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University of Phoenix recently announced a content agreement with America Online where the University will provide educational content to users of several America Online brands. The University of Phoenix is a subsidiary of the Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOL). Under the agreement, customized content from University of Phoenix will be available in education areas across […]
The Princeton Review, Inc., (NASDAQ:REVU), a provider of test preparation and college admissions services, recently announced it has acquired the key operating assets of Embark.com, Inc., a developer of online products and services for the college admissions market. The acquisition firmly positions The Princeton Review as the premier college admissions products and services company, serving […]
VCampus Corporation is pleased to announce one of its newest clients – eCampus Global Corporation, an e-Learning provider and a new reseller for VCampus. eCampus Global brings both travel and medical related content to VCampus. Travel related content offerings include Computer Reservation System (CRS) Certification training in Abacus, Amadeus, Apollo, Galileo, Marsh, Sabre and Worldspan. […]
Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA) recently announced that Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU) has extended its use of Centra’s eLearning infrastructure to deliver real-time, online learning to high school students located in rural areas of Missouri, and to university students in the People’s Republic of China. Using Centra’s enterprise-class virtual classroom application, Centra Symposium™, SMSU is able […]
Perhaps the time has come for the goals of education to change. Just as the invention of the printing press in the 1400s transformed the intellectual life of the world, so has the invention of the computer in the 1950s. The computer reinvented knowledge by giving us a new way to view the world and […]
Bowing to consumer pressure for less expensive consumer computers, the online Apple Store today shows a new low-end model added to the company’s arsenal: a US$799 iMac available in Indigo only. At $799, it’s now $200 less than the next step up in the iMac line.
wouldn’t wanna get along without without WannaBe. With my slow, rural dial-up pipeline to the Internet, I rarely connect at more than 26,400 kbps. There are no cable or DSL alternatives available here yet, so consequently, Web-surfing speed leaves a lot to be desired, to understate the case.
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company, today announced the availability of online training solutions from its business communications division, Yahoo! Broadcast Services (business.broadcast.com). The new offering, Yahoo! Training Management Studio, is tailored to meet departmental needs for rapid online training at a much lower cost than current learning management […]
Education advocates are applauding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for what they view as a victory for distance education. The federal agency has released a decision that will allow future wireless devices to use more space on the airwaves but won’t take away segments used by schools to do so.