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Angry Fruit Salad Mystery Solved As Internet Dictionary is Launched

If you’re left confused by Internet talk of an angry fruit salad, the infobahn and emoticons then help is available from a new book by Professor Darrel Ince of the Open University. And if you’re none the wiser when it comes to understanding FWIW, MUSM or ROFL in e-mail messaging, the newly-published Dictionary of the […]

University of California’s Digital Media Innovation Program (DiMI) Expands Forum and Introduces Silicon Valley and Hollywood Integrating Think Tank

Leading venture capitalists, creative talent and digital visionaries, along with cutting edge University of California research faculty from all nine UC campuses and three national laboratories, will meet to focus on maintaining and expanding California’s dominance in shaping the future of digital technology worldwide during the University of California Digital Media Innovation Program (DiMI) Technology […]

PBS Raises the Curtains for American Field Guide — An Unprecedented Online Resource for Lovers of the Outdoors

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) announce the launch of the AMERICAN FIELD GUIDE Web site (www.PBS.org/afg/).

eKnowledge Partners With the World’s Largest Legal Fraternity

eKnowledge Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EKNO) a leading provider of interactive multi-media based training and education over the Internet and on CD-ROM, has announced a joint venture with Phi Alpha Delta, the world’s largest legal fraternity, to provide pre-law students with the Phi Alpha Delta Home LSAT Review Course, a comprehensive program to prepare […]

In Oldenburg’s Long Shadow: Librarians, Research Scientists, Publishers, and the Control of Scientific Publishing

The so-called “serial pricing crisis” has been with us for a long time. Documented by librarians, denied by commercial publishers, its reality has finally been established as common knowledge and the behavior of commercial publishers and a few learned societies has been singled out as its major cause.

Popularity of online classes growing

Record number of junior college students enrolled in courses

Commission: Challenge seniors

In its final report, issued Thursday, the National Commission on the High School Senior Year urged states to develop challenging alternatives to the traditional high school senior year, including programs that allow advanced students to enroll in college, either part- or full-time.

PCC academy offers e-tech course lineup

High school students in Pueblo County soon will be able to get a headstart with college courses in information technology and e-business programs as part of Pueblo Community College’s Advanced Technology Academy.

Catholic Colleges Use Distance Education to Train Lay Ministers

Fewer Roman Catholic clergy members and increasing numbers of Catholics living in the United States have led more Catholic colleges to offer distance-education programs to train their lay members to perform ministerial tasks. While the institutions uniformly see a great need for pastoral distance education, some debate exists on whether online courses fit as well […]

Hyperwave launches advanced infrastructure for combined knowledge management and elearning

Knowledge management software provider Hyperwave today launches eKnowledge Infrastructure, a suite of modular knowledge management/eLearning applications incorporating content and document management, search and retrieval, workflow, collaboration and elearning. Each module can be used individually or together, providing organisations with a flexible information management environment that can be scaled to their requirements. The eKnowledge Infrastructure provides […]