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Online learning must address the needs of students

Colleges offering online courses in Wales need to address people issues as well as the technology if they are to succeed in bringing about a learning revolution, according to e-learning experts. Read the full Article http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0300business/0100news/page.cfm?objectid=11696864&method=full&siteid=50082

Online evaluations of professors to provide ‘U’ access to results

After nearly four years of development, students will have a way of finding out what the general opinion of a professor is before signing up for their class. Read the full Article http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=9256

Companies peddle software aligned with Bush Administration goals at FETC

Even so, the 7,000-some teachers and administrators who reportedly did take part this year seemed generally enthusiastic, in spite of pervasive talk of budget cuts and travel woes. And the attendees, by and large, seemed diligent about attending sessions and visiting with vendors. Read the Full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3587

Docent Selected by GlaxoSmithKline as eLearning Solutions Provider for More Than 100,000 Employees Worldwide

Setting the standard for eLearning in the Life Science industry, Docent Inc. (NASDAQ: DCNT), the premier provider of eLearning solutions for Global 2000 companies, today announced that GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) will standardize its learning on a single global implementation of the Docent Enterprise™ Learning Management Server (LMS) for the company’s base of more than 100,000 employees. […]

BNH Expert Software Inc. Announces the Release of ADVISOR Enterprise

BNH Expert Software Inc. – developer of the leading media selection and return on investment (ROI) tool ADVISOR – announced today the release of ADVISOR Enterprise – a business planning tool to help organizations manage and optimize training budgets and resources. ADVISOR Enterprise provides clear, accurate and comprehensive analysis of the cost of training/learning activities. […]

PBS “Gets Active” about E-membership

Alexandria, VA – March 12, 2002 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has entered into an agreement with GetActive Software to provide local PBS stations access to personalized outbound e-mail and e-membership services. This agreement will bolster local stations’ efforts to increase their membership rosters by using state-of-the-art new media communications tools. The GetActive platform […]

Dell signs $25 million school district deal

Dell and the Oklahoma City Public Schools today announced that the school district has chosen Dell as the exclusive computer systems provider for a $25 million technology initiative to install wireless notebook systems and desktop computers throughout the school district over the next three years. The agreement calls for Dell to supply more than 90 […]

Charter Schools: Microsoft money would fund ‘High Tech High’ in Midtown

High Tech High is part of a $6.4 million Gates Foundation push to open nine schools in the United States … Read the Full Article http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/tuesday/metro_c3d88aa862e011830017.html

Europe’s low-tech schools fail to deliver

Two years after the European Council in Lisbon launched an ambitious agenda to turn the European Union into “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world” by 2010, Europe is still struggling to narrow the competitive gap with the US. Read the Full Article http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT349PAQOYC&live=true&tagid=ZZZAFZAVA0C&subheading=europe

Students’ use of technology lags

But many Maryland students don’t know how to make use of that technology, according to a report to be released today. Read the Full Article http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.technology12mar12.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines