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Learn2 Supports Industry Standard E-Learning Courseware And Tools, Will Streamline Operations

Learn2 Corporation (Nasdaq: LTWC), an interactive multimedia e-learning provider, announced today that it is taking additional steps intended to better support its existing customers, attract new customers, and to consolidate and streamline its operations. Learn2 is converting its courseware libraries and its authoring tool, StreamMaker, to be compatible with the evolving e-learning standards. The Company […]

Technology and the Commodification of Higher Education

The following article is adapted from David Noble’s new book, Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education The book by David Noble was just published by Monthly Review Press. Read the Full Article http://www.monthlyreview.org/0302noble.htm

Community Technology Access Points

The purpose of the CAP Online Resource is to provide a national online resource for individuals, policy makers, funding bodies, and others about all Community Access Points for information and technology in the U.S. and CAP-related Digital Divide initiatives. The short-term goal is to provide an online resource for getting the location and other available […]

Fle3 – Learning Environment

Fle3 is a web-based learning environment. To be more specific Fle3 is a server software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Fle3 is Open Source and Free Software released under GNU the General Public Licence (GPL). The licence is protecting your freedom to use, modify and distribute Fle3.

Internet Adoption in the Asia-Pacific Region

Diffusion of the Internet in the Asia Pacific is increasingly occupying the attention of CMC researchers. What are we learning about the adoption, use, and social impact of the Internet in this dynamic region?

Florida Virtual School Offers Summer School and Fall Online High School Registration

Florida Virtual School (FLVS) the premier online high school educational choice of Florida’s students announces Summer 2002 Registration beginning April 3rd and continuing until April 16th, or until all courses are fully enrolled. Courses ranging from Chemistry, to FCAT Preparation, to Personal Fitness will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Students interested in registering […]

Computer Services Industry Is Booming

The new new thing, to borrow a phrase, is the old old thing: corporate computing. In industry jargon, the corporate market is known as “the enterprise,” and it is to the mother ship that the people and the money are returning. Read the Full Article http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/technology/ebusiness/04NECO.html

Online Learning Casts an Ever-widening Net

Troy — More colleges are offering, and more students are taking, virtual classes Professor Dan Berg taught a graduate-level class last semester at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute without ever setting foot in a classroom. And many of his students didn’t even bother coming to campus. Read the Full Article http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyKey=78109&category=B

The top techno-MBA programs

With a few promotions and a lot of technical expertise, 37-year-old Peter Webb gained exposure to new areas of The MathWorks Inc.’s scientific computing business. But Webb, a principal technical specialist at the Natick, Mass.-based company, also found that his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science didn’t provide enough insights into other parts of […]

2 Canadian Colleges to Test the Effectiveness of Wireless Learning

About 300 freshmen in accounting at two of Canada’s largest colleges will take part in a research program to assess whether wireless technology helps students to learn in their first year of college. The colleges also hope to find out if going wireless will help them attract future students. Read the Full Article http://chronicle.com/free/2002/03/2002030101u.htm