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Battery-Powered Radios Bring Basic Courses to a Rural Philippines Town

On a good day, when it isn’t raining and the traffic in Manila is moving smoothly, it takes two hours to drive from the University of Santo Tomas here to the village of Malasa. For the past eight years, faculty members from the university have been making weekly trips to the village to teach women […]

Macromedia Hosts One-Day E-Learning Conference

Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today announced the Macromedia eLearning Conference, a one-day event prior to the opening of the Training 2002 Conference & Expo, which will feature innovative e-learning content and educate learning professionals about the benefits of using Macromedia solutions to move their training content online. The Macromedia eLearning Conference will be held February […]

The Technology Source: January/February Issue

The purpose of The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030), a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical published by the Michigan Virtual University, is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations.

Nuremberg trial records and papers of famed WWII general come to Cornell University

Many of the personal papers and records kept by Gen. William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan during the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals are now housed in the Cornell Law Library, where they will be accessible to researchers, thanks to the efforts of New York lawyer and Cornell alumnus Henry Korn.

Laura Bush Addresses Nation’s Shortage of Librarians

Last night Laura Bush announced a proposed $10 million initiative for 2003 to recruit a new generation of librarians. The initiative will be managed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In announcing this initiative Mrs. Bush said, “In May 2000, Library Journal magazine reported 40 percent of America’s library directors plan to retire […]

SkillSoft Releases 27 Business Skills Courses Localized for Chinese Market

SkillSoft Corp. (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of e-learning courseware and Referenceware for business and IT professionals, today announced the release of 27 business skills courses localized for the Chinese market and covering areas such as project management, customer service, and leadership. The ongoing localization initiative is the result of SkillSoft’s strategic alliance agreement with […]

Plateau Systems Teams With SystemLink To Deliver Learning Management To Clients Implementing Enterprise Software

ARLINGTON, Va. and BALTIMORE , Md. ­ January 14, 2002 ­ Plateau Systems and SystemLink Enterprise Solutions today announced they have formed a strategic alliance to manage the learning and business needs that arise when organizations roll out and integrate large-scale software applications, such as SAP, across the enterprise. The Plateau 4 Learning Management System […]

NRF and Sun Microsystems Join Forces to Deliver Distance Learning Service

The NRF Foundation, the research and education arm of the National Retail Federation, announced it has joined with Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) in a first-ever initiative to introduce an open, highly scalable distance learning service for the retail industry. Known as NRF University, this program features the Sun-hosted, Sun LearnTone™ Learning Management System (LMS) […]

SkillSoft Releases 27 Business Skills Courses Localized for Chinese Market

SkillSoft Corp. (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of e-learning courseware and Referenceware for business and IT professionals, today announced the release of 27 business skills courses localized for the Chinese market and covering areas such as project management, customer service, and leadership. The ongoing localization initiative is the result of SkillSoft’s strategic alliance agreement with […]

Plateau Systems Teams With SystemLink To Deliver Learning Management To Clients Implementing Enterprise Software

ARLINGTON, Va. and BALTIMORE , Md. ­ January 14, 2002 ­ Plateau Systems and SystemLink Enterprise Solutions today announced they have formed a strategic alliance to manage the learning and business needs that arise when organizations roll out and integrate large-scale software applications, such as SAP, across the enterprise. The Plateau 4 Learning Management System […]