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Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! That’s the hungry cry of the marketplace. Faster is nice. Better is good. But cheap, cheap, cheaper is what fuels growth and accelerates market share. Innovation dangles the tantalizing promise of more for less. “More for less” is what customers say they want. Just ask Intel about its next-generation microprocessor or Merck […]
Conference tracks include distance education growth management, training and support for distance instructors, support for distance students, budget and cost-benefit, marketing and evaluation of distance learning, distance learning ethics and copyright issues, and organizational issues. Access the Conference Website http://www.westga.edu/~distance/dla2002.html
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ARLINGTON, VA – March 14, 2002 – Plateau Systems, a provider of software that manages learning and knowledge processes for organizations, announced today that Rockland Trust Company has selected the Plateau Learning Management System (LMS) to manage training and career development for employees at more than 50 branch offices, nine Commercial Lending centers, three Mortgage […]
Thomson Enterprise Learning, part of The Thomson Corporation, the world’s largest provider of corporate and professional learning solutions, today announced that it signed an agreement exclusively to market and sell online education courses from UNext’s Cardean University to major corporate clients. With the addition of the Cardean courses to its portfolio, Thomson Enterprise Solutions alone […]
Those who dispute the claim of universal benefits from new information and communications technologies are often called technophobes, but the evidence shows they may be right after all, says a Penn State researcher. The prevailing view that the more technology we have, the better off we are, just isn’t borne out by the evidence, says […]
Maitland, Fla. and Los Angeles, Calif. – March 14, 2002 – Loyola Marymount University (LMU) of Los Angeles today announced a seven-year comprehensive technology management agreement with CollegisEduprise, the leading provider of diversified technology services to higher education. The LMU Board of Trustees approved $6 million to fund the first year of the contract to […]
Donation to help the consortium of 39 historically black colleges and universities train faculty members and students in information technology. Read the Full Article http://chronicle.com/free/2002/03/2002031401t.htm
LEXINGTON, Mass., Mar 14, 2002 –Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), the leading provider of business software solutions for eLearning and real-time collaboration, today announced that St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, has selected Centra to power the university’s interactive virtual classroom learning program. St. Edward’s will use the virtual classroom capabilities of Centra to extend the reach […]
Samsung Electronics unveiled Thursday a speedy new optical disc drive that should mean users spend less time waiting for data to be read from or written to optical discs. Read the Full Article http://idg.net/ic_830290_1794_9-10000.html