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Element K Raises $16M in Additional Funding; Latest Round of Funding Brings Total Amount of Equity Raised to More Than $200 Million

Element K recently announced the completion of a $16 million financing led by primary investor Wasserstein & Co., LP. This infusion of capital will enable Element K to advance its leadership position in the e-learning market through ongoing development of innovative products, including additional enhancements to its state-of-the-art e-learning platform, KnowledgeHub, which provides powerful learning […]

Large-Scale E-Learning Curricula for Manufacturers to be Showcased by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) will showcase the new training and education courses and products available through its recently launched Learning Center during an Open House on Monday, December 10, 2001. The Open House takes place from 9 a.m. until noon at SME Headquarters at One SME Drive in Dearborn. The event is free […]

MIT’s Media Lab Will Lay Off About 30 Staff Members in ‘Belt-Tightening’

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Laboratory — known for its unusual approach to conducting and paying for cutting-edge research — plans to lay off about 30 staff members this week because it has been taking on new expenses faster than it can win money to support them, officials said Tuesday.

Saba Emerges as the Preferred e-Learning Provider for the Life Sciences Industry

During a time when the life sciences industry faces new challenges and intensified pressures, Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) is helping these organizations meet their most important goal — to produce and more quickly bring to market new products, while ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Saba, the leading developer of Human Capital Development and Management (HCDM) solutions, has […]

Large-Scale E-Learning Curricula for Manufacturers to be Showcased by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Saba Emerges as the Preferred e-Learning Provider for the Life Sciences Industry

65 Georgia Teachers Complete First On-line Certification Program in Special Education at UGA

A group of 65 teachers from 17 Georgia counties will be the first to complete an innovative on-line certification program in special education when the University of Georgia College of Education holds its fall convocation Friday, Dec. 14. The teachers are earning their special endorsement add-on certificate in interrelated special education through a program called […]

Duke-Led Research Team to Evaluate Technologies for the Disabled

Duke University Medical Center researchers are leading a group of 15 institutions in an international effort to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of assistive technologies – devices that assist people with physical and mental impairments. The study, funded by a $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the […]

At James Madison U., ‘House Calls’ Help Professors With Technology for Online Courses

Sarah E. Cheverton, manager of faculty-development services at James Madison University, helps run an extensive faculty-support system for the university’s distance-education program. Among other services, her department offers a series of workshops and “instructional house calls” in which faculty members are taught to use various tools and computer programs.

Georgia Tech Continuing Education Offers Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program

The Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to offer a Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program. This certificate program provides recognition to those individuals who have attended courses and demonstrated competency in a variety of areas related to managing hazardous materials and their effects on humans and the environment.