology. Read the Full Article

Fort Scott Student Earns PCC’s First Online Degree

Owen, Fort Scott sophomore, has completed her entire associate’s degree online through EduKan and will graduate from Pratt Community College on May 10. She is the first student to fully complete her degree via EduKan. Read the Full Article