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Cenquest Signs Deals With Both IBM & Microsoft To Develop Company-Specific Online Graduate Programs

PORTLAND, OR – January 28, 2002 – E-Learning company Cenquest announced the signing of two separate deals – one with IBM and one with Microsoft – to develop and deliver a new kind of online education program for employees. Cenquest is the only e-learning company to work with leading universities, tailoring their established graduate programs […]

Athabasca University to Address Educational Needs of Indigenous People with New Initiative

Edmonton; January 24, 2002 — Harold Cardinal, a legal scholar and an outspoken advocate and political activist for the rights of Indigenous people, believes that a lack of access to post-secondary education is severely limiting the career and lifestyle options of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people across Canada. "Today, there is a critical need […]

Roger Schank Launches New Company: Socratic Arts

PITTSBURGH, JANUARY 28, 2002 – Dr. Roger Schank, a world-renowned expert on computers and education and author of more than 25 books, today announces that he has launched Socratic Arts, a company focused on providing higher education institutions with high-quality, inexpensive curricula that is based on "learn by doing" methodology. By using a combination of […]

The Price of Free E-Mail Rises

Will you pay to hang on to your Web e-mail address? Hotmail, Yahoo, and others apparently aim to find out. Read the article

Panasonic Unveils Tougher Toughbooks

Durable notebook PCs are now smaller and lighter, with brighter screens for use outdoors. Read the article

Report: Public TV upgrade will cost more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — It will cost Wyoming Public Television more than the $3.3 million it has estimated to convert its signal from analog to digital, a legislative report said.

Air-l — Association of Internet Researchers

The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing cross academic borders. The association is international in scope.

The Drama Book Shop

Drama Book Shop offers materials on all aspects of the performing arts.

Maine Pursues Plan to Give Computers to Students

PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 26 — Despite a budget crunch, Maine is moving forward with a plan to put a computer on the lap of every seventh and eighth grader in the state. Read the article

Buy Versus Build: A Battle of Needs

It’s the question that haunts the dreams of every training professional, the one that gives adults nervous-stomach butterflies as though it were the first day of school. Buy versus build, the perpetual dilemma for people who are implementing e-learning.