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ReadyGo Updates E-Learning Authoring Tool

ReadyGo has updated its Web Course Builder (WCB) authoring tool for designing Internet-based e-learning courses. With version 3.0, ReadyGo has added several new features that should let you design courses faster, and make those courses easier to use: Read the Full Article

Chinese Universities Begin Working With Overseas Institutions on Distance Programs

But in recent months, several Chinese universities have expanded their horizons by beginning to cooperate with overseas institutions to start real-time online-education projects. Read the Full Article

New Bill Would Give Blind Students Equal Access to Textbooks

If the legislation is enacted, states and local school districts that receive federal funding would have two years to make sure visually impaired students can access all educational materials at the same time as their peers. Read the Full Article

India, Britain Propose 5 mn Pound Trust Fund for Education

The Fourth meeting of the India-UK Round Table which concluded its three-day meeting at Kingston-upon-Thames, on the outskirts of London, last evening has recommended the setting up of a working group to draw up proposals for establishing such a trust fund. Read the Full Article

Ministry to Spend JD493m Over 5 Years to Upgrade Education for All

The Ministry of Education, in cooperation with UNESCO, has finalised a six-part national education-for-all strategy that will be implemented over the next 13 years, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Sunday. Read the Full Article

University of San Francisco Latest to Don Digital Campus

The University of San Francisco announced it has purchased a license to use the Campus Pipeline™ Web Platform and intends to unify its existing technologies and form a service-oriented digital campus for its faculty, staff and approximately 8,000 students. Careful planning, evaluation, and prioritizing contributed to the decision to use the Campus Pipeline Web Platform. […]

After Panel Deadlocks, Education Department Vows to Relax 12-Hour Rule Itself

Some people on the 14-member rule-making panel had strong reservations about changing the regulation, which is known as the 12-hour rule. Read the Full Story

FCC Ruling Denies eRate Funds for North Dakota Schools

A rules change that led an estimated 200 eRate applicants—including the entire state of North Dakota—to submit part of their 2001-2002 applications after the deadline is not reason enough to grant a waiver, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said April 24. Read the Full Story

Three More Wisconsin Technical Colleges Select CollegisEduprise for Improved Technology Services

Citing a need for streamlined institutional efficiencies and improved services to students, faculty and staff, a consortium of Wisconsin Technical Colleges has chosen CollegisEduprise to host PeopleSoft applications for financials, human resources and student administration systems. The WILM Consortium is comprised of three Wisconsin colleges – Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Lakeshore Technical College and Mid-State […]

Cadbury Schweppes Uses Centra’s Web Collaboration Platform to Expedite Enterprise Software Training to Over 10,000 Employees

Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA) announced Cadbury Schweppes plc (NYSE: CSG) has selected Centra’s powerful Web collaboration infrastructure to facilitate a major organizational growth agenda and accelerate strategic business processes worldwide. “Cadbury Schweppes plc has chosen to work with and implement distance learning and collaboration software from Centra as part of its Global Business Process Strategy under […]