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DeCSS, the code used to descramble DVDs, cannot be barred from publication, a California appeals court ruled Thursday. The code, whose initials stand for De-Contents Scramble System, the name of the encryption mechanism used to keep the contents of DVDs from being copied, had been barred from publication as part of a case brought by […]
TeachingNetwork.com, Inc. announced today the launch of their new live tutoring website located at http://www.teachingnetwork.com. TeachingNetwork.com, Inc. is a new concept in supplemental education resources for all members within the Education Community: teachers, students and parents. Focusing on scheduled one-on-one tutoring sessions between certified teachers and students, TeachingNetwork.com has developed a proprietary software package, which […]
Dynamic I-T, Inc. (OTCBB:DYNM – news), a provider of cutting-edge executive education to major companies worldwide via distance learning formats under its L-earnbiz brand, today announced a strategic partnership with MJ Education and its Beijing-based MJ International Business School of Northern Jiatong University (“NJTU”) and California based subsidiary ACP University (http://www.acpu.org). Completing this partnership marks […]
Dynamic I-T, Inc. (OTCBB:DYNM – news), a provider of cutting-edge executive education to major companies worldwide via distance learning formats under its L-earnbiz brand, today announced a strategic partnership with MJ Education and its Beijing-based MJ International Business School of Northern Jiatong University (“NJTU”) and California based subsidiary ACP University (http://www.acpu.org). Completing this partnership marks […]
Michigan Virtual University’s Corporate Learning Services group is working with the Library of Michigan to revolutionize technology training in Michigan’s public libraries this fall. With funds from a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, the Library of Michigan will make available free technology training for the state’s 4,500 public librarians and library staffers regardless of […]
Known primarily for their use by researchers, super-fast computer networks are finding new uses in distance education at the community-college level, says Ronald L. Hamberg, vice president for instruction at Seattle Central Community College. Mr. Hamberg is in charge of distance education for the three campuses of the Seattle Community College District, which has one […]
Spectria(SM), a leading technology consulting firm, has developed the nation’s first-ever Graduate School portal, named GraziadioNet, to create an electronic community that brings together students, faculty, staff and administrators for Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. With about 2,600 students enrolled in six campuses throughout Southern California, the Graziadio School of Business caters to […]
Cal-FACTS, the student-run evaluation of classes and professors, has been relaunched in a new online format after having been plagued with major inaccuracies and other crippling problems last year.
EDUCAUSE 2001, taking place this week in Indianapolis, will include Internet2-related sessions on middleware, the Access Grid, and the Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative, as well as an Internet2 organizational update.
Colleges and universities are making slow yet steady progress on eCommerce and eService initiatives, according to new data from the 2001 Campus Computing Survey More than a fourth (27.6 percent) of the nation’s colleges and universities can process credit card payments from their campus Web sites, a gain of 50 percent in the past year […]