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ConnectSolutions Announces Full Support For Adobe Connect 8
ConnectSolutions, a leading provider of real-time collaboration solutions, today announced plans to fully support Adobe® Connectâ„¢ 8 on the ConnectSolutions Managed Service platform. Adobe Connect 8 offers powerful new capabilities including a simpler and more intuitive user interface for improved usability, enhanced audio/ video integration for richer participant experiences, a new optional desktop client for […]
Technology sends classes over distance
NEWMAN GROVE – The teacher at Pierce High School pops in a short video after the class discussion and presses play.
Technology one answer to teacher shortage
Brunken is the media director and distance learning coordinator at Educational Service Unit 7 in Columbus. She said the region’s distance learning consortium is the last one in the state to be developed. But because of this distinction, the telecommunication equipment being installed for fall use will be state of the art.
Ed-Tech Is Not Tech But Ed
The new educational technology czar for the Bush administration was so effective in his old job, he actually made educators feel good about how government works.
Paige: Focus on learning outcomes, not hardware
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige called for educators and industry leaders to think beyond the number of computers and internet connections in schools and focus instead on using technology as a means of providing high-quality education. Paige’s comments came at a national summit on educational technology held Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C.
Jeppesen Academy Launches Distance Learning System for Pilots
Jeppesen Academy announced the availability of a breakthrough, technology-based training system for professional pilots and flight crew members.
Army’s Virtual University Meets First-Year Goals, Expands
The U.S. Army’s virtual university for enlisted soldiers, eArmyU, met its first-year enrollment goals, providing online college courses to more than 12,000 students in 2001, the Army announced Jan. 25.
Zimbabwe’s Open University More Than Triples Its Tuition
The Zimbabwe Open University, the only distance-education university in the country, has increased its undergraduate fees by up to 340 percent without warning. Students at the university, interviewed by the newspaper The Zimbabwe Standard, say the increase will result in a large number of dropouts.