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Princeton University Pulls Out of High-Profile Distance-Learning Alliance

Princeton University has pulled out of the Alliance for Lifelong Learning, a partnership with Yale and Stanford Universities and the University of Oxford to deliver distance-learning courses. Officials from Yale and the alliance said Princeton’s absence would be regrettable but would not seriously affect the alliance’s operations.

Turnkey Marketing Targets Higher Ed

New college enrollment records will be set every year during the first decade of the 21st century, according to the U.S. Department of Education (D.O.E.) Projections of Education Statistics to 2011. An increase of prospects combined with an expanding choice of traditional and nontraditional degrees creates complex marketing challenges for universities. Turnkey Marketing, an Atlanta-based […]

With more bandwidth and better curricula, online learning will become

ayim Herring wanted to go back to school but his daily life schedule was squeezed. Herring, 43, who also is a rabbi, is the father of two college-bound children, a husband and the assistant executive director of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, where he works 50 to 60 hours a week.

University of California, Santa Barbara Launches Wireless Pilot Program Using Orsus Uno; Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Mobilizes Email System

Orsus Solutions, the leading provider of technology that aggregates, integrates and delivers information to web and wireless users, today announced that the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has successfully mobilized its email system as part of a pilot program using Orsus Uno. Orsus Uno, a comprehensive platform […]

Vantage Learning Introduces New Secure Online Student Assessment Platform; VANGuard(TM) Provides Complete Control Over Test Taker’s Desktop

Vantage Learning (www.vantagelearning.com), the world’s leading online testing and assessment technology company, announced today the release of VANGuard(TM), a new online assessment platform that assures test validity by restricting a student’s access to online and desktop information. VANGuard provides complete control of the online test-taking environment, enabling access to only approved online and desktop resources […]

Mentergy Unveils Significant Content Deployment Integration and Enhancements To the World’s #1 Virtual Classroom Environment, LearnLinc 5.2 Enterprise

Seamless integration of the FastFLEX RCD (Rapid Content Deployment) process and instructionally sound learning methodologies combined with the advanced enterprise-wide features of LearnLinc 5.2 Enterprise Edition result in a leading-edge, comprehensive blended-learning and training environment

Enhanced CyberPatrol Technology Allows Schools to Offer More Flexible Surfing Time for Students and Faculty

SurfControl, the number one Internet filtering company in the global security market, announced today that its top- selling Internet safety software for schools has been enhanced to offer more flexible surfing time for students and faculty.

VNU: OnLine Learning 2002 Europe — Connecting the world, one learner at a time

The second annual OnLine Learning Europe Conference and Expo takes place on 5 and 6 March 2002 at the dramatic new ExCeL conference centre in London`s Docklands. Full-day workshops will be held 4 and 7 March.

Apex Learning Serves Nearly 52,000 Students During 2001 Fall Semester

Today at the National School Boards Association’s Technology + Learning 2001 conference, Apex Learning announced that it will serve nearly 52,000 high school students with its online courses and ClassTools(TM) online teaching assistant during the 2001 fall semester, more than the total number served during the entire 2000-2001 school year. These students represent 1,356 schools […]

CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media Launches New Web Site

Boston, MA November 12, 2001. The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) today launched a redesigned Web site, which offers visitors easy access to the information, access tools, and other resources resulting from NCAM’s public and privately-funded media access projects. The NEC Foundation of America provided generous support of the redesign efforts. The new […]