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A Voyage to the New World of Distance Education and all of Its Opportunities

I want to alert Technology Source readers to the upcoming Global Learn Day (GLD), an event run every October on the weekend that celebrates Columbus and his landing in the New World. GLD, the largest education conference in the world, offers a convincing demonstration of worldwide, affordable, accessible education that will be common in conferences […]

CLECs fight ILECs for access

If you’re seeing fewer choices in competitive telecommunications offerings these days, it may not be solely because of the industry’s financial turmoil; in some cases, competitive carriers—rivals to incumbent telephone companies—can’t get into your office building to make an offer.

“Abraham and Mary Lincoln – A House Divided”

Boston, MA, August 2001. WGBH Boston – producers of such groundbreaking educational programming as BETWEEN THE LIONS, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, NOVA, ARTHUR, THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and FRONTLINE have produced a fully-accessible three-disc DVD package entitled “Abraham and Mary Lincoln – A House Divided.” The DVD was co-produced by AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and WGBH Interactive with funding provided […]

ITVS Presents Michel Negroponte’s W.I.S.O.R. To air on Public Television in October 2001

W.I.S.O.R. is an eerie, end-of-the century story set in and under the streets of New York. For heat and energy, a city of millions depends uneasily on a vast, hundred-year-old steam system that seethes under its streets. In a lab on the Lower East Side, a team of scientists and engineers is creating a robot […]

Scholastic.com Launches Web Exclusive ‘Authors and Books’ a Searchable Web Database of Children’s Titles and Extensive Literacy Resources for Teachers

Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company, today announced the launch of Scholastic.com’s newest tool for teachers “Authors and Books” — a unique combination of an extensive database of over 2000 pre-K through 8th grade children’s titles with comprehensive grade-appropriate teaching materials, providing unparalleled classroom literacy support. The “Authors and Books” area of Scholastic.com […]

Beating Web cheaters at their own game

It’s an issue older than Socrates, one that tests the temptations of anonymity and decisions that are made at night and alone.

Forecasts of an E-Book Era Were, It Seems, Premature

Last August, top executives from Microsoft (news/quote), Barnesandnoble.com and several book publishers assembled at a Midtown Manhattan hotel for a news conference to usher in the coming age of the electronic book.

Meijer Chooses Pathlore Learning Management System to Deliver the Best of E-Learning to 85,000 Employees

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Aug. 27, 2001 – Pathlore today announced that Meijer, one of Forbes Magazine’s 500 Top Private Companies, has chosen Pathlore Learning Management System (LMS) to plan, deliver and manage e-Learning for its employees. Pathlore, also a privately held company, will leverage its expertise to help Meijer maximize its potential to build an […]

Logilent Learning Systems Launches Cisco CCNP And Oracle 8i e-Learning Programs

Logilent announced the immediate availability of two new major e-Learning programs for: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and Oracle 8i Database Administrator (DBA). This significant expansion of Logilent’s IT infrastructure e-Learning offering rounds out an already robust curriculum that includes additional established programs from Cisco, Microsoft and Novell. With these new programs, Logilent is the […]

Walden University Introduces New Online MBA Program in Response to Needs Discovered in Survey

Walden University’s online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, which begins in December 2001, was designed in accordance with a recent study sponsored by Walden that polled 365 individuals online. Among the respondents, many cite convenience and flexibility as the two reasons for considering online learning. The survey also found that many participants see online […]